Training for Organizations

Name: Training for Organizations
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ISBN: 9780538724616

ISBN-10: 0538724617

ISBN-13: 9780538724616

Edition: 2nd 2002

Authors: Bridget N. O'Connor, Michael z Bronner, Chester Delaney

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This conceptual text is designed to give an overview of the training process and training careers. The focus is on needs analysis and the planning for the evaluation of training. Interviews with training professionals make the text effective fro both practitioners in the corporate training environment and instructor's in the classroom.

Book details

Edition: 2nd
Copyright year: 2002
Publisher: Cengage South-Western
Publication date: 1/29/2001
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 416
Size: 6.75" wide x 9.25" long x 0.50" tall
Weight: 1.144
Language: English

Preface	p. ix
The Training Function
Prologue to Part 1	p. 1
The Training Organization	p. 4
Putting Training Careers In Perspective	p. 4
Intregrating Training Goals With Organizational Goals	p. 7
Organizing the Training Function	p. 11
Identifying Current and Emerging Roles for the Training Professional	p. 19
Understanding the Training Cycle	p. 25
Summary	p. 28
Voices From the Field	p. 33
Needs Assessment and Evaluation
Prologue to Part 2	p. 43
Training Needs Assessment	p. 45
Learning for Performance	p. 45
The Needs Assessment Process	p. 49
Systematic Approaches to Needs Assessment	p. 51
Targeting the Learner Population	p. 57
Summary	p. 64
Evaluating Organizational Training	p. 68
Evaluation as a Basis for Sound Decisions	p. 68
Domains of Evaluation Criteria	p. 73
Guidelines for Using Evaluation Data	p. 84
Summary	p. 87
Research Techniques	p. 91
Acquiring Valid Data	p. 91
Observations	p. 92
Types of Observation Variables	p. 93
Interviews	p. 97
Surveys	p. 102
Testing	p. 107
Experiments	p. 109
Summary	p. 114
Voices From the Field	p. 120
Instructional Design
Prologue to Part 3	p. 125
Learning Theory	p. 127
Foundations for Adult Learning	p. 127
Adult Teaching and Learning Styles	p. 128
Learning Theory and Instructional Design	p. 133
Workplace Motivation: A Humanist Approach to Implementation	p. 143
Summary	p. 148
Training Program Design	p. 154
The Design Process	p. 154
The Design Team	p. 156
Planning the "How"	p. 159
Training Design Challenges	p. 161
Program Development Issues	p. 162
Instructional Materials	p. 165
Evaluation in Instructional Design	p. 167
The Leader's Guide	p. 168
Summary	p. 170
Voices From the Field	p. 176
Training Delivery
Prologue to Part 4	p. 181
Live Instruction	p. 187
The Teacher in a Classroom	p. 187
Whole Group Methods	p. 188
Small Group Methods	p. 192
Informal Learning	p. 197
Instructional Aids	p. 204
The Management of Teaching	p. 213
Summary	p. 215
Mediated Instruction	p. 221
Setting the Stage for Mediated Learning	p. 221
Mediated Instruction and Adult Learning	p. 223
Choosing an Instructional Strategy	p. 223
A Variety of Media	p. 224
Delivering Mediated Instruction	p. 239
Evaluating Mediated Instruction	p. 244
Summary	p. 245
Additional Professional Competencies
Prologue to Part 5	p. 235
The Training Proposal	p. 258
What is a Training Proposal?	p. 258
Communicating Training Plans	p. 259
Proposal Presentation	p. 269
Summary	p. 270
Training Administration	p. 273
The Importance of Training Administration	p. 273
The Training Administration Sequence	p. 274
The Training Budget	p. 306
Training Department Reports	p. 310
Summary	p. 314
The Trainer as Change Agent	p. 318
Introduction: Understanding the Role of a Change Agent	p. 318
Understanding Planned Organization Change	p. 320
Bringing Change to the Workplace	p. 324
Forming Collaborative Relationships	p. 329
The Training Professional as Business Partner	p. 333
Summary	p. 333
Voices From the Field	p. 339
Trends for the Future
Epilogue	p. 345
The Trainer of the 21st Century	p. 347
A Trainer at Work in the Year 2000	p. 347
An Enterprise-Wide Learning Infrastructure	p. 353
What Should I Do?	p. 356
Summary	p. 358
Voices From the Field	p. 362
Appendices
Long Training Proposal	p. 369
Short Training Proposal	p. 381
Selected Training-Related Resources	p. 384
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