This annual publication provides a summary of training activity in apprenticeships and traineeships in Australia, including information on training rates and duration of training. The figures in this publication are derived from the National Apprentice and Trainee Collection no. 91 (March 2017 estimates), which is compiled under the Australian…

Comparison of earnings between control and experimental groups subsequent to participation in experimental training programs provides a credible estimate of program effectiveness. Too much of the nonexperimental estimation of the effects of training programs seems dependent on models that cannot be subjected to powerful statistical tests. (MLF)

This condensed version of the American Society for Training and Development's annual state of the industry report highlights the practices that distinguish leading-edge firms from average organizations in how and to what degree they train. (JOW)

Provides survey data from 55 large, multinational companies on outsourcing, training expenditures, learning technologies, delivery systems, and performance evaluation. Notes an increase in outsourcing, centralized training, classroom delivery, and use of the Internet. (JOW)

Offers comprehensive data on employer-based training in the United States and looks at training issues ranging from remedial training to drug testing and AIDS education to the transition to team-based work. Discusses money invested in training and who is getting what kind of training. (JOW)

Discusses knowledge management and considers how the profession has developed from job aids and documentation. Topics include organizational culture and policies; access to information; enabling technologies; customer focus; training for knowledge management; and leadership roles played by knowledge management and performance professionals.…

Identifies and discusses five areas of concern in the use of videodiscs in training, including initial emphasis on passive entertainment for the home market and high costs of interactive videodiscs, implementation problems, difficulty of developing software, hidden operational costs, and incompatibility of systems. (BK)

Discusses the ninth annual survey of human resource development personnel to determine how much they budget for training expenses, the types of training those dollars create, how courses are delivered, and so on. Creates a comprehensive picture of training and development in 1990 and provides a yardstick against which to measure an organization's…

Discusses the 45 billion dollars that is spent on training by organizations with 100 or more employees. Addresses who will receive the training, what will be taught, and who will design and deliver the training. (JOW)

Presents results of the 16th annual survey of workplace training and development in the United States (1,559 responses from 15,000 Training magazine subscribers). Includes information on training budgets, curricula, delivery systems, and other aspects of training and development. (JOW)

Discusses training evaluation and shows how an abbreviated form of Kirkpatrick's four-level evaluation model can be used effectively to evaluate multimedia-based manufacturing training. Topics include trends in manufacturing training, quantifying performance improvement, and statistical comparisons using the Mann-Whitney test and the Tukey Quick…

In the National Institute of Education's Research and Development Utilization (RDU) program, individual linking agents assisted the schools participating in RDU projects to locate or generate information that would help improve their educational practices. To assess the training and support provided these field agents by the seven RDU projects,…

Describes three studies concerned with learning to operate a control panel device and how this learning is affected by understanding a device model that describes its internal mechanism. Results indicate benefits of a device model depend on whether it supports direct inference of exact steps required to operate the device. (Author/MBR)

Analyzes the impact of metric conversion in the United States on the training and development function. (Author/RK)