The training needs of the cotton industry have fostered a movement within that industry to develop more trainers and improve management training. Since 1966, through seminars, training programs, grants programs and proper recruitment, 6,000 more qualified training instructors have been added to the industry. (DS)

Author outlines two basic session plans and sets down guidelines for a successful training program. (Editor)

Discusses how to make training more effective by fitting it into the organizational context. Topics include models of training, identification of training needs, sequencing of learning experiences, improving the effectiveness of groups, and the problems of using the training department as an agent for organizational change. (34 references) (SK)

The article discusses the Insurance Industry Training Council's development, its purpose, and goals in training since its inception in 1968. (BP)

Several prominent figures in the training and development/human resources profession offer their appraisals of the challenges facing practitioners in 1975. Included are Joe Batten, Martin Broadwell, Kate Kirkham, Malcolm Knowles, Tom Jaap, Gordon Lippitt, George Ordione, and Ben Treoge. (MW)

The article reappraises initial sales training and presents a program emphasizing objectives, responsibility for training, program content, and teaching techniques. Formal Initial Responsive Sales Training System (FIRSTS) is the name of the program explored and evaluated. (Author/MW)

Accounted is the supervisory training program currently in operation in the printing and publishing industry. The purpose of the training program is to increase managerial efficiency and to better prepare new supervisors. (DS)

Problems which frustrate and hinder training in data base use for personnel employed in biomedical libraries include the ever increasing number of data bases which continue to be introduced, search techniques that differ from vendor to vendor and data base to data base, and differing formats of data bases and their training manuals. Training…

Twelve training experts discuss their views on the efficacy of sales training in relation to organizational budget and sales success. (WL)

Reports findings of a survey of 12 major companies and 20 researchers and administrators to determine the importance placed on corporate training. Discusses which companies or divisions are using training, what factors affect or inhibit training, and policy considerations. (CH)

Discusses the systematic approach to training, how this approach increases training impact, and how it evolved and identifies the four components of this approach, describing three components in detail--pretraining briefing sessions, review of individual training objectives, and group followup. (MBR)

Questions the effects of training on the confidence people have in their ability to perform newly-learned tasks. Factors that affect confidence and measurement of confidence are discussed, and examples are given of ways in which training might intentionally try to increase confidence. (MBR)

Workers' education in the Belgian trade union movement began in the twentieth century. The author recalls the founding and aims of various institutions which trained workers, describes the evolution of course programs up to the present time, and deals with the question of "time credit" and further training. (Author/BP)