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Iqbal, Muhammad Zahid; Khan, Rashid Ahmad – Journal of European Industrial Training, 2011
Purpose: This paper aims to review the relevant literature on training needs assessment (TNA) with an objective to provide users/beneficiaries of TNA with the understanding of its growing concept, multiple uses (outcomes), and valuing these uses (antecedents). Design/methodology/approach: To conduct the literature review on uses of TNA, the…
Descriptors: Educational Needs, Needs Assessment, Learning Motivation, Cost Effectiveness
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Storey, Keith – Australia and New Zealand Journal of Developmental Disabilities, 1987
A review of research on teaching social skills to severely handicapped persons discusses training procedures, domain, generalization, maintenance, cost efficiency, reliability, social interaction partners, social validation, research design, and simulation. Evaluation of nine studies affirms that severely handicapped persons can learn to interact…
Descriptors: Cost Effectiveness, Interaction Process Analysis, Interpersonal Competence, Normalization (Handicapped)
Smith, Andrew, Ed. – 2001
Following an introduction ("Return on Investment in Training" by Andrew Smith) that provides an overview and a synopsis of research findings, the following five chapters of this book present the results of five research projects funded by the National Research and Evaluation Committee in Australia in 1999-2000. The first four of these…
Descriptors: Cost Effectiveness, Developed Nations, Economic Development, Economic Impact
Wentland, Dan – 2001
The Strategic Training of Employees Model (STEM) is a comprehensive training framework that balances the need for training against the constraints existing within organizations. The STEM is based on advances in economic and educational research. The following are among the theories that lay at the STEM's foundation: reinforcement theory; social…
Descriptors: Adult Learning, Andragogy, Career Development, Cost Effectiveness
Phillips, Jack J. – 1999
This book, which is intended for individuals involved in developing, delivering, and supporting human resource development (HRD) programs, discusses worldwide HRD trends that were identified in a study of the HRD practices in 35 countries. Chapter 1 discusses the importance of the HRD trends identified and explains how they were identified.…
Descriptors: Accountability, Budgets, Case Studies, Comparative Analysis