Synopses & Reviews
The authors offer proven skills, training, and educational applications that develop individual employee thinking for total quality management, ISO 9000, or other quality-team business programs. It develops the great potential of using cognitive-based learning to empower people for quality and workplace leadership, systems that move beyond traditional behavior-based training techniques. The authors explain what can and cannot be done to increase creative thinking, insight, and adult intelligence. They provide bottom-line measures for assessing the effectiveness of training procedures and show how a commitment to substantive life-long employee education can build a stronger business and corporate presence in the marketplace of the future.
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This thoughtful and provocative presentation of the role of business in preparing its human resources for the 21st century is written to enable trainers to increase the power and scope of educational programs for the work-force. It is equally relevant to the academic community in structuring business curricula to prepare students to think critically and creatively, to solve problems, to exercise judgment, and to learn new skills and knowledge throughout a lifetime. Each chapter is well researched and clearly written, and contains an extensive list of references. Pertinent to business faculties as well as to those responsible for continuing education programs. Graduate; faculty; professional.Choice
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The book FutureWork is a terrific example of how research can be compiled so that training and development practitioners can put it to use immediately.Training &Development
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FutureWork is a comprehensive text exceptionally valuable for training executives and trainers alike. The book is laden with practical examples. The authors use a triad model to depict a well organized approach for addressing today's training needs. I was personally able to use informationin FutureWork to complete several consulting projects. Thank you Dr. Gordon, Dr. Morgan, and Dr. Ponticell!Adrienne M. Kirkeby Training &Human Resource Consultant Formerly Training Director Illinois Bell Telephone Company
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FutureWork offers the first comprehensive overview of adult learning.Frances Ryan, D.C., Ph.D., Associate Professor Chair, Human Services &Counseling Program School of Education, Depaul University
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"FutureWork is a comprehensive text exceptionally valuable for training executives and trainers alike. The book is laden with practical examples. The authors use a triad model to depict a well organized approach for addressing today's training needs. I was personally able to use information in FutureWork to complete several consulting projects. Thank you Dr. Gordon, Dr. Morgan, and Dr. Ponticell!" - Adrienne M. Kirkeby Training and Human Resource Consultant Formerly Training Director Illinois Bell Telephone Company
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FutureWork provides the "missing link" to Quality and helps answer the question, "How can we get employees to be better thinkers and problem solvers?Hope Freeland Manager, Training and Development Underwriters Laboratories, Inc.
Synopsis
"...A comprehensive text exceptionally valuable for training executives and trainers alike. The book is laden with practical examples. The authors use a triad model to depict a well organized approach for addressing today's training needs..." Adrienne M. Kirkeby, Training and Human Resource Consultant
Table of Contents
Acknowledgments
Preface
The Evolution of Management Development
Cognition and Learning: The Potential of Melding Theory into Practice
Back to Basics: Enhancing Learning in Training and Development
The Individualized Instructional Program (IIP) Training Alternative
Behavior Based Instruction's Missing Pieces of the Training Puzzle
Management Insight Development Program (MIDP): A Cognitive Thinking Approach for Workplace Problem Solving and Creativity
Defining Intelligence for the Training Arena
Proving It Works!
Designing Effective Cognitive Based Training and Development
FutureWork: The Revolution Reshaping American Business
Appendix I: A Description of the IIP Research Program
Appendix II: IIP Quantitative Research
Appendix III: Use of Curriculum-Based Measures in the MIDP
Appendix IV: Survey of Training Needs Assessment for Business
Appendix V: FutureWork Case Study