This celebrated book, newly revised and updated, is a comprehensive treatment of organizational training and development: its basic ideas, organizational goals, and practical techniques. Dugan Laird, noted trainer, consultant, and author, shares his considerable experience in the whole field of human resource development and job-related training. The key to this book's ongoing popularity is its practicality: Laird's concern with the real-life problems and needs of T&D professionals. When and how should training be used, and what methods and techniques have worked and will work? The author's answers are supplemented by simple-to-follow process charts that outline each step of an effective training system. For this Second Edition, Laird has added material on new training technologies such as video and computer assisted instruction, explaining how and when they should be used to supplement traditional instructional techniques. How do you find training needs? What do you do when you don't give training? Learning objectives: who needs them? How do people learn? How important is teaching technique?

This Second Edition continues to serve as a straightforward introduction to the whole field of training and human resource development. Laird's more than thirty years of experience provide the background for a clear and sensible analysis of a trainer's many roles in the modern organization.

This celebrated book, newly revised and updated, is a comprehensive treatment of organizational training and development: its basic ideas, organizational goals, and practical techniques. Dugan Laird, noted trainer, consultant, and author, shares his considerable experience in the whole field of human resource development and job-related training.The key to this book's ongoing popularity is its practicality: Laird's concern with the real-life problems and needs of T&D professionals. When and how should training be used, and what methods and techniques have worked and will work? The author's answers are supplemented by simple-to-follow process charts that outline each step of an effective training system. For this Second Edition, Laird has added material on new training technologies such as video and computer assisted instruction, explaining how and when they should be used to supplement traditional instructional techniques. How do you find training needs? What do you do when you don't give training? Learning objectives: who needs them? How do people learn? How important is teaching technique?

Seeks to find a balance between research and company practices. This text provides students with a background in the fundamentals of training and development - needs assessment, transfer of training, designing a learning environment, methods, and evaluation.

The latest Wiley Blackwell Handbook of Organizational Psychology uses a psychological perspective, and a uniquely global focus, to review the latest literature and research in the interconnected fields of training, development, and performance appraisal. Maintains a truly global focus on the field with top international contributors exploring research and practice from around the world Offers researchers and professionals essential information for building a talented organization, a critical and challenging task for organizational success in the 21st century Covers a diverse range of topics, including needs analysis, job design, active learning, self-regulation, simulation approaches, 360-degree feedback, and virtual learning environments

Preface 1. Importance of Systematic Approaches to Training 2. The Competency-Based Approach to Training 3. Human Resource Development Training and Skill Development 4. Academic Administrators and Higher Education in Training and Development 5. Training and Development- Its Role in Achieving Organisation 6. Ethics Training and Development in the Military 7. Training and Development 8. Training Education and Development Policy 9. Civil Service Training and Development Strategy 10. Role and Responsibilities Identifying Training and Development 11. Types of Training and Development Support 12. Creating a People-centric Organisation - The Role of Training 13. Strategies for Effective Law Enforcement Training 14. Basic Training Methodology 15. Measuring on Soft Skills Training An Approach Document 16. Coalition on Women and Job Training 17. Training and Development its Roles in Achieving Organisational Success 18. Method for Rapid Development of Training Materials 19. Staff Development In Distance Education: The Evolution Of One Approach 20. Training and Development in the Civil Service Bibliography Index.

In our contemporary learning society, expectations about the contribution of education and training continue to rise. Moreover, the potential of information and communication technology (ICT) creates many challenges. These trends affect not only the aims, content and processes of learning, they also have a strong impact on educational design and development approaches in research and professional practices. Prominent researchers from the Netherlands and the USA present their latest findings on these issues in this volume. The major purpose of this book is to discuss current thinking on promising design approaches and to present innovative (computer-based) tools. The book aims to serve as a resource and reference work that will stimulate advancement in the field of education and training. It is intended to be useful in academic settings as well as for professionals in design and development practices.