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Surviving Troubled Times: Five Best Practices for Training Professionals
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Villachica, Steven W.; Stepich, Donald A. – Performance Improvement Quarterly, 2010
With the current economic downturn and signs of an emerging recovery, executives are trying to determine how to best use their organizations' funds and resources. This may mean downsizing human resource departments and eliminating positions for training personnel. The authors offer five strategies drawn from the professional literature to survive…
Descriptors: Economic Climate, Resource Allocation, Administrator Attitudes, Transfer of Training
Three Reflections on Assessing Safety Training Needs: A Case Study
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Sleezer, Catherine M.; Kelsey, Kathleen D.; Wood, Thomas E. – Performance Improvement Quarterly, 2008
Needs assessment plays an important role in training and human performance improvement efforts, but the literature contains little research on this topic. This study extended previous research on the Performance Analysis for Training (PAT) model of needs assessment by examining its implementation to determine environmental and occupational health…
Descriptors: Educational Needs, Needs Assessment, Occupational Safety and Health, Program Effectiveness
An Examination of the Role of HRD in Voluntary Turnover in Public Service Organizations.
Bartlett, Kenneth R. – Performance Improvement Quarterly, 2002
Examines the role of human resource development (HRD), job satisfaction, and organizational commitment in voluntary turnover decisions. Compares a sample of managers from public service agencies who left their jobs to a sample of currently employed managers, discusses attitudes toward HRD, and recommends further research on the role of HRD in…
Descriptors: Administrator Attitudes, Comparative Analysis, Decision Making, Job Satisfaction
Evaluation Research: A Pragmatic, Program-Focused, Research Strategy for Decision-Makers.
Geroy, Gary D.; Wright, Phillip C. – Performance Improvement Quarterly, 1988
Presents a theoretical discussion of evaluation research and the need for gathering data to support the decision-making process concerned with training program performance. Guidelines for conducting evaluation research are discussed, the participants involved with successful implementation are described, and data gathering methods are explained.…
Descriptors: Data Analysis, Data Collection, Decision Making, Evaluation Research