Describes the implementation of a competency-based individualized and mediated vocational training system, designed to attract and train native Saudis for an increasingly industrialized Saudi Arabian workforce. (SK)

Three on-the-job sales training programs conducted by retail stores are described. (JOW)

A personnel development plan is suggested in which training specialists (1) help employees with career development, (2) change the job or transfer employees to a more suitable job, or (3) go through role negotiation, goal setting, or some other exercise designed to create a new job perspective. (CT)

Provides evidence from a survey of 113 schools to confirm that public relations is an expanding field of study in journalism units. (RL)

Describes a training program sponsored by the Coordinating Council of Senior Citizens, Durham, Inc. (North Carolina), which is aimed at upgrading the skills of older persons who wish to give practical help to the fragile elderly. Acceptable applicants are described and some effects of participation in the program are considered. (WL)

Describes a program through which employees were assigned to positions other than their own for job training purposes. The benefits of such a cross-training program, factors that should be considered prior to program planning, a model for effective implementation, and follow-up to promote retention of new job skills are covered. (KRN)

Outlines an innovative approach taken by a TAFE (technical and further education) institute in Tasmania to overcome problems associated with effective implementation of on-the-job training in field placements of early childhood students. The program involves a college-based child care training center, where students in an Associate's degree…

Explains various routes to acquiring credentials without a four-year college degree: postsecondary vocational programs, junior/community colleges and technical institutes, correspondence courses, on-the-job training, and other sources. (SK)

Discusses the problem of keeping library staff motivated when promotions are not available. Topics addressed include the importance of management training that emphasizes communication skills; alternative ways to help employees grow, including staff development programs, lateral transfers, job rotation, and short-term projects; and helpful…

Analyzes school board members' on-the-job training and development from board members' and superintendents' perspectives. Most board members viewed their own learning development within a broader framework than did most superintendents; the latter mistakenly saw themselves as central to board learning. Implications for three policy areas (training…

Employees in rural Utah businesses were taught to provide on-the-job training to mildly disabled trainees. Over a two-year period, disabled workers taught by co-worker trainers had greater job retention and employer satisfaction; they required less time from placement specialists than disabled workers without co-worker support. (SV)

An in-house media training program can help college faculty feel comfortable with taped and on-camera interviews. Everyone benefits: faculty gain valuable experience; the media and public obtain quick, concise, and clear information; and the campus gets good public relations. Effective programs are carefully designed, realistic, and include…

IBM's keys to a productive, diverse work force are (1) recognizing diversity as an asset; (2) cultivating diversity within the company; and (3) addressing personal and professional needs of employees. The result is an employee population that reflects society and an organizational culture that respects individual differences. (SK)

Includes "Relating Strategy, Structure and Performance" (Richard E. Teare, Jorge Costa, Gavin Eccles); "Interpreting and Responding to Customer Needs" (Richard E. Teare); "Developing a Curriculum for Organisational Learning" (Richard E. Teare); and "Implementing Virtual Support for Workplace Learning"…

Focuses on effective technology training for library staff. Discusses helping staff overcome technophobia; suiting technology-based jobs with staff members' needs and capabilities; providing a policy/procedure manual to guide the training; the steps that should occur in training; aligning training with in-house library resources and services;…