How to identify limited objectives for 10-minute industrial programs. (Author)

Two important components of performance, selection and placement of personnel and the motivational environment created by an organization, influence what a trainer can reasonably expect to accomplish in a training program. The implications of these components for training program success are examined. (EC)

A set of guidelines for developing trainers into creators, planners, and controllers are presented. These guidelines are offered as a brief refresher to experienced trainers and as fundamentals for trainers new to their job. (Author/DS)

This article describes Kodak's procedure for analyzing, developing and pretesting training programs through its Marketing Education Center. Included is a case history of the application of the method which greatly affects cost effectiveness. (RR)

Includes five appendixes illustrating the validation methods discussed. (SP)

A look at some of Great Britain's military training programs. (AK)

Describes the Pacific Rehabilitation Continuing Education Program (PRCEP) which serves approximately ninety rehabilitation counselors and supervisors plus the administrative and clerical staffs of state agencies and private rehabilitation facilities in Hawaii, Guam, and the Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands. (Author/RK)

An 80-item checklist for developing a training program in small manufacturing plants is provided by the Small Business Administration to assist plant managers. (DS)

The increasing worldwide use of the metric system is leading the United States into abandoning the English system of measurement and undertaking the monumental task of converting to the metric system. Great Britain offers valuable training experience to the United States with their seven year lead into metrication. (DS)

The common approach to interviewer training can do little to improve interviewer effectiveness, and a new approach is necessary. (AN)

The training grant program (Title V) of the Older Americans Act became operative in January 1966. The primary goal of education and training programs in aging is to equip adequate numbers of personnel, including older people, for leadership and professional practice in programs and services through which the older population will have: (1)…

The reason for the failure of a training program was the lack of a clear definition of the trainee's needs. The following goals were formulated for a new training program: regroup, identify needs, set objectives, general alternatives, evaluate alternatives, design and develop the program, and test the program. (EC)

The British Gas Corporation has formulated and refined the incident process of training into their own method, which they call developing case study. Sales trainees learn indoor and outdoor sales techniques for selling central heating through self-taught case studies. (DS)

This paper presents an outline of a realistic program of resident assistant training which includes six steps in recruiting RA's: (a) criteria for application; (b) application; (c) interview; (d) screening; (e) in-service training; and (f) evaluation. (JC)