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Park, Yoonhee; Jacobs, Ronald L. – Human Resource Development Quarterly, 2011
Although the importance of workplace learning has been recognized in research and practice, there is little empirical support that describes how workplace learning, including both formal and informal learning, is linked to organizational performance. This study investigated the influence of investment in workplace learning on learning outcomes and…
Descriptors: Workplace Learning, Human Capital, Informal Education, Structural Equation Models
Osman-Gani, AAhad M.; Jacobs, Ronald L. – Online Submission, 2004
Institutionalizing organizational change has emerged as an issue among organization researchers and managers alike. Institutionalization of change is derived from change management theory in its emphasis on understanding the roots of organizational success and failure. The field of HRD appears particularly poised to help organizations…
Descriptors: Corporations, Organizational Change, Foreign Countries, Comparative Analysis
Jacobs, Ronald L. – 1990
This report is designed to provide human resource development professionals and their managers with a framework to help justify the costs of structured on-the-job training (OJT). The report begins by defining OJT as the one-on-one process of providing the knowledge and skills to perform a specific task within a job. These five features of OJT are…
Descriptors: Continuing Education, Corporate Education, Cost Effectiveness, Evaluation Criteria