Gives statistics on the number of hours devoted to formal training for employees in various job categories. Also examines those courses most often and least often offered to employees across various industries. (JB)

A survey asked respondents to identify the U.S. companies or organizations that do the best job of training and developing their employees, and which industries do the best and worst jobs of employee development. Respondents also identified the 10 most admired training consultants. (JB)

Analyzes the recent strong recovery of the seminar business, tracing it to renewed interest and the general economic recovery. Attempts to provide planning information for hardware, off-the-shelf materials, custom-design, outside services, and seminar/conferences budgets. (JB)

This paper aims to identify Taiwan HRD practitioners' perceived competency levels, and to evaluate the importance of 52 workplace learning and performance (WLP) competencies. The conceptual framework is adapted from the American Society of Training and Development (ASTD) models for WLP conducted by Rothwell, Sanders and Soper (1999). The survey…

The final report delineates activities of the Project on Cooperative Manpower Planning in Special Education at the University of Missouri, a special project to provide external training assistance to state education agencies and institutions of higher education in the 50 states, the District of Columbia, and five territories. Various activities…

Iowa's Job Retraining Program was evaluated through a review of operations, surveys/interviews with community college staff, and survey responses from 43% of the business participants. Resulting recommendations were as follows: (1) retaining the program in the Department of Economic Development rather than transferring it to the state's 15…