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This conceptual text is designed to give an overview of the training process and training careers. The focus is on needs analysis and the planning for the evaluation of training. Interviews with training professionals make the text effective fro both practitioners in the corporate training environment and instructor's in the classroom.

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• Preface(p. ix)
• Part 1 The Training Function
• Prologue to Part 1(p. 1)
• Chapter 1 The Training Organization(p. 4)
• Putting Training Careers In Perspective(p. 4)
• Intregrating Training Goals With Organizational Goals(p. 7)
• Organizing the Training Function(p. 11)
• Identifying Current and Emerging Roles for the Training Professional(p. 19)
• Understanding the Training Cycle(p. 25)
• Summary(p. 28)
• Voices From the Field(p. 33)
• Part 2 Needs Assessment and Evaluation
• Prologue to Part 2(p. 43)
• Chapter 2 Training Needs Assessment(p. 45)
• Learning for Performance(p. 45)
• The Needs Assessment Process(p. 49)
• Systematic Approaches to Needs Assessment(p. 51)
• Targeting the Learner Population(p. 57)
• Summary(p. 64)
• Chapter 3 Evaluating Organizational Training(p. 68)
• Evaluation as a Basis for Sound Decisions(p. 68)
• Domains of Evaluation Criteria(p. 73)
• Guidelines for Using Evaluation Data(p. 84)
• Summary(p. 87)
• Chapter 4 Research Techniques(p. 91)
• Acquiring Valid Data(p. 91)
• Observations(p. 92)
• Types of Observation Variables(p. 93)
• Interviews(p. 97)
• Surveys(p. 102)
• Testing(p. 107)
• Experiments(p. 109)
• Summary(p. 114)
• Voices From the Field(p. 120)
• Part 3 Instructional Design
• Prologue to Part 3(p. 125)
• Chapter 5 Learning Theory(p. 127)
• Foundations for Adult Learning(p. 127)
• Adult Teaching and Learning Styles(p. 128)
• Learning Theory and Instructional Design(p. 133)
• Workplace Motivation: A Humanist Approach to Implementation(p. 143)
• Summary(p. 148)
• Chapter 6 Training Program Design(p. 154)
• The Design Process(p. 154)
• The Design Team(p. 156)
• Planning the "How"(p. 159)
• Training Design Challenges(p. 161)
• Program Development Issues(p. 162)
• Instructional Materials(p. 165)
• Evaluation in Instructional Design(p. 167)
• The Leader's Guide(p. 168)
• Summary(p. 170)
• Voices From the Field(p. 176)
• Part 4 Training Delivery
• Prologue to Part 4(p. 181)
• Chapter 7 Live Instruction(p. 187)
• The Teacher in a Classroom(p. 187)
• Whole Group Methods(p. 188)
• Small Group Methods(p. 192)
• Informal Learning(p. 197)
• Instructional Aids(p. 204)
• The Management of Teaching(p. 213)
• Summary(p. 215)
• Chapter 8 Mediated Instruction(p. 221)
• Setting the Stage for Mediated Learning(p. 221)
• Mediated Instruction and Adult Learning(p. 223)
• Choosing an Instructional Strategy(p. 223)
• A Variety of Media(p. 224)
• Delivering Mediated Instruction(p. 239)
• Evaluating Mediated Instruction(p. 244)
• Summary(p. 245)
• Part 5 Additional Professional Competencies
• Prologue to Part 5(p. 235)
• Chapter 9 The Training Proposal(p. 258)
• What is a Training Proposal?(p. 258)
• Communicating Training Plans(p. 259)
• Proposal Presentation(p. 269)
• Summary(p. 270)
• Chapter 10 Training Administration(p. 273)
• The Importance of Training Administration(p. 273)
• The Training Administration Sequence(p. 274)
• The Training Budget(p. 306)
• Training Department Reports(p. 310)
• Summary(p. 314)
• Chapter 11 The Trainer as Change Agent(p. 318)
• Introduction: Understanding the Role of a Change Agent(p. 318)
• Understanding Planned Organization Change(p. 320)
• Bringing Change to the Workplace(p. 324)
• Forming Collaborative Relationships(p. 329)
• The Training Professional as Business Partner(p. 333)
• Summary(p. 333)
• Voices From the Field(p. 339)
• Part 6 Trends for the Future
• Epilogue(p. 345)
• Chapter 12 The Trainer of the 21st Century(p. 347)
• A Trainer at Work in the Year 2000(p. 347)
• An Enterprise-Wide Learning Infrastructure(p. 353)
• What Should I Do?(p. 356)
• Summary(p. 358)
• Voices From the Field(p. 362)
• Appendices
• Appendix A Long Training Proposal(p. 369)
• Appendix B Short Training Proposal(p. 381)
• Appendix C Selected Training-Related Resources(p. 384)