Evaluating Business and Industry Training

Evaluating Business and Industry Training edited by Leslie Steven May, Carol Ann Moore, Stephen J. Zammit.

In the abstract, training is seen as valuable by most people in business and industry. However, in the rush of providing training programs "on time" and "within budget," evaluation of training is frequently left behind as a "nice to have" addition, if practical. In addi...

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Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
Other Authors: May, Leslie Steven (Editor), Moore, Carol Ann (Editor), Zammit, Stephen J. (Editor)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Dordrecht : Springer Netherlands : Imprint: Springer, 1987.
Edition:1st ed. 1987.
Series:Evaluation in Education and Human Services ; 17
Springer eBook Collection.
Subjects:
Assessment.
Personnel management.
International education .
Comparative education.
Electronic resources (E-books)
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Table of Contents:
  • I Organizational Context of Training Evaluation
  • 1 The Role of Training in Implementing Strategic Change
  • 2 Strategic Evaluation of Training
  • 3 The Organizational Context of Training Evaluation for Staff Development
  • 4 Evaluating Training Programs for Decision Making
  • 5 Management Education: Articulating the Unspoken, Riding the Herd, Wasting Money, or Preparing for Tomorrow?
  • II Evaluation of Training Products
  • 6 Evaluation Issues in the Educational Product Life-Cycle
  • 7 Applying Quality Management Concepts and Techniques to Training Evaluation
  • 8 Content Validity as an Evaluation Strategy for Examining Training Programs
  • 9 The Role of Media in the Evaluation of Training
  • 10 Management Education: An Emerging Role for Systematic Evaluation
  • III Evaluating and Maximizing the Use of Evaluation Results
  • 11 Establishing Corporate Evaluation Policy: Cost Versus Benefit
  • 12 Communicating Evaluation Results: The External Evaluator Perspective
  • 13 Communicating Evaluation Results: The Internal Evaluator Perspective
  • 14 Implementing a Testing Strategy Within a Training Program
  • 15 Use of Training Data in Personnel Decision Making.

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