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Weinstein, Margery – Training, 2012
Any organization with a comprehensive training program has a leadership development curriculum. These programs include everything from conventional classroom learning with guest speakers to high-tech simulations and lavish retreats. There also may be mentorship thrown in, as well as multiple job rotations. Despite the well-rounded curricula, many…
Descriptors: Curriculum Development, Leadership, Leadership Training, Management Development
Stolovitch, Harold D.; Keeps, Erica J. – Performance Improvement Quarterly, 1988
Defines the concept of curriculum for industrial personnel development needs, explains the concept of professionalism, and presents a model for developing curricula for business and industry called the Professional Development Curriculum (PDC) model. Training needs are discussed and two applications of the model in General Motors are described.…
Descriptors: Curriculum Development, Industrial Training, Models, Postsecondary Education
Symons, Van – Performance and Instruction, 1994
Discusses the need for training curriculum to be integrated with business objectives to provide the right employees with the right skills at the right time. Line management requirements are described; training and development requirements are examined; the training and development organization is described; and keys to success are considered. (LRW)
Descriptors: Administration, Cost Effectiveness, Curriculum Development, Industrial Training
Januszewski, Chester S. – Training and Development Journal, 1974
The author provides a description of industrial training for 1974 in terms of training techniques, course development, and facilities for training. That description is presented in terms of a letter written in 1974, placed in a time capsule, and reviewed in the year 2024. (KP)
Descriptors: Course Objectives, Curriculum Development, Educational Facilities, Educational Objectives
Perry, Jim – Performance and Instruction, 1994
The Socratic method of teaching, which uses open-ended questions asked in a logical sequence, is discussed. Suggestions for structuring curriculum content around seven adult learning principles and Socratic process analysis systems for student motivation are included. (SLW)
Descriptors: Adult Learning, Curriculum Development, Discovery Learning, Industrial Training
Otto, Calvin P.; Glaser, Rollin O. – 1970
Intended as a practical, comprehensive guide to conducting training within an organization, this manual shows how training personnel can create and administer effective programs within the constraints of time, staff, and budget. The first part covers preparation of training forecasts, selection and training of instructors and other basic program…
Descriptors: Audiovisual Aids, Bibliographies, Curriculum Development, Evaluation Methods
Norton, Robert E. – 1990
The Vocational and Industrial Training Board (VITB) of Singapore commissioned a review of its curriculum development process in order to identify ways that the process can be made more effective and efficient for trainees. The methodology included briefings, site visits, interviews, and review of curriculum documents. The following strengths of…
Descriptors: Apprenticeships, Certification, Competency Based Education, Curriculum Development
Fleck, Vivien; Law, Carol – 1986
This document explains the British Industrial Training Research Unit's CRAMP (Comprehension, Reflex action, Appropriate attitude, Memorizing, Procedural learning) system for designing training. The first section introduces the CRAMP approach and includes an exercise (and answers) to measure whether the reader understands CRAMP's definitions of…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Classroom Techniques, Curriculum Development, Education Work Relationship
Portland Community Coll., OR. – 1984
This guide is intended to provide a prospective user of interactive video instruction with a guide to the establishment and operation of an electronics worksite training program. The training program is designed to provide beginning electronics technician training equivalent to that available at most community colleges and technical schools. The…
Descriptors: Computer Assisted Instruction, Computer Oriented Programs, Course Content, Curriculum Development
Lukin, Annabelle – 1998
This guide is designed to help workplace trainers in Australia's coal industry improve coal miners' operator and general communication skills through a curriculum that integrates training in language, literacy, and numeracy. The following topics are discussed in the guide's seven sections: the changing workplace (changing work environment;…
Descriptors: Academic Standards, Adult Basic Education, Case Studies, Classroom Techniques
Commission of the European Communities, Brussels (Belgium). Directorate-General for Education and Culture. – 2003
This document profiles 10 European programs that exemplify good practice in building skills and qualifications among employees of small and medium enterprises (SMEs). The programs profiled are as follows: (1) TRICTSME (a program providing World Wide Web-based information and communication technologies training for SMEs in manufacturing); (2)…
Descriptors: CD ROMs, Certification, Curriculum Development, Education Work Relationship
European Social Fund, Dublin (Ireland). – 1992
Ireland's program of specific skills training (SST) Objective 1 courses, which are designed to train/retrain the labor force required for implementation of Ireland's Industry and Services Operational Programme, was evaluated by analyzing program expenditure reports and participant profiles, surveying a random sample of 101 employers, and visiting…
Descriptors: Academic Standards, Adult Education, Certification, Curriculum Development
Wallington, Clint – 1981
While most training and development/institutional development professionals are familiar with either the world of formal higher education or the world of training in the business/industrial sector, few training and development practitioners are familiar with both. It is necessary to coordinate the efforts between these two spheres in order to…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Continuing Education, Cooperative Programs, Curriculum Development
Deakin Univ., Victoria (Australia). – 1994
This publication is part of the study materials for the distance education course, Curriculum and Competencies, in the Open Campus Program at Deakin University. It contains 39 papers on the nature, historical development, and delivery of competency-based training (CBT) and on the Australian and international debates surrounding CBT. The following…
Descriptors: Academic Standards, Adult Education, Behavioral Objectives, Competence