Designed to assist training coordinators in the initial institution familiarization training for new employees in correctional institutions, this manual consists of two parts: this document (Part I), which is the training coordinator's guide, and the training program (Part II - CE 017 287). In a general introduction the advantages of these course…

A case history of organizational development in the Kent, Washington, school district from August 1967 to April 1972 is presented in 14 chapters and numerous appendixes. The first section contains a summary, the theoretical scheme, and the principles used in building the cadre of organizational specialists. Chapters 5, 6, and 7, concern…

Chapter 4 of the U.S. Commission on Civil Rights publication entitled "Toward Quality Education for Mexican Americans" constitutes the first part of this two-part document which examines the recruitment, channeling, and counselling of Mexican American teachers in the Southwest. Specific areas examined in this chapter include: (1)…

The report summarizes the various job analysis techniques that have been developed, discusses their applications to selected human resource management activities, and suggests priorities for further research and developmental work. The introduction defines job analysis and discusses the applications of job analysis data, and the structure of the…

Two experimental groups and a control group of elementary art education students were enrolled in three sections of a class designed to overcome established, frequently limited, attitudes towards art. All three groups were exposed to identical content combining the stages of art criticism with several theories of art. Teaching strategies, drawn…

This report discusses actions needed in the training and assignment of personnel to achieve adequate foreign language capability in the Federal government. Eight chapters relating to the U.S. Government's official policies involving language training programs and assignments for government personnel overseas include: (1) development of foreign…

Compiled from selected articles published in recent issues of "Educational Technology" magazine, this volume of the review series deals with training in business, industry, and government. Topic areas covered in the articles include current problems in training, quality control, development of training systems, attitude change in industrial…

Decision Oriented Evaluation System (DOES) for community development training presents a system for training evaluation in prototypic form. This handbook provides a comprehensive overview of training evaluation methodology as well as details on specific functions involved in the training evaluation process. This model for evaluation is broken into…

Developed in support of state licensing and regulatory agencies as well as state child care, health, and resource and referral agencies, and a variety of other public and private organizations, parents, and advocacy groups, this guide identifies those standards most needed for the prevention of injury, morbidity, and mortality in child care…

This document contains three papers on evaluation in human resource development (HRD). "Utilization of Corporate University Training Program Evaluation" (Christopher F. Bober) reports on a study that examined how training program evaluation results are being utilized in corporate universities and determined that the following seven…

As part of her Graduate Diploma in Secondary Education course, Verushka Taylor was asked to imagine how issues the Social Contexts of Secondary Education class was reading about and discussing impact upon the work of teachers. To that end, students were asked to think deeply about one of the topics addressed in the semester, and to frame a…

The emergence of Management Advice for Family Farms in West Africa is closely related to the increased integration of farmers into an open market economy. This is creating a strong demand from farmers for advisory support services, focusing on management of the farm. With the gradual withdrawal of the State from extension services delivery, a…

The Target Cities Projects coordinate a variety of local services available to substance abusers and their families. As part of these cooperative agreements, Head Start agencies are linked to substance abuse treatment agencies to provide cross-training, cross referral, and, eventually, joint case management of client families. Part of this broader…

This document contains three papers from a symposium on learning organization practices. "The Beliefs of Managers as Facilitators of Learning in Learning Organizations" (Andrea D. Ellinger) reports selected findings from a qualitative study that examined the perceptions of managers regarding their beliefs, behaviors, triggers, and…

This study replicated the earlier survey efforts of Carroll, Paine, and Ivancevich (1972) and Neider (1981) on the relative effectiveness among practitioners of various training methods for attaining different training objectives. Ten training methods were assessed: (1) computer aided instruction (CAI); (2) programmed instruction; (3) lecture…