Title:
Effective training : systems, strategies, and practices
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Edition:
4th ed.
Publication Information:
Upper Saddle River, NJ : Pearson/Prentice Hall, 2010
Physical Description:
xiv, 489 p. : ill. ; 26 cm.
ISBN:
9780136078326
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Summary
Summary
Effective Training: Systems, Strategies and Practices discusses the training process within an overarching framework that shows readers how training activities meet organizational needs that are both strategic and tactical in nature.
KEY TOPICS : Training in Organizations; Aligning Training with Strategy; Learning, Motivation, and Performance; Needs Analysis; Training Design; Traditional Training Methods; Computer-Based Training Methods; Development and Implementation of Training; Evaluation of Training; Key Areas of Organizational Training; Employee and Management Development MARKET : For readers looking for seamless integration of theory with effective and practical training applications.Table of Contents
Preface | p. viii |
Chapter 1 Training in Organizations | p. 1 |
Overview of Training | p. 4 |
Trends in Training | p. 9 |
Career Opportunities in Training | p. 16 |
Important Concepts and Meanings | p. 17 |
Focus on Small Business | p. 22 |
Summary | p. 23 |
Chapter 2 Aligning Training with Strategy | p. 26 |
Overview | p. 28 |
Strategic Planning | p. 29 |
OD, Strategy, and Training | p. 36 |
Putting It All Together | p. 43 |
Focus on Small Business | p. 49 |
Summary | p. 50 |
Chapter 3 Learning, Motivation, and Performance | p. 58 |
A Few Words About Theory | p. 61 |
Understanding Motivation and Performance | p. 62 |
Understanding Learning | p. 73 |
Social Learning Theory | p. 76 |
Aligning Training Design with Learning Process | p. 78 |
Motivation to Learn | p. 81 |
Training That Motivates Adults to Learn | p. 87 |
Summary | p. 89 |
Chapter 4 Needs Analysis | p. 95 |
Why Conduct a Training Needs Analysis? | p. 96 |
When to Conduct a TNA | p. 98 |
The TNA Model | p. 98 |
Where to Look for OPGs | p. 100 |
The Framework for Conducting a TNA | p. 102 |
Output of TNA | p. 127 |
Approaches to TNA | p. 130 |
Focus on Small Business | p. 136 |
TNA and Design | p. 138 |
Summary | p. 140 |
Chapter 5 Training Design | p. 153 |
Introduction to the Design of Training | p. 154 |
Organizational Constraints | p. 155 |
Developing Objectives | p. 160 |
Why Use Training Objectives? | p. 165 |
Facilitation of Learning: Focus on the Trainee | p. 167 |
Facilitation of Learning: Focus on Training Design | p. 178 |
Facilitation of Transfer: Focus on Training | p. 182 |
Facilitation of Transfer: Focus on Organizational Intervention | p. 189 |
Design Theory | p. 192 |
Focus on Small Business | p. 198 |
Outcomes of Design | p. 199 |
Summary | p. 202 |
Chapter 6 Traditional Training Methods | p. 208 |
Overview of the Chapter | p. 209 |
Matching Methods with Outcomes | p. 209 |
Lectures and Demonstrations | p. 210 |
Games and Simulations | p. 219 |
On-the-Job Training | p. 236 |
Summary of Methods and When to Use Them | p. 245 |
AV Enhancements to Training | p. 246 |
Summary | p. 257 |
Chapter 7 Computer-Based Training Methods | p. 261 |
Overview of the Chapter | p. 262 |
Overview of Computer-Based Training (CBT) | p. 262 |
CBT Methods | p. 266 |
Summary | p. 281 |
Chapter 8 Development and Implementation of Training | p. 285 |
Development of Training | p. 287 |
Implementation | p. 301 |
Transfer of Training | p. 313 |
Summary | p. 316 |
Chapter 9 Evaluation of Training | p. 324 |
Rationale for Evaluation | p. 325 |
Resistance to Training Evaluation | p. 326 |
So We Must Evaluate | p. 328 |
Types of Evaluation Data Collected | p. 329 |
Focus on Small Business | p. 352 |
Summary | p. 354 |
Chapter 10 Key Areas of Organizational Training | p. 375 |
Overview | p. 376 |
Orientation Training (Onboarding) | p. 377 |
Diversity Training | p. 391 |
Sexual Harassment Training | p. 397 |
Team Training | p. 402 |
Cross-Cultural Training | p. 407 |
Other Training Programs and Issues | p. 412 |
Summary | p. 419 |
Chapter 11 Employee and Management Development | p. 423 |
Employee Development | p. 424 |
Management Development? | p. 432 |
Our Approach to Management Development | p. 433 |
General Overview of the Managerial Job | p. 434 |
General Characteristics of Managers | p. 436 |
Integration: Strategies and Management Characteristics | p. 440 |
Management Development Implications | p. 443 |
Sources of Knowledge/Skill Acquisition | p. 445 |
Training for Executive-Level Management | p. 449 |
Focus on Small Business | p. 456 |
Summary | p. 456 |
References | p. 460 |
Glossary | p. 477 |
Index | p. 484 |