Reports findings of a survey of 12 major companies and 20 researchers and administrators to determine the importance placed on corporate training. Discusses which companies or divisions are using training, what factors affect or inhibit training, and policy considerations. (CH)

This article proposes a cost- and information-effective technology transfer model designed to overcome problems in technical education and training common to both sectors. The authors discuss three primary forces that are creating a danger in the specialized, applied science educational system, primarily because of a shortage of instructional…

Investigated the impact of behavior modeling training in an industrial plant on male supervisors (N=44) using Kirkpatrick's (1976) four levels of evaluation. Results indicated no behavior or performance change with behavior modeling and re-emphasized the need to use Kirkpatrick's evaluation method to measure training program effectiveness. (LLL)

Kimberly-Clark Corporation's approach to needs assessment, program planning, program delivery, and follow-up programs that incorporate an andragogical perspective are explored in this article. Implications for school staff developers are presented. (DF)

If employee development is to reach its dynamic potential in the corporate world, corporations should adopt a lifelong learning approach which considers individual employee growth. Five essential steps to consider when initiating a corporate development program are presented. (WL)

Since the early nineties the Civil Engineering Faculty of the Silesian University of Technology in Gliwice, Poland has been involved in three Tempus projects, aimed at modernizing the Faculty educational system and its adjustment to European Union standards. The first and second projects were directed at creating new specialties: City Regeneration…

Ways to involve knowledgeable people outside the vocational family in curriculum development and keep it up-to-date are described. (MS)

A community college dean claims that the two-year school of higher education is a much overlooked, but potentially valuable, resource for the company director. (Author)

Examples of innovative programs developed between universities and industrial firms were discussed at a recent symposium. Examples are summarized. (DF)

Reports on the training and recruitment of shipbuilding workers in Norway, Sweden, and Germany. (DS)

Article describes the results of a survey on the use of participative learning in management training. (Author/MM)

Describes the development plans of the Programmed Instruction Centre for Industry for the next fifteen months. (AN)

Author suggests that new educational theories being formulated for British schools will affect industrial training in that employees' needs and attitudes will be seen to have equal weight with practical goals. (PD)

A report on a training planning process with measurement at both input and output stages that has a built-in feedback which allows it to be self-evaluating. (RB)