Bottom-line Training: Performance-based Results

Bottom-line Training gives you the know-how to produce bottom-line performance results with your training and development programs. This book will provide you with the tools to train employees thoroughly and effectively so they can significantly contribute to your 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, development, implementation and evaluation process. It shows you how to: * Analyze the true needs of your organization and clients * Design training programs that are tailored for your organization's needs * Develop training content and materials while choosing the best training delivery methods for your audience * Implement training using the most effective delivery techniques * Evaluate the results for both the learners and the organization Bottom-line Training will help you boost your organization's own bottom line with successful training and development programs that will increase your return on investment in human capital and enable the achievement of strategic goals.

Donald J. Ford, Ph.D., C.P.T., is a training and performance improvement consultant specializing in instructional design and human resource management. He has worked in the field of human resources for over twenty years. He has developed custom classroom, self-study and web-based training, conducted performance, training needs, competency and job task analyses, facilitated groups, managed improvement projects, taught courses and evaluated results. Dr. Ford holds a B.A. and M.A. in history and a Ph.D. in education, all from UCLA. He has published 35 articles and four books on topics in training, education and management.