Based on a needs assessment survey of American Society for Training and Development members, this sourcebook provides practical information for trainers in business and industry. The guide is organized in five chapters: "Program Evaluation: A Model for Technical Programs" (Dan Gehler); "Transfer of Training: Readiness--Have We Thought about It"…

Problems within the United Kingdom are social and political and if our British system is to work successfully, it can do so only on the basis of a skillful, adaptable, and educated people. Education, as our means of social progress, must equip our young people to think for themselves and to make effective personal decisions. Further education is…

This document contains a series of papers on the topic of continuing training for technological change in business and industry. The papers focus on examples of training for technological change in several countries of Western Europe. The five papers included in the report are "Training for Continuing Training and Education" (A.…

EDUCATION AND TRAINING, BEGINNING 18 MONTHS BEFORE THE OPENING IN 1962 OF THE NEW SPENCER WORKS STEEL PLANT OF RICHARD THOMAS AND BALDWINS, LTD., IN MONMOUTHSHIRE, ENGLAND, INVOLVED ALL LEVELS OF PERSONNEL. (SOME PROGRAMS, FOR EXAMPLE, FOR CLERICALS, WERE DELAYED UNTIL AFTER THE OPENING.) THE UNDEVELOPED SITE, RADICALLY NEW EQUIPMENT AND…

Focusing on community education and development, this literature review analyzes the problem of determining community and individual needs; the issue of relevance to the community; the meaning of need (as opposed to interests or desires); and the use of community studies, listening posts, surveys, and power structure analysis as evaluation tools.…

Based primarily on British conditions, this volume concentrates on methods of industrial training for production workers, craftsmen and technicians, office personnel, technicians and technologists, supervisors, marketing and sales personnel, and the junior, middle, and senior or executive levels of management. General principles and fundamental…

Discusses the influence of future changes in the demographics of working populations and the characteristics of the workplace on research, development, and policy for training systems. Analysis of changes indicates that there will be greater expectations that training programs will help maximize each person's potential. (Author/JS)

In January 1995, the Maryland Association of Deans and Directors of Continuing Education/Community Services undertook a study of all state organizations that had received workforce training under contract arrangements during 1993-94. The study sought to develop a profile of organizations served, determine employer satisfaction with training, and…

Essays in this international yearbook examine the past and present interests of governments, industry, and the economy in the education of workers, managers, engineers, and citizens. Economic, industrial, sociological, and other theoretical aspects of education within industry are discussed. Next come national and historical studies of the role of…

Using the systems approach, this book explores training in industry as an organizational tool for developing human resources, and stresses training results and return on investment rather than training programs as such. It is intended as a guide for general managers, personnel and industrial relations directors, and training directors on how…

This yearbook is designed as a comprehensive guide to British industrial training. Section 1 describes existing resources, information, and obligations in the light of the Industrial Training Act of 1964. Sections 2-6 deal with the scope of training; the Department of Education and Productivity and the Central Training Council; the 27 regional…

IN THE 18 MONTHS SINCE THE INDUSTRIAL TRAINING ACT BECAME LAW, NINE INDUSTRIAL TRAINING BOARDS HAVE BEEN SET UP BY THE MINISTRY OF LABOUR TO COVER PARTICULAR INDUSTRIES. THE BOARDS WILL COMPILE A REGISTER OF FIRMS WITHIN EACH INDUSTRY, PREPARE RECOMMENDATIONS FOR TYPE AND LENGTH OF TRAINING, AND IMPLEMENT A GRANT AND LEVY SYSTEM TO COVER TRAINING…

CONTENTS OF THE BRITISH INDUSTRIAL YEARBOOK FOR 1967-68 APPEAR IN 12 SECTIONS. SECTION 1 REVIEWS THE PRESENT INDUSTRIAL TRAINING SITUATION, INCLUDING THE AIMS OF THE INDUSTRIAL TRAINING ACT OF 1964. SECTION 2 COVERS THE TRAINING OF OPERATIVES, CRAFTSMEN, TECHNICIANS, TECHNOLOGISTS, COMMERCIAL AND CLERICAL WORKERS, SUPERVISORS AND MANAGERS, AND…

This yearbook is designed as a comprehensive guide to British Industrial Training. Section 1 describes existing resources, information, and obligations in the light of the Industrial Training Act of 1964. Sections 2-6 cover the scope of training; the Department of Education and Productivity and the Central Training Council; the 30 Industrial…

Designed as a ready reference source on training practices and theories in work organizations, this annotated bibliography cites 109 items on general aspects of training (including the historical development of training and the identification of needs), followed by eleven bibliographies and by over 600 other works on manual and clerical skill…