Purpose: The purpose of this study is to investigate the relationship between perceived employee training effectiveness and job satisfaction, motivation and commitment. Design/methodology/approach: The study examined the responses of 134 employees and lower managers, of five large Greek organizations, after they had completed a training program.…

The authors investigated the effects of professional experience and group interaction on the information that information technology professionals and graduate accounting information system (AIS) students request when analyzing business cases related to information systems design and implementation. Understanding these effects can contribute to…

Purpose: The purpose of this paper is to develop recommendations for measures assessing intercultural training needs for international human resource management. Based on scientific as well as application-oriented criteria the aim is to select six measures assessing general intercultural competencies and with the help of behaviour ratings in…

In spite of the expectations that exist regarding efforts to develop competence and in spite of the large amounts of resources devoted to it, there is a marked lack of empirically-based research on competence development in companies and other organizations. The purpose of this article is to present a review of research on strategies for…

Cognitive apprenticeship is a teaching approach proponed by social constructivist educators that scaffolds upon students' "zones of proximal development" in authentic situations. It is an effective approach used by teachers of instructional technology when teaching student practitioners. Nevertheless, implementation of instructional design…

This review of the Haslegrave Report (1969), which set out recommendations and proposals for the streamlining of technician education, summarizes the report, a reaction to it by an experienced training officer, and Dr. Haslegrave's post-report thoughts. (DM)

This critique covers the Central Training Council, powers exercised by industrial training boards, shortcomings in the levy grant system, and comtemplated changes in financial policy and administration. (LY)

The last of two parts, this article concentrates on industrial training and retraining needs arising from the impending introduction of the metric system into British business and industry. Included are a sample course plan and a list of seminar topics. (LY)