Guidelines on incorporating outside training into a management training program. Two references and a checklist are included. (LY)

A successful program for beginner employees at Chicago's Harris Bank. (EB)

More and more companies are contracting their inhouse training programs out to organizations skilled in training the disadvantaged. The Education and Training Group of the Singer Company is one of more than 100 organizations offering such services. (NL)

The work of the 14,000 air traffic controllers can be both challenging and nerve-racking. Concentration, steady nerves, and a clear voice are required to remember the routing and identification of the maze of aircraft and to instruct each of them accurately. Controllers must have a high school diploma and three years work experience or a college…

Describes the Unified Vocational Preparation model for use in the distributive industry. The model consists of four basic elements which are closely integrated: distribution input, social and life skills input, residential experience, and job training. The model provides a broad-based introduction to industry rather than specific job skills. (CT)

Addresses three questions: (1) What tasks do aides perform? (2) Does training make a difference in the type of tasks aides perform? (3) What are the concerns of aides? (Available from the Department of Educational Administration, The University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada T6G 2G5; $0.50, single copy.) (Author/IRT)

Drawbacks of the German dual system include limits on competition, delay of adult status in the labor market, no guarantee of employment, and inflexible regulations. An underlying principle of corporatism and unique aspects of the German economy mean it may not be an appropriate model for the British training system. (SK)

Employee training must accompany technology adoption. Develops a model of the firm incorporating employee training and the uncertain reliability of the effect on labor productivity. An augmenter captures training effect; a two-state probability function captures uncertainty. Estimates for training cost ratio range from 4-10 percent, so…

Describes the process of developing a procedures manual for federal court administrators: the draft was used as a "pretest" questionnaire and a workshop was conducted to train staff in the use of the manual. (SK)

Examines whether Britain's Training and Enterprise Councils are the best way to forge consensus on Modern Apprenticeship. Concludes with the need for a greater role for industry-based organizations and dialog about what training policy should be. (SK)

Offers three strategies that will make the job of training employees to use new software easier: (1) understand the business need that the software is addressing; (2) synchronize the development of training and support materials with the software development cycle; and (3) choose the appropriate training approach for the software application.…

Small businesses account for the great majority of businesses and half the private sector employment in Australia, but only one third provide structured training for their employees. This study, a systematic review of existing research, set out to find clear evidence of intervention strategies that meet small business needs in relation to the…

Hospitality sector needs new technological training tools, which can assist to improve sector employees' skills and services quality. The sector might be more interactive when these technological training tools used on the job-training program. This study addresses to issue of illumination of new technologic tools that enforce training in which…

This paper analyses two perspectives, a macro and a micro perspective, on changes in the workplace in relation to workplace learning. It critically evaluates what kind of phenomena both perspectives can account for. Research from a macro perspective focuses on changes in economy or on organisational change. It helps to explore the role of lifelong…

This study explored the effect of utilizing natural supports strategies on the cost of supported employment in the state of Wisconsin. Data presented here suggest that the use of natural supports reduced annual per capita costs by 57.6%. Further, supported employees trained via natural supports generated cumulative costs of $5,063 over 6.04 fiscal…