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Download full textCatonsville Community Coll., MD. – 1995
This curriculum guide was developed and updated for a 2-year project conducted to improve the productivity of the work force through improvement of literacy skills in the workplace by providing instruction to employees in the printing industry in the Baltimore (Maryland) metropolitan area; Carroll County and Charles County, Maryland; and York,…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Literacy, Basic Skills, Communication Skills
Pensacola Junior Coll., FL. – 1992
The Job Enhancement Training (JET) Program was a partnership between Pensacola Junior College (PJC) and Armstrong World Industries (Florida). The partners implemented a workplace literacy training program at the company's Pensacola plant using a five-phase social context curriculum model. The curriculum, based on job analysis, used small-group…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Literacy, Adult Programs, Basic Skills
Saint Louis Community Coll., MO. – 1995
The 18-month Skills Today for Advancement Tomorrow (STAT) program, a partnership among St. Louis Community College, the St. Louis Public Schools' Adult Basic Education Program, and Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Missouri, had the following objectives: (1) provide counseling and training for 370 current Blue Cross and Blue Shield workers; (2)…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Basic Skills, Community Colleges, Education Work Relationship
McGivney, Veronica – 1997
This document, which was developed on the basis of recent research and testimony of small business owners, managers and employees, and training providers, is a basic practical manual for those owners and managers of British small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) who want to initiate or improve staff training and development activities. The…
Descriptors: Basic Skills, Case Studies, Check Lists, Education Work Relationship
Enterprise State Junior Coll., AL. – 1997
This curriculum package on workplace basics for supervisors is a product of the Workforce 2000 Partnership, which combined the resources of four educational partners and four industrial partners in Alabama, Georgia, and South Carolina to provide education and training in communication, computation, and critical thinking to employees in the…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Adult Literacy, Basic Skills, Carpeting
Continuing Education Inst., Needham, MA. – 1993
The Continuing Education Institute's Workplace ESL (English-as-a-Second Language) and ABE (Adult Basic Education) programs improved the job experience for employees with language and literacy problems in Boston (Massachusetts) by teaching them language strategies that had direct application to their jobs. Health care administrators, supervisors,…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Literacy, Adult Programs, Allied Health Occupations Education
SEYMOUR, W. DOUGLAS – 1966
THIS BOOK, A SEQUEL TO THE AUTHOR'S "INDUSTRIAL TRAINING FOR MANUAL OPERATIONS," COMPRISES THREE PARTS. IN PART ONE, THE NATURE OF SKILLS IN INDUSTRY IS DESCRIBED, AND THEIR RELATION TO HUMAN PERFORMANCE AND PRODUCTIVITY. IN PART TWO, AN OUTLINE OF RECENT RESEARCH AND A RESUME OF THE STATE OF KNOWLEDGE OF THE ACQUISITION OF SKILLS IS GIVEN. IN…
Descriptors: Educational Experiments, Industrial Education, Industrial Training, Industry
Bosworth, Brian – 2000
Inter-firm cooperation has emerged as a key element of competitive business strategy. Firms improve mutual understanding of their complementary competencies and combine them in better ways; improve access to new markets and advanced technologies; and learn more fully and quickly from each other. Challenges of work force development (WFD) can be…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Classroom Techniques, Context Effect, Cooperative Planning
Laiken, Marilyn E. – 2001
A research project studied Canadian organizations that are using informal organizational learning approaches to embed ongoing learning within the actual work processes. Five organizations that self-identified as learning organizations at mature stages of development were studied in depth. No organization was a paragon of organizational learning.…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Adult Learning, Corporate Education, Developed Nations
READ Saskatoon (Saskatchewan). – 1997
Education and training in the workplace are quickly becoming survival tools for most organizations because their operating environments change constantly. Traditionally, many employers have looked externally to employ individuals with specific skills who can adapt to changing products and processes. Upgrading the skills of present employees was…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Literacy, Basic Skills, Continuing Education
1999
The first of the four papers in this symposium, "Towards a Meaningful HRD [Human Resource Development] Function in the Post-Command Economies of Central and Eastern Europe" (Devi Jankowicz), examines the existing knowledge-base among managers who are to be trained as HRD practitioners and suggests that efforts may be constrained by…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Corporate Education, Cross Cultural Training, Cultural Awareness
Enterprise State Junior Coll., AL. – 1997
This curriculum package on problem solving is a product of the Workforce 2000 Partnership, which combined the resources of four educational partners and four industrial partners in Alabama, Georgia, and South Carolina to provide education and training in communication, computation, and critical thinking to employees in the apparel, carpet, and…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Adult Literacy, Basic Skills, Carpeting
Enterprise State Junior Coll., AL. – 1997
This curriculum package on developing workplace curriculum is a product of the Workforce 2000 Partnership, which combined the resources of four educational partners and four industrial partners in Alabama, Georgia, and South Carolina to provide education and training in communication, computation, and critical thinking to employees in the apparel,…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Adult Literacy, Basic Skills, Carpeting
Enterprise State Junior Coll., AL. – 1997
This curriculum package on understanding organizational culture is a product of the Workforce 2000 Partnership, which combined the resources of four educational partners and four industrial partners in Alabama, Georgia, and South Carolina to provide education and training in communication, computation, and critical thinking to employees in the…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Adult Literacy, Basic Skills, Carpeting
Merlin, Shirley B. – 1993
This document contains the performance report, external evaluation, and curricula for the Career Enhancement Program, a workplace literacy partnership conducted by James Madison University and Massanutten Technical Center for five companies in Virginia. The performance report describes how the project delivered individualized workplace literacy…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Literacy, Basic Skills, Cooperative Programs
