Employers pay higher starting wages to workers requiring less training, but do not give lower starting wages to workers requiring more training. Employers appear to pay most of the cost of and reap most of the returns to training. (SK)

Seven case studies of Dutch organizations were used to analyze the relationship between organizational characteristics and types of on-the-job training (OJT) using contingency theory. When the type of structured OJT corresponded to the type of organization, the probability of effectiveness was greater. (SK)

Includes three brief essays that offer practical pointers for managers who handle training for their organizations. Highlights include a training function checklist for executives; questions executives should ask about training; and the cost of unstructured, informal on-the-job training. (LRW)

The staff development teacher facilitates the evolution of a school-based professional learning community focused on improving teaching and learning by being a catalyst for teacher change and reflection. These teacher leaders needed the knowledge and skills to transform individual school staffs into professional learning communities focused on…

Despite its position as a key mechanism for ensuring accountability to the government and to the public, and as a perceived tool to improve standards and outcomes, the inspection of education--and in particular of the post-compulsory sector--has been under-researched. This paper contributes to the field through an exploration of the twin…

Suggests that performance can be improved by discovering how one learns and performs in practice. Outlines a framework for integrating on- and off-the-job development activities, based on Kolb's cycle of problem solving. (SK)

The author argues that shop steward training escalated during the 1970s due to a specific public policy strategy to restructure labor relations and collective bargaining at company and workplace levels. (Author/SSA)

Guidelines for grounds care equipment maintenance and operation include establishing a maintenance program, reviewing the service manual for each piece of equipment, engine tuneups, and training equipment operators. (MLF)

For further information on this environmental technology program, contact Dean Peter Mergenovich, Dean of Continuing Education at Forest Park Community College, 5600 Oakland Ave., St. Louis, Missouri 63110. (MU)

An experiment in the renovation of inner-city buildings opens union jobs for Negroes in the construction trades. (MU)

Three reports discuss on-the-job training for youth in France, establishment of a national training institute in the Dominican Republic, and problems and trends in hotel training. (SK)

Describes an in-house oral communication program that was developed for corporate professionals and which teaches them several strategies for developing informative and persuasive speeches for sophisticated audiences and for general-interest groups. (FL)