The Legal Handbook for Trainers, Speakers, and Consultants

The Legal Handbook for Trainers, Speakers, and Consultants
Author: Patricia S. Eyres
Publisher: McGraw-Hill Companies
Total Pages: 570
Release: 1998
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN:

Help for managers, trainers and speakers in delivering effective yet legally defensible training programmes. Each chapter contains a description of a legal danger and a summary of relevant case law and includes variation in state law, industry-specific regulations and statutes mandating training.

ASTD Handbook for Workplace Learning Professionals

ASTD Handbook for Workplace Learning Professionals
Author: Elaine Biech
Publisher: American Society for Training and Development
Total Pages: 869
Release: 2008-05-01
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 1562865129

Here's the ""must have"" reference book for anyone involved in training, human resources development, and workplace learning. Published by the most trusted name in the industry, ""The ASTD Handbook for Workplace Learning Professionals"" is a required tool for all learning professionals. This practical ""go to"" resource is a new contribution to the field, comprising 50+ chapters, each authored by renowned industry practitioners. The handbook offers the most up-to-date methodologies and practices covering the entire range of the training and development profession and also includes valuable worksheets and tools on a companion CD-ROM.

Handbook of Improving Performance in the Workplace, Instructional Design and Training Delivery

Handbook of Improving Performance in the Workplace, Instructional Design and Training Delivery
Author: Kenneth H. Silber
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons
Total Pages: 802
Release: 2009-12-09
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 047019068X

With the contributions from leading national and international scholars and practitioners, this volume provides a "state-of-the-art" look at ID, addressing the major changes that have occurred in nearly every aspect of ID in the past decade and provides both theory and "how-to" information for ID and performance improvement practitioners practitioners who must stay current in their field. This volume goes beyond other ID references in its approach: it is useful to students and practitioners at all levels; it is grounded in the most current research and theory; and it provides up-to-the-minute coverage of topics not found in any other ID book. It addresses timely topics such as cognitive task analysis, instructional strategies based on cognitive research, data collection methods, games, higher-order problem-solving and expertise, psychomotor learning, project management, partnering with clients, and managing a training function. It also provides a new way of looking at what ID is, and the most comprehensive history of ID ever published. Sponsored by International Society for Performance Improvement (ISPI), the Handbook of Improving Performance in the Workplace, three-volume reference, covers three core areas of interest including Instructional Design and Training Delivery, Selecting and Implementing Performance Interventions, and Measurement and Evaluation.

The 2008 Pfeiffer Annual

The 2008 Pfeiffer Annual
Author: Elaine Biech
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons
Total Pages: 338
Release: 2007-12-04
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 0787996289

This annual focuses on change management. It is designed as a ready-made toolkit of ideas, methods, techniques and models.

Designing Effective Instruction

Designing Effective Instruction
Author: Gary R. Morrison
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons
Total Pages: 480
Release: 2012-12-26
Genre: Education
ISBN: 1118359992

This book includes many new, enhanced features and content. Overall, the text integrates two success stories of practicing instructional designers with a focus on the process of instructional design. The text includes stories of a relatively new designer and another with eight to ten years of experience, weaving their scenarios into the chapter narrative. Throughout the book, there are updated citations, content, and information, as well as more discussions on learning styles, examples of cognitive procedure, and explanations on sequencing from cognitive load theory.

Criterion-referenced Test Development

Criterion-referenced Test Development
Author: Sharon A. Shrock
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons
Total Pages: 531
Release: 2008-05-14
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 047041040X

Criterion-Referenced Test Development is designed specifically for training professionals who need to better understand how to develop criterion-referenced tests (CRTs). This important resource offers step-by-step guidance for how to make and defend Level 2 testing decisions, how to write test questions and performance scales that match jobs, and how to show that those certified as ?masters? are truly masters. A comprehensive guide to the development and use of CRTs, the book provides information about a variety of topics, including different methods of test interpretations, test construction, item formats, test scoring, reliability and validation methods, test administration, a score reporting, as well as the legal and liability issues surrounding testing. New revisions include: Illustrative real-world examples. Issues of test security. Advice on the use of test creation software. Expanded sections on performance testing. Single administration techniques for calculating reliability. Updated legal and compliance guidelines. Order the third edition of this classic and comprehensive reference guide to the theory and practice of organizational tests today.

Retaining Your Best Employees (In Action Case Study Series)

Retaining Your Best Employees (In Action Case Study Series)
Author: Patricia Pulliam Phillips
Publisher: Association for Talent Development
Total Pages: 195
Release: 2023-05-26
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 1607289083

Keeping and retaining your best, high-performing employees is tough. But here's a resource that helps you take the best retention strategies from other organizations and apply them to your own situation. Explore what others are doing about managing retention, and learn about retention's impact on the individual employee who has chosen to leave or has been forced to leave an organization. This book includes 10 case studies on important topics, such as using recognition to manage retention, reinvigorating a mature company and using an internal degree program to reduce turnover.

The Cultural Context of Human Resource Development

The Cultural Context of Human Resource Development
Author: C. Hansen
Publisher: Springer
Total Pages: 273
Release: 2009-05-21
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 0230236669

An insight into the understanding of human resource development (HRD) in various cultural contexts. This book looks at how culture shapes our expectations for what is appropriate in the workplace and aims to broaden the reader's knowledge of HRD by exploring the boundaries of existing theories.