Put the most advanced training practices available today to work for your organization. In this guidebook, a number of researchers and practitioners combine the often unshared breakthroughs from a number of training disciplines into a single set of principles and guidelines that you can use to implement and maintain a state-of-the-art training program. Learn the best practices and most current developments in strategic planning and needs assessment, training design and media selection, training delivery, transfer of training and training evaluation, long-term maintenance of leading programs within organizations, and more!
Book Details:
- Author: Kurt Kraiger
- ISBN: 9780470336342
- Year Published: 2002
- Pages: 464
- BISAC: BUS066000, BUSINESS & ECONOMICS/Training
About the Book and Topic:
Put the most advanced training practices available today to work for your organization. In this guidebook, a number of researchers and practitioners combine the often unshared breakthroughs from a number of training disciplines into a single set of principles and guidelines that you can use to implement and maintain a state-of-the-art training program. Learn the best practices and most current developments in strategic planning and needs assessment, training design and media selection, training delivery, transfer of training and training evaluation, long-term maintenance of leading programs within organizations, and more!
There are multiple disciplines within the broad domain of training, and practical and theoretical advancements in one discipline are too infrequently applied to other disciplies. Even as increasing numbers of I/O psychologists are beginning to focus on the study and improvement of training in organizations, there are other practitioners and researchers (in fields like performance technology, vocational education, and instructional technology) who have been making advances in areas such as cognitive task analysis, embedded training, learning organizations, and adult learning theory. Integrating this work with the understanding of organizational contexts brought by I/O psychologists will accelerate the development of tools and technologies for individual learning and development. The contributors to this volume are pracitioners and researchers who come from multiple domains related to instruction, learning, and performance management. Their combined expertise will result in a set of state-of-the-art (and multi-disciplinary) principles and guidelines for implementing and maintaining effective training programs in organizations.
Drawing on the most current knowledge from distinct disciplines–performance technology, vocational education, and instructional technology–within training and development, this book offers practical applications for decision-making regarding training in organizations. The book covers such important topics as cognitive task analysis, embedded training, learning organizations, and adult learning theory. Based on the contributors’ combined expertise, the book is a blend of a broad knowledge base and the most current and multidisciplinary principles and guidelines that can be applied in a wide variety of organizational settings.
About the Author
Kurt Kraiger is professor of psychology at the University of Colorado at Denver and currently serves on the editorial board of Human Factors. He has consulted in the areas of training, selection, and organizational effectiveness for a number of organizations, including McDonald’s, Miller Brewing, Warner Lambert, U.S. WEST, the National Institute of Occupational Safety and Health, and Global Crossings.