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Peer reviewedGriego, Orlando V.; Geroy, Gary D.; Wright, Phillip C. – Learning Organization, 2000
Graduate students who are human resource development practitioners (n=48) rated their organizations in terms of training/education, reward/recognition, vision/strategy, information flow, and individual/team development. Those who felt their organizations rewarded risk, recognized their work, and supported and encouraged training were more likely…
Descriptors: Human Resources, Labor Force Development, Organizational Climate, Predictor Variables
Download full textGeroy, Gary D.; Passmore, David L. – 1987
This paper reports an assessment of the education and training program needs stimulated by investment in cogeneration technology in Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania. (Cogeneration technology would convert raw culm, a byproduct of anthracite coal mining, into a fuel source for steam power generation.) After plant tours and interviews with plant…
Descriptors: Adult Vocational Education, Coal, Industrial Personnel, Labor Force Development
Geroy, Gary D.; Kaman, Vickie – 1990
The purpose of skills-training needs-assessment is to identify what type of skills and knowledge are needed to support economic strategies and, as a result, improve organizational decisionmaking related to training investments and general work force development. This paper presents findings of 11 skills-retraining, needs-assessment,…
Descriptors: Action Research, Adult Learning, Job Analysis, Job Skills
Geroy, Gary D. – 1984
The validity of the University of Minnesota Skills Training Cost-Benefit Forecasting Model (STCBFM) in a corporate setting was studied. Research and related literature suggested that a model for forecasting the economic benefits of training should include facility to identify and summarize costs and provide an assessment of the value of the…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Career Education, Cost Effectiveness, Job Skills
Swanson, Richard A.; Geroy, Gary D. – 1985
The validity of the Training Benefit Forecasting Method (TBFM) in a recreational vehicle service training setting was studied. Cost-benefit issues were associated with the Onan Service School change from a field-based Recreational Vehicle Generator Set training program to a customer-delivered self-instructional training program. Actual costs and…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Auto Mechanics, Career Education, Cost Effectiveness
Wright, Phillip C.; Geroy, Gary D. – 1988
Exploring existing methodologies to determine whether they can be adapted or adopted to support strategic goal setting, this paper focuses on information gathering techniques as they relate to the human resource development professional's input into strategic planning processes. The information gathering techniques are all qualitative methods and…
Descriptors: Decision Making, Delphi Technique, Force Field Analysis, Judgment Analysis Technique
