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1971
This document is one of a series of annual reports resulting from studies conducted to determine the status of vocational education and training in Canada. Written in English and French, the 7-section report presents explanations of the general findings obtained from surveys which examined vocational programs offered by public and privately owned…
Descriptors: Career Development, Colleges, Educational Research, Industrial Training
Page, G. Terry – 1972
Part statement of intent and part consultative document, this booklet proposes far-reaching changes in Great Britain's industrial training having important implications for employers, personnel and training officers, trade union members, and educators. Questions raised by the proposed national training plan are explored and some salient points are…
Descriptors: Adult Vocational Education, Apprenticeships, Educational Opportunities, Financial Support
Mentec Corp., Los Angeles, CA. – 1972
Operation Pathfinder was a special manpower project designed to retrain behaviors of the disadvantaged and to establish positive motivations to work for a living through application of social reinforcement methodology. The project demonstrated that a positive reinforcing environment and properly structured work situation will provide a means of…
Descriptors: Adjustment (to Environment), Behavior Change, Behavior Modification, Delinquency
Kirsch, Arthur W.; And Others – 1973
This report outlines a program through which a State Employment Service, using existing resources, can provide employers and their workers with a broad range of technical services in order to improve productivity and make work more tolerable. The report is based on observations and analysis by a team of participant-observers of a Skill Improvement…
Descriptors: Employees, Employment Practices, Employment Services, Guides

Gold, Gerard G.; Charner, Ivan – Educational Record, 1983
Education financed by employers is seen as a largely unexplored area for enrollment increases and beneficial partnerships with the private sector. Employment-based tuition assistance programs can become a building block for the full range of successful higher education relationships with employers and unions. (Author/MLW)
Descriptors: Education Work Relationship, Employers, Fringe Benefits, Higher Education
Mawer, Giselle; Jackson, Elaine – National Centre for Vocational Education Research (NCVER), 2005
This document was produced by the authors based on their research for the report, "Training of Existing Workers: Issues, Incentives and Models," (ED495138) and is an added resource for further information. This support document is divided into the following sections: (1) The Retail Industry--A Snapshot; (2) Case Studies--Hardware, Retail…
Descriptors: Case Studies, Retailing, Manufacturing Industry, Pharmacy
Workforce Economics, 1997
According to the American Society for Training and Development, U.S. companies spend $55-$60 billion annually for company-provided education and training. Of U.S. companies, 70%-80% offer their employees some type of formal training, and 60% offer tuition reimbursement. Even adjusting for inflation, training expenditures by U.S. companies have…
Descriptors: Access to Education, Adult Education, Corporate Education, Cost Effectiveness
McKenzie, Phillip; Long, Mike – 1995
The relationship between prior educational attainment and participation in formal and On-the-Job Training (OJT) in Australia was examined through an analysis of unit record data from the 1993 Survey of Training and Education that was conducted by the Australian Bureau of Statistics. Univariate analyses were performed to document employee…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Corporate Education, Educational Attainment, Enrollment
Aventur, Francois; Campo, Christian; Moebus, Martine – Training & Employment, 1999
A study compared 17 European countries' initial and continuing vocational training systems. Two kinds of continuing training (CT)--that which is initiated by the employer and that which is intiated by the individual--provide an indicator for comparing the different situations observed throughout the European Community. The two forms are mutually…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Continuing Education, Education Work Relationship, Employer Employee Relationship

Brazziel, William F. – Educational Record, 1981
In successful cooperative relationships, colleges and corporations share in the development of corporate education programs. The successful firm keeps abreast of change by constantly adding to employee skills. College credits encourage employees, and the large corporation can provide excellent training in specific job skills. (MSE)
Descriptors: College Credits, College Curriculum, College Faculty, Delivery Systems
Christian-Carter, Judith – Aspects of Educational and Training Technology Series, 1992
The Training Development Group of Barclays Bank (United Kingdom) was formed in 1989 to design cost effective training for the banks employees. Describes the bank's "systems approach" to training design: the training needs analysis, identification of performance competences, determination of behavioral objectives, selection of…
Descriptors: Banking, Behavioral Objectives, Competence, Cost Effectiveness

Goldstein, Irwin L.; Gilliam, Patrice – American Psychologist, 1990
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)
Descriptors: Equal Opportunities (Jobs), Futures (of Society), Industrial Training, Job Training
Rothwell, William J.; Kazanas, H. C. – Performance Improvement Quarterly, 1988
Provides human resource development (HRD) professionals with an overview of literature on long-term curriculum planning for training in business and industry. Procedures for designing a training curriculum are described, and results are presented from a national survey of training practitioners on the current status of curriculum planning for…
Descriptors: Curriculum Design, Curriculum Development, Industrial Training, Labor Force Development

Kempner, Ken; And Others – International Review of Education/Internationale Zeitschrift fuer Erziehungswissenschaft/Revue Internationale de Pedagogie, 1993
Explores the economic and cultural reasons why apprenticeship programs imported by developing countries typically fail. Addresses experiences in Western Africa and draws on the outcomes of programs in industrialized countries. Supports programs that improve educational systems incrementally and cautions against programs that run counter to the…
Descriptors: Apprenticeships, Failure, Foreign Countries, Industrial Training
Blalock, Robert H. – Journal of Instruction Delivery Systems, 1995
Describes development shells and navigation templates that were designed by American Airlines trainers for the development of interactive multimedia instruction. Development time and cost are considered; functional requirements, including learning objectives, are discussed; and development shells for lessons, skills assessment, and proficiency…
Descriptors: Behavioral Objectives, Computer Assisted Instruction, Computer Software Development, Costs