Synopses & Reviews
In the past decade there has been an unprecedented level of advancement in training research, theory, and application. The field has been transformed by fresh theories and multidisciplinary principles, innovative methods for measuring training effectiveness, and new applications of e-learning.
Creating, Implementing, and Managing Effective Training and Development provides training professionals with the cutting-edge information and guidelines needed to implement and maintain effective training and development programs within organizations. The contributors— expert practitioners and researchers— represent a wide range of instruction, learning, and performance disciplines, including performance technology, vocational education, and instructional technology. In this book, they offer a guide to the best practices and most current developments in strategic planning and needs assessment, training design and media selection, training delivery, transfer of training and training evaluation, long-term maintenance of leading programs within organizations, and more.
This comprehensive resource offers a review of the best practices in recent training and development methods and a thorough understanding of organizational training and learning. The contributors show how to
- Position training and development within the organization
- Plan for effective training interventions
- Affect in a positive manner trainee readiness, motivation, learning, and transfer
- Develop training that will maximize the benefits of a diverse workplace
- Implement a practical framework for accelerating learning and development through coaching
- Facilitate computer technology in training through the creation of an infrastructure for active learning
- Promote training and measuring effective teams and teamwork
- Choose the most appropriate evaluation measures and maximize the impact of evaluation practices
Human resource practitioners, instructional developers, chief learning officers, and all those who promote learning in organizations will find that
Creating, Implementing, and Managing Effective Training and Development provides a wealth of information, suggestions, and practical tips to help them meet their ongoing training challenges.
Synopsis
Put the most advanced training practices available today to work for your organization. In this guidebook, a number of researchers and practitioners combine the often unshared breakthroughs from a number of training disciplines into a single set of principles and guidelines that you can use to implement and maintain a state-of-the-art training program. Learn the best practices and most current developments in strategic planning and needs assessment, training design and media selection, training delivery, transfer of training and training evaluation, long-term maintenance of leading programs within organizations, and more!
Synopsis
Put the most advanced training practices available today to work for your organization. In this guidebook, a number of researchers and practitioners combine the often unshared breakthroughs from a number of training disciplines into a single set of principles and guidelines that you can use to implement and maintain a state-of-the-art training program. Learn the best practices and most current developments in strategic planning and needs assessment, training design and media selection, training delivery, transfer of training and training evaluation, long-term maintenance of leading programs within organizations, and more!
Synopsis
Creating, Implementing, and Managing Effective Training and Development--the twelfth volume in the Professional Practice Series--is a hands-on resource that offers practitioners a compendium of the most- current theory and research concerning training and organizations. This important book takes a multidisciplinary approach and contains chapters from leading practitioners and researchers who provide state-of-the-art information, suggestions, principles, and guidelines from a wide range of disciplines.
Contributors to Creating, Implementing, and Managing Effective Training and Development
Kenneth G. Brown
C. Shawn Burke
Janis A. Cannon-Bowers
Donna Chrobot-Mason
Jason A. Colquitt
David A. DuBois
J. Kevin Ford
John Jeppesen
Kurt Kraiger
M. Anthony Machin
Raymond A. Noe
Colleen Petersen
David B. Peterson
Miguel A. Quinones
Linda Rogers
Eduardo Salas
Scott Tannenbaum
About the Author
Kurt Kraiger is professor of psychology at the University of Colorado at Denver and currently serves on the editorial board of Human Factors. He has consulted in the areas of training, selection, and organizational effectiveness for a number of organizations, including McDonald's, Miller Brewing, Warner Lambert, U.S. WEST, the National Institute of Occupational Safety and Health, and Global Crossings.
Table of Contents
Foreword: Eduardo Salas.
Preface.
The Authors.
Part One: Designing and Positioning Trainingand Development.
1. Beg, Borrow, and Steal: How the Best TrainingProfessionals Keep Up (Linda L. Rogers, Colleen W. Petersen).
2. A Strategic View of Organizational Trainingand Learning (Scott Tannenbaum).
3. Planning for Training Impact: Principles ofTraining Effectiveness (Raymond A. Noe, Jason A. Colquitt).
4. Leveraging Hidden Expertise: Why, When,and How to Use Cognitive Task Analysis (David A. DuBois).
Part Two: Innovations in Trainingand Development Methods.
5. Training for a Diverse Workplace (Donna Chrobot-Mason, Miguel A. Qui?ones).
6. Management Development: Coaching andMentoring Programs (David B. Peterson.
7. Using Computer Technology in Training:Building an Infrastructure for Active Learning (Kenneth G. Brown, J. Kevin Ford).
8. What We Know About Designing and DeliveringTeam Training: Tips and Guidelines (Eduardo Salas, C. Shawn Burke, Janis A. Cannon-Bowers).
Part Three: Evaluating and Institutionalizing Training.
9. Planning, Managing, and Optimizing Transferof Training (M. Anthony Machin).
10. Creating and Maintaining the LearningOrganization (John C. Jeppesen).
11. Decision-Based Evaluation (Kurt Kraiger).
Name Index.
Subject Index.