Corporate Training for Effective Performance
Corporate training and effective performance have become major issues in the 1980s and '90s. Reviews of the training research literature show that, parallel to the growing attention to corporate training, research has also increased in the field, giving a better understanding of the subject and providing fundamental expertise on which trainers can build. The contributions to the book differ in the degree to which they are related to performance issues, but all chapters underline the necessity...
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Corporate training and effective performance have become major issues in the 1980s and '90s. Reviews of the training research literature show that, parallel to the growing attention to corporate training, research has also increased in the field, giving a better understanding of the subject and providing fundamental expertise on which trainers can build. The contributions to the book differ in the degree to which they are related to performance issues, but all chapters underline the necessity of thinking from the perspective of effective performance. Booknews Updated and rewritten versions of 13 research studies and literature reviews selected from presentations at a 1991 international conference in Twente, The Netherlands, consider ways to improve the performance of employees by changing corporate training programs. They discuss the changing environments of training and development from such perspectives as national standards for managers and the role of regulations, evaluation models and strategies such as behavior modeling training and on-the-job learning, and new training and development devices such as the self-learning organization and computer support of operator training. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)
List of FiguresList of TablesList of ContributorsPreface1Linking Corporate Training and Effective Performance12The Development of Competence: National Standards for Managers133The Role of Regulations in Corporate Training Strategies334The Challenge of Competence and Further Training Policies475Organization Development in a Changing Corporate Culture636Behavior Modeling Training in North America: a Research Summary897Changing Leadership Style: a Training Model for Lasting Effects1118Human Resources Development and On-the-job Learning1359Effectiveness of Seminars as a Training Tool in International Companies15710The Self-learning Organization in a Changing Professional Environment17911Strategic Management Simulations: the German Case19512Computer Support of Operator Training20913Delivery Systems for Corporate Training in the Future227Appendix245Author Index257Subject Index265
\ BooknewsUpdated and rewritten versions of 13 research studies and literature reviews selected from presentations at a 1991 international conference in Twente, The Netherlands, consider ways to improve the performance of employees by changing corporate training programs. They discuss the changing environments of training and development from such perspectives as national standards for managers and the role of regulations, evaluation models and strategies such as behavior modeling training and on-the-job learning, and new training and development devices such as the self-learning organization and computer support of operator training. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)\ \
