This article describes Kodak's procedure for analyzing, developing and pretesting training programs through its Marketing Education Center. Included is a case history of the application of the method which greatly affects cost effectiveness. (RR)

The author believes that one benefit of a clear philosophical view of training is consistency of effort and results. He includes a list of questions which can be used to identify significant training beliefs. (JOW)

To avoid "crisis training" and gain management support, professional trainers should develop a comprehensive training policy that includes a mission statement, goals and objectives, a management system, needs assessment, costs, record-keeping method, and evaluation mechanism. (SK)

Presents a four-step model for learning task analysis that is based on empirical and theoretical footings: (1) identification of instructional goals/tasks, (2) specification of behavioral contributors, (3) classification of contributors into learning domains, and (4) application of varying analytical procedures to tasks in each domain. (Author)

This article examines legal and ethical issues in the rehabilitation of the head-injured client, particularly the use of guardianship. Several models of rehabilitation goal setting are discussed, with a particular emphasis upon an educational model for the relationship between provider and client. Changes in guardianship procedures are suggested.…

Employees often want training in areas that are irrelevant to their jobs or inconsistent with organizational objectives. A well-designed questionnaire can weed out training wants to uncover an employee's true training needs. (Author)

There is conflicting empirical evidence regarding the learning potential of the workplace. Some studies conclude that workplaces should be seen as strong learning environments, whereas others show evidence of the ineffectiveness of the workplace as a learning environment. In this article, we argue that this disagreement might be caused by…

Many of the serious public health problems affecting U.S. citizens and the global community can be addressed by prevention science and practice. Instructive standards or guidance for prevention work have largely been missing from the professional literature. Despite empirical evidence that prevention works, the epidemiological literature continues…

Objective: To identify the preferences of practicing licensed psychiatrists in two rural states regarding ethics training. Method: All licensed psychiatrists in Alaska and New Mexico were mailed a survey exploring differences in ethical and practice issues between rural and urban health care providers. Data were collected from 97 psychiatrists.…

Early definitions of cultural diversity focused primarily on race/ethnicity, with subsequent inclusion of age, gender, sexual orientation, class, religion, geography, and a combination of positionalities. More recently, social justice has resurfaced as a component of cultural diversity to explain experiences of people of color, women, and…

Author believed this paper might serve as a guide that would improve the interviewing screening and training procedures thereby alerting busy professionals to areas of difficulty they might encounter, specifically in reference to the selection, training and listening problems of para-professional teenagers involved in Hot Line communications with…

From April 16, 1987 through September 1, 1987, personnel from the Bureau of Educational Research and Services of Memphis State University (Tennessee) and Navy research team members from each of the Recruit Training Centers conducted a study that focused on learning outcomes of recruit training. The foci of the study were the Recruit Training…

Set forth in the booklet are the national apprenticeship and training standards for the training of lithographers, photoengravers, gravure workers, bookbinders, and finishers as developed and recommended by the Graphic Arts International Union in cooperation with the Bureau of Apprenticeship and Training, U.S. Department of Labor. The objective of…

Twenty training professionals in different occupational groups rated eight steps in the training process from development to execution to evaluation. Accountability proved to be a key factor in training success, while needs assessment is usually not well executed. (SK)