Includes five appendixes illustrating the validation methods discussed. (SP)

Profile training should be designed to develop the four basic interaction skills of situation analysis, interaction objective establishment, behavior planning, and behavior monitoring. (KP)

The authors, both psychologists employed by a large British company, examine some of the difficulties that can occur when the training department of an organization is asked to train managers in the use of an appraisal program. (Editor/AN)

The common approach to interviewer training can do little to improve interviewer effectiveness, and a new approach is necessary. (AN)

The Distributive Industry Training Board (DITB) is tackling the training problems of small firms in many ways. A Distributive Training Award provides the industry with a firm training standard at which to aim. Audio-visual aids and publications are new training aids also reported. (MW)

Accounted is the supervisory training program currently in operation in the printing and publishing industry. The purpose of the training program is to increase managerial efficiency and to better prepare new supervisors. (DS)

Enumerates ten variables, grouped under external and internal influences. (SP)

Article shows how programmed learning can be a very effective method of training casual workers in a process industry. (Editor)

The author states her philosophy of self-directed learning in relation to ORD (Organizational Research and Development). (BP)

By the end of the next decade the computer industry will have become the third largest industry in the world. However there exist large gaps in computer knowledge, skills, and understanding at the management level. An incompany training course to alleviate this situation is described. (DS)

Shows how industrial relations affect and are affected by actions taken at all levels of an organization. (Author/LF)