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Veech, Annette M. – Performance and Instruction, 1994
Discusses the role of management in supporting employee training programs for performance improvement. How to identify training needs and develop a plan to support training are described. Promoting management involvement in training by linking training to the organizational plan and establishing an evaluation plan are discussed. (Contains two…
Descriptors: Administrator Role, Evaluation Criteria, Evaluation Needs, Industrial Training
Jacobs, Ronald L. – Performance Improvement Quarterly, 1988
The author proposes a domain and definition for the human performance technology field. The proposed domain consists of three components: management functions, performance systems development functions, and components of human performance systems. He also discusses systems theory and professional practice and outlines implications for research,…
Descriptors: Human Factors Engineering, Job Performance, Labor Force Development, Management Systems
Download full textJacobs, Ronald L. – 1987
This monograph proposes and describes a systems-based field of study for the training and development (T&D) profession: human performance technology. The first section describes what is meant by a field of study and professional practice and then provides a rationale for the proposal. Section 2 explores training and development in the context…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Human Factors Engineering, Job Performance, Labor Force Development
Gilley, Jerry W. – 1998
This book provides human resource development (HRD) professionals with a practical approach for improving the way they practice their profession and presents a four-part framework for improving HRD practice. Each of the book's four parts is dedicated to one part of the framework: examining HRD strategy; improving perceptions of HRD; improving…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Consultants, Educational Improvement, Educational Practices
2001
This document contains three papers on ethics and integrity in human resource development (HRD). "Redefining Human Resource Development: An Integration of the Learning, Performance, and Spirituality of Work Perspectives" (Reid A. Bates, Tim Hatcher, Elwood F. Holton III, Neal Chalofsky) describes an effort to articulate the tensions…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Benchmarking, Codes of Ethics, Definitions
2000
This document consists of two papers on theory building from a conference on human resource development (HRD). Both "Theory Building Research in HRD--Pushing the Envelope!" (Richard A. Swanson, Susan A. Lynham, Wendy E. A. Ruona, Richard J. Torraco) and "The Role of Theory Building in Maturing the Human Resource Development…
Descriptors: Educational Philosophy, Educational Research, Educational Theories, Emotional Intelligence
1998
This document contains three papers from a symposium on learning organization practices. "The Beliefs of Managers as Facilitators of Learning in Learning Organizations" (Andrea D. Ellinger) reports selected findings from a qualitative study that examined the perceptions of managers regarding their beliefs, behaviors, triggers, and…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Competition, Construct Validity, Education Work Relationship
Wognum, Ida – 2000
A study was conducted to determine what factors of human resource development (HRD) or other learning interventions impede or enhance improved performance. A review of the literature suggested theories of HRD effectiveness, where HRD effectiveness is perceived as the extent to which HRD goals and objectives are achieved. Various authors state that…
Descriptors: Adults, Cognitive Style, Context Effect, Developed Nations
Academy of Human Resource Development Conference Proceedings (St. Louis, Missouri, March 2-5, 1995).
PDF pending restorationHolton, Elwood F., III, Ed. – 1995
This document contains papers from 23 of 25 symposia held at the 1995 Academy of Human Resource Development (HRD) conference. Keynote speeches, symposium 6, and symposium 25 are not included. The 23 symposia are on the following topics: (1) HRD town forum; (2) core directions in HRD; (3) university instruction in HRD; (4) evaluation in HRD; (5)…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Context Effect, Corporate Education, Educational Needs
General Accounting Office, Washington, DC. – 2003
The General Accounting Office (GAO) examined publicly supported training programs for employed workers, including low-wage workers. The GAO surveyed local workforce boards nationwide and received responses from 470 boards. Two-thirds of the responding boards provided assistance to train employed workers, including partnering with employers to…
Descriptors: Access to Education, Basic Skills, Community Colleges, Education Work Relationship
Rothwell, William J. – 2002
This book explains how work organizations can create a workplace climate that encourages real-time, on-the-job learning and development of competent workplace learners, who are wiling and able to seize the initiative for identifying their own learning experiences and evaluating the results. The following are among the topics discussed: (1) the…
Descriptors: Adjustment (to Environment), Adult Learning, Cognitive Processes, Cognitive Style
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
Academy of Human Resource Development Conference Proceedings (Oak Brook, Illinois, March 4-8, 1998).
Torraco, Richard J., Ed. – 1998
These proceedings begin with the schedule, conference committee membership lists, and detailed agenda of the 1998 conference of the Academy of Human Resource Development, which explored the relationship between learning and performance. Presented next are papers grouped by the conference's 35 symposium topics, which are as follows: university…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Adult Learning, Case Studies, Cognitive Style
