ERIC Number: ED298308
Record Type: Non-Journal
Publication Date: 1988-Jun
Pages: 40
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Meeting the Needs of Business and Industry: Upgrading and Updating Employed Workers.
Stone, James R., III; Manion, Kathryn J.
A study was designed to identify models of industry-based training (short-term training designed to upgrade or update the skills of employed workers). Information was gathered through a review of literature and 13 telephone interviews in 4 states with persons previously involved in outreach programs to business and industry. Researchers also attended seminars and meetings on customized training. The study identified the following eight models of industry-based training: (1) competency need; (2) diagnostic or medical; (3) democratic; (4) individual appraisal; (5) system discrepancy; (6) analytic; (7) self-fulfillment; and (8) performance discrepancy. The study also found two key parameters to the models: the different occupational skill levels at which training can be targeted and the administration of such training. As a result of the study, criteria were developed to evaluate the models of industry-based training. Finally, procedures were developed for identifying appropriate models for use in the Minnesota system of technical institutes. Appendixes include the interview protocol and a list of persons interviewed. (KC)
Descriptors: Education Work Relationship, Evaluation Criteria, Industrial Training, Inplant Programs, Job Skills, Models, On the Job Training, Postsecondary Education, Program Development, Program Evaluation, School Business Relationship, Skill Development, Staff Development, Technical Education, Trade and Industrial Education
Publication Type: Reports - Research; Tests/Questionnaires
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Language: English
Sponsor: Minnesota State Board of Vocational-Technical Education, St. Paul.
Authoring Institution: Minnesota Univ., Minneapolis. Research and Development Center for Vocational Education.
Identifiers - Location: Minnesota
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