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Ready, Aim, Perform! Targeted Micro-Training for Performance Intervention
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Carpenter, Julia; Forde, Dahlia S.; Stevens, Denise R.; Flango, Vincent; Babcock, Lisa K. – Online Submission, 2016
The Department of Veterans Affairs has an immediate problem at hand. Tens of thousands of employees are working in a high-stress work environment where fast-paced daily production requirements are critical. Employees are faced with a tremendous backlog of veterans' claims. Unfortunately, not only are the claims extremely complex, but there is…
Descriptors: Public Agencies, Government Employees, Intervention, Job Performance
The History of Workplace Learning in the United States and the Question of Control: A Selective Review of the Literature and the Implications of a Constructivist Paradigm
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Altman, Brian A. – Online Submission, 2008
Anderson (1980) and Harris's (2000) examinations of the history of workplace learning and training in the United States highlight issues of power and control in the determination of what training is provided to workers. This paper reviews these two texts and considers the implications of a constructivist paradigm in addressing the dilemmas of…
Descriptors: Labor Force Development, Constructivism (Learning), Adult Education, Job Training
Integration of Human Resource Development and Adult Education Theories and Practices: Implications for Organizational Learning
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Akdere, Mesut; Conceicao, Simone – Online Submission, 2006
The field of Human Resource Development has initially evolved and executed practice around a behaviorist business approach which has become inadequate and inefficient in addressing the multilevel challenges of today's complex organizations and meeting the needs of a new workforce that is increasingly becoming diverse. However, this trend is now…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Labor Force Development, Human Resources, Professional Development
HRD Learning Participation: An Empirical Study of E-Learning Completion
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Wang, Greg G.; Foucar-Szocki, Diane; Griffin, Oris – Online Submission, 2006
This study offers empirical evidence in HRD e-learning completion. Based on the Learning Participation Theory (LPT) (Wang & Wang, 2004), a study was conducted with U.S. corporate e-learners to explore the determinants of e-learning completion. The results generally confirmed the hypothesis by the LPT that individual, learning process, and…
Descriptors: Online Courses, Human Resources, Labor Force Development, Computer Uses in Education