Bottom-line training : performance-based results / Donald J. Ford.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Ford, Donald J., 1951-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Employees--Training of.

Employees.

Needs assessment.

Physical Description:

318 p. : ill.

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Redondo Beach, CA : Training Education Management LLC, c2005.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

'Bottom-line Training' gives you the know-how to produce bottom-line performance results with your training and development programs. The book will provide the reader with the tools to train employees thoroughly and effectively so they can significantly contribute to a company's success. Today, training and development programs must prove their worth and 'Bottom-line Training' guides you step-by-step through the analysis, design, implementation and evaluation process. 'Bottom-line Training' will boost a company's own bottom line with successful training and development programs that will increase the organization's efficiency, performance and financial and strategic results. As William Rothwell, Professor at Penn State University, recently said about this book, "This classic training textbook delivers the bottom-line results it promises. A must read.".

Contents:

Intro

Table of Contents

Preface

Section One: Analysis

Introduction to Bottom-Line Training Design

Needs Analysis and Needs Assessment

Performance Analysis

Job Analysis

Task Analysis

Learner Analysis

Context Analysis

Skill Gap Analysis

Section Two: Design Phase

Training Objectives

Training Deliverables and Instructional Strategies

Training Design Budgets and Schedules

Training Project Management

Design Blueprints and Prototypes

Section Three: Development

Drafting Training Materials

Developing Tests/Assessments

Quality Control and Formative Evaluation

Full-scale Production

Section Four: Implementation

Train the Trainer

Classroom Delivery of Training

Non-Classroom Delivery Techniques

Section Five: Evaluation

The Role of Evaluation in Training

Evaluating Reactions and Learning

Evaluating the Transfer of Training

Evaluating the Results of Training

Where We've Been and Where We're Headed

Section Six: Appendices

Appendix One: Reference Bibliography

Appendix Two: Instructional Design Tools

Index.

Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9786611973872

1-60557-250-0