Theory and Practice of Training

Name: Theory and Practice of Training
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ISBN: 9780749449766

ISBN-10: 0749449764

ISBN-13: 9780749449766

Edition: 5th 2007 (Revised)

Authors: Roger Buckley, Jim Caple

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Firmly established as a comprehensive introduction on the topic, this revised 5th edition provides a wide-ranging outline of the major instructional and training concepts and their relationship to training in practice. The authors have expanded on information relating to the training environment, equipment, strategies, and target population, and have included a completely new section on ethics. Written with the newcomer to the training function in mind, it provides numerous real-life case studies to illustrate the theory. This book is as valuable to those who want to put their training experience into a coherent context as it is to managers who need to understand the role that training can…

Book details

List price: $47.50
Edition: 5th
Copyright year: 2007
Publisher: Kogan Page, Limited
Publication date: 7/28/2007
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 336
Size: 0.04" wide x 0.04" long x 0.04" tall
Weight: 1.606
Language: English

Roger Buckley is a chartered psychologist who has spent over 30 years in the field of education, training and development. His experience as a tutor, consultant and manager has been gained from his work in schools, universities, the army and in service industries, including both the private and the public sector. He is also series editor of Kogan Page's successful Practical Trainer series and co-author, with Jim Caple, of The Theory and Practice of Training.

Jim Caple is a psychologist and a director of Cashton-Hodges Consultancy Ltd, specializing in training and development.




Training and the Organizational Environment


The distinction between training and education


Training, education and experience


Benefits of training


The image of training


Training and corporate strategy


Training and systems thinking



A Systematic Approach to Training


Stages in a systematic approach to training



The Reactive Route into Training



The Proactive Route into Training


Summary and conclusions



Analyses for Training


Job analysis


Job synthesis and future-oriented job analysis


Functional analysis


Knowledge and topic analysis


Manual skills analysis


Social skills analysis


Analysis of the target population


Training needs/content analysis


Training criteria and standards


Evaluating criteria



Training Objectives


Training objectives


Structure of objectives


Sources of information for objectives


Writing performance statements


Establishing standards and developing


end-of-training criteria measures


Dealing with attitudes


Identifying the conditions


The value of training objectives


Dissenting views on objectives


A response to the dissenting view



Learning Principles and Conditions


Sequencing the training material


Readiness of the learner


Ways of learning


General conditions of learning


Principles and specific conditions supporting


learning


Conclusion



The Training Programme: Selection, Design and Delivery


Constraints


Target population


Strategies and learning tactics


Tactics


Reinforcement and transfer tactics


Selecting the strategy and tactics





Reaction level


Learning level


Job behaviour and performance level


Organization level


Return on training investment


Conclusion





Auditing the training system at the event level


Auditing the training system at the functional level


Auditing the training system at the organizational


level


The training auditor





The trainer in context


Who are the trainers?


Trainer skills


Changing roles of the trainer


Managing the transfer of training


The consultancy role of the trainer


Marketing the training function


Ethics and the trainer


A final word



Methods for Obtaining Information about Performance


Problems and Job/Task Content


Structured interview


Observation


Questionnaire


Participation


Self-written job description


Work diary


Film-video-photography


Study of existing personnel records


Technical conference/Group discussion



Sampling


Methods of sampling


Sample size



Example of a Learning Journal



Illustration of a Tutor's Review of a Course



Example of a Checklist to Assess Trainer Perfor