| Contents: |
| Introduction to results-based
training design. |
| Analysis of training
needs: Needs analysis and needs assessment. Job analysis. Performance
analysis. Task analysis. Learner analysis. Context analysis. Skill gap
analysis. |
| Design phase: Training
objectives. Training deliverables. Training design budgets and schedules.
Training project management. Design blueprints and prototypes. |
| Development: Drafting
training materials. Developing tests/assessments. Quality control issues.
Full-scale production. Implementation: Train the trainer. Classroom delivery
of training. Non-classroom delivery techniques. |
| Evaluation: The role
of evaluation in training. Evaluating trainee reaction and learning. Evaluating
the transfer of training. Evaluating the results of training. Conclusion:
Where we are and where we're headed. |
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| Bottom-Line Training |
| by Donald J. Ford, 280pp.,
1999 ISBN: 0084152111 |
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When training employees, it is
imperative that the information taught is practiced on the job.
However, studies show that training
participants apply less than half the material presented during a training
program.
The solution is targeting the real needs
of the trainees and presenting the materials effectively to produce real,
bottom-line results.
If training is not effective, it is of
no surprise that training and development programs are expendable when budgets
tighten. |
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| Bottom-Line
Training is the tool to make your training programs more effective at
each step of the design and implementation process.
It demonstrates ways to assess the true
needs of your clients, to manage the design and development of a training
program that will meet those needs, and to determine the best style of training
for your audience, even when that means going beyond standard classroom
presentations.
After all, the goal is to deliver the
right content to the right people, at the right time, in the right way.
When a training program does all that it
increases an organization's efficiency, performance, and customer focus, making
it integral to the company's success. |
| Donald J. Ford, Ph.D.,
is president of Training Education Management, a training and performance
improvement consulting firm that specializes in instructional design and
process improvement. He has worked in human resource development for 17
years and is author of two books and numerous articles on topics in training,
education, and business. |
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