Effective Training Strategies: A Comprehensive Guide to Maximizing Learning in Organizations (The Berrett-Koehler Organizational Performance Series) - Hardcover

Davis, James R.; Davis, Adelaide B.

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 157675037X ISBN 13: 9781576750377

Publisher: Berrett-Koehler Publishers, 1998

Synopsis

""Effective Training Strategies"" provides a serious examination of the process of learning with well-elaborated theories and stimulating examples from a variety of for-profit and nonprofit organizations. The authors examine seven different training strategies for a variety of situations.

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About the Author

James R. Davis, author of several books including Better Teaching, More Learning and Interdisciplinary Courses and Team Teaching, is a professor of higher education and adult studies at the University of Denver. He holds degrees from Oberlin College and Yale University, and a Ph.D. from Michigan State University.

Adelaide B. Davis has served as a training analyst for COPASA, a state-managed public utilities company, and taught courses in human resource management at the Federal University of Minas Gerais, Belo Horizonte, Brazil, where she also earned a master's degree in business.

From the Back Cover

Seven Key Strategies to Increase the Effectiveness of Your Organization In today's knowledge-based society, where intellectual capital is an organization's most competitive asset, learning is serious business. Effective Training Strategies offers a comprehensive approach to creating a focused philosophy of learning, choosing the best approach to planning programs and activities, and developing appropriate systems for assessing results. Davis and Davis describe seven powerful training strategies:

- The Behavioral Strategy

- The Cognitive Strategy

- The Inquiry Strategy

- The Mental Models Strategy

- The Group Dynamics Strategy

- The Virtual Reality Strategy

- The Holistic Strategy They provide a detailed description of each strategy-the well-researched learning theory behind it, illustrative examples of it in practice, its strengths and weaknesses, and side-by-side comparisons showing its appropriate uses-and demonstrate the strategy in action, showing how the facilitator can use it effectively to maximize learning. Based on well-researched theories of learning, this book is rich in examples from over 65 worldwide leaders-including Eastman Kodak, Motorola, SHARP, United Airlines, Norsk Hydro, ABB Atom, Boeing, TELEBRAS, and the U.S. Air Force. "At last, a book that combines educational theory with training strategies-essential ingredients to achieve effective designed learning."
-Fred Van Wert, Chief of Advanced Training, Technology/Flight, 37th Training Group, Lacklang Air Force Base "Any organization that intends to survive, accomplish its mission, and achieve excellence will find this book valuable.... Essential reading for those who want to stay in front of the pack."
-Barry L. Wells, Associate Dean, Foreign Service Institute, U.S. State Department Business/Management

From the Inside Flap

Authors Davis and Davis draw on their own experiences as educators, their broad-based conversations with trainers, and a synthesis of the latest research from such diverse fields as psychology, sociology, philosophy, and communications, to describe seven powerful training strategies-each providing an easy-to-understand framework for thinking about a particular kind of learning.

For managers, supervisors, trainers, engineers, and consultants alike, Effective Training Strategies demonstrates how to facilitate the many types of learning required to ensure that individuals, groups, and teams do their jobs more effectively, efficiently and, sometimes, even more creatively. This compendium of solid theory and current practice challenges the quality expectations that organizations have for learning, takes the guesswork out of training and development, and offers a rich set of real-world examples drawn from various types of organizations from around the world.

Edition details

• Publisher: Berrett-Koehler Publishers
• Publication date: 1998
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 157675037X
• ISBN 13: 9781576750377
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 536