Describes a study that designed and tested a system for determining when an instructor should make an intervention during computer-assisted instruction (CAI). A Markov matrix was established to define the transitional probabilities for progressing through a set of industrial training sessions using CAI. (Author/LRW)

Discusses the impact of the Internet on the development and delivery of training programs and provides an insight into the different types of electronic learning systems that can be developed. Describes learning management systems; learning design systems; learning content management systems; and learning support systems. (Author/LRW)

Discusses advantages of electronic learning for business, including cost benefits, administrative benefits, and instructional benefits. Considers the increase in electronic learning to cut back on business travel since the September 11th attacks and offers guidelines to achieve business results with electronic learning, including linking learning…

The author defines job analysis and discusses applications of this process in human resource development. Various techniques of job analysis are reported. The author presents a 12-item job analysis schedule used to report job information obtained through observations and interviews. (Author/CH)

Surveys of companies involved in reorganization found that firms that establish workplace education programs and reorganize work report noticeable improvements in their employees' abilities and the quality of their products. (Author)

Provides directions for conducting a workshop providing technical training in a large organization that links job performances to work processes. Organizational levels of performance are discussed; relationship maps and process maps are explained; and an example of a workshop for a software maintenance environment is presented. (two references)…

Discusses the role of feedback in performance technology and suggests ways to improve both the accuracy and the effectiveness of the feedback. Desirable characteristics of feedback are described, including promptness, directness, reliability, and usability; and the need for assessment and assimilation following feedback is explained. (LRW)

Summarizes the discussions, conclusions, and resolutions of the Industrial Committee of the International Labour Organization, which stress the importance of education and training in dealing with specific problems of industries. (JOW)

Discussion of training effectiveness focuses on needs assessment and its link to accurate performance evaluation. The components of needs assessment are described; front end analysis as an outgrowth of needs assessment is discussed; and the relationship between training and performance improvement is examined. (four references) (LRW)

Data from a sample of 60,000 trainees shows that school, formal company, informal, and other types of training increased between 1983 and 1991; formal company training showed the biggest gain. Those with more education tend to get more training, females received more training than males, and manufacturing was more training intensive than the…

Problems faced by corporate trainers include the following: (1) no staff; (2) low attendance; (3) trainees' bad attitude; (4) information overload on the Internet; (5) lack of competent staff; (6) convincing the boss of the value of training; (7) making training stick; (8) making training cost effective; (9) training experts to train; and (10)…

Describes the Distance Education Learning (DEL) Systems model that provides a learner focused process for distance education through the lifelong learning process. Compares distance education systems models and describes three applications of the DEL model, two in higher education and one in corporate training. (LRW)

Discusses the return-on-investment (ROI) process for determining the effectiveness of a training initiative in light of the organization's strategic plan for performance improvement. Describes data collection barriers and uses hypothetical deductive reasoning to overcome barriers and evaluate the effectiveness of an organization's training…

E-Learning has been frequently heralded as a transforming influence on global education and corporate training. Despite such rhetoric, the adoption, diffusion and exploitation of e-Learning by educational institutions and organizations have been slower than anticipated. In this paper we attempt to examine the future of e-learning by adopting a…

The new Hewlett-Packard was the largest merger in technology history. During its merger, the new company faced an intense organizational change and integration of two different corporate cultures. While all these changes were occurring, its Workforce Development (WD) was also facing its own reinvention--a paradigm shift from being just a training…