Synopses & Reviews
Train yourself to effectively train others.
Written specifically for managers, supervisors, and trainers who need to communicate new knowledge and skills to people, How to Be an Effective Trainer provides a solid framework for developing—and maximizing—your training proficiency. Now thoroughly revised and expanded, this single-volume resource offers a complete step-by-step program to take you from the basics through the very latest developments in the field.
How to Be an Effective Trainer, Third Edition introduces key training skills—such as conducting on-the-job training, formulating session plans, and drafting objectives—and then provides easy-to-follow guidelines for putting them smoothly into action. You'll also learn how to use a wide range of more advanced learning techniques, from computer-based learning (CBL) and structured diary analysis to programmed instruction and behavior modeling. Among the highlights of this all-new edition, you'll find:
- A new chapter on supervisory and management development
- An updated segment on Career Development Review
- New material on how to structure question-and-answer sessions—plus follow-up techniques
- Expanded coverage of the importance of role play, including the use of feedback sheets
- New perspectives on adventure learning, learning organizations, and reflection as a training technique
- Up-to-the-minute information on the impact of new technology, including computer-based training and new display and overhead projection methods.
More than just a how-to manual, How to Be an Effective Trainer, Third Edition contains all the essentials for both the novice and the more experienced trainer. With helpful checklists, quizzes, and end-of-chapter reviews throughout, it gives you the tools you need to hone your ability to design effective training programs.
Synopsis
Here is the most complete guide to effective training skills available for managers, supervisors, and new trainers who need to communicate new knowledge to individuals or groups. This edition gives more practical examples than any other source and provides highly detailed models and explicit tips on conducting sessions, with examples and cases drawn from real-life situations. Includes complete information on how to research, design, and implement a training program and how to conduct training evaluation, detailed guidance on using audiovisuals, and the necessary background theory to put training into an organizational problem-solving perspective. Designed as a self-instructional package, it features bibliographies by chapter, several feedback sheets presented in reproducible form, extensive checklists, tests and exercises. This edition contains more material on advanced training methods and a chapter on marketing training within organizations.
About the Author
'BRIAN L. DELAHAYE is an associate professor at the School of Professional Studies at the Queensland University of Technology in Brisbane, Australia.
BARRY J. SMITH is a psychologist and counselor. He was formerly a senior lecturer in human resource management at the Queensland University of Technology.'
Table of Contents
Partial table of contents:
TRAINING OVERVIEW.
The Training Environment and the Trainer's Job.
Who is the Trainer?
Change and Opportunity.
A Training Model.
Summary.
Some Learning Principles.
Trainer or Trainee-centered Learning.
Some Learning Principles.
Summary.
The Theory-Session Model.
Two Basic Models.
Structure of the Theory-Session Model.
Summary.
The Skill-session Model.
Types of Skills.
Introducing the Structure of the Skill-Session Model: Simple Task.
Structure of the Skill-Session Model: Complex Task.
Summary.
The Trainees.
The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly.
Before the Training Program.
During the Training Program.
After the Training Program.
Summary.
PLANNING THE LEARNING EXPERIENCE.
What is Training Needs Analysis?
Writing Training Objectives.
Where Do Training Objectives Come From?
The Components of a Training Objective.
How to Write a Session Plan.
How to Organize a Session Plan.
A Guide to Preparation Time.
Summary.
Defining Measurement Criteria and Tools.
Micro/Macro Levels.
Measurement Criteria.
Measurement Tools.
Writing and Using Your Own Tests.
The Testing Situation.
Scoring a Test.
Summary.
Designing Follow-up Activities.
Why We Need Follow-up.
Index.