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Training for a rapidly changing workplace : applications of psychological research /

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To achieve and maintain a competitive edge, organization leaders have realized that they must find the most effective training possible for their workforce. They ask what kinds of training they need in order to adapt to an uncertain future and to an ever-changing and increasingly volatile workplace....

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Corporate Author: American Psychological Association
Other Authors: Quiñones, Miguel A., Ehrenstein, Addie
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Washington, DC : American Psychological Association, [1997]
Edition:1st ed.
Subjects:
Employees > Training of > Psychological aspects.
Educational psychology.
Psychology, Industrial.
Psychology, Applied.
Inservice Training.
Psychology, Educational.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
Table of Contents:
  • Preface: Toward a synthesis of psychological research on training
  • Introduction: Psychological perspectives on training in organizations / Miguel A. Quinones and Addie Ehrenstein
  • part 1. Challenges for training design and implementation. Ch. 1. A rapidly changing world: some implications for training systems in the year 2001 and beyond / Paul W. Thayer. Ch. 2. Organizational barriers to implementing a rational model of training / Robert L. Dipboye
  • part 2. Optimizing learning by structuring training. Ch. 3. Evaluating training during training: obstacles and opportunities / Dian Ghodsian, Robert A. Bjork and Aaron S. Benjamin. Ch. 4. Building adaptive expertise: implications for training design strategies / Eleanor M. Smith, J. Kevin Ford and Steve W.J. Kozlowski. Ch. 5. Some fundamentals of training and transfer: practice benefits are not automatic / Addie Ehrenstein, Bruce N. Walker and Mary Czerwinski [and others]
  • part 3. Designing effective training systems. Ch. 6. Linking training objectives to evaluation criteria / Kurt Kraiger and Katherine M. Jung
  • Ch. 7. Contextual influences on training effectiveness / Miguel A. Quiñones
  • Ch. 8. Training design and pedagogy : implications for skill acquistion, maintenance, and generalization / Marilyn E. Gist
  • part 4. Integrating training methodologies and workplace technologies. Ch. 9. Advanced technologies in training : intelligent tutoring systems and virtual reality / Debra Steele-Johnson and Belinda Gaye Hyde
  • Ch. 10. Methods, tools, and strategies for team training / Eduardo Salas and Janis A. Cannon-Bowers
  • Ch. 11. The use of automation in software training : pitfalls and benefits / Robert Atlas [and others]
  • Ch. 12. Toward minimalist training : supporting the sense-making activities of computer users / John M. Carroll.