Effective Training
Effective Training

Author: P. Nick Blanchard

Publisher: Prentice Hall

Published: 2004

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 9780130327390

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In The Minimum Wage and Labor Market Outcomes, Christopher Flinn argues that inassessing the effects of the minimum wage (in the United States and elsewhere), a behavioralframework is invaluable for guiding empirical work and the interpretation of results. Flinn developsa job search and wage bargaining model that is capable of generating labor market outcomesconsistent with observed wage and unemployment duration distributions, and also can account forobserved changes in employment rates and wages after a minimum wage change. Flinn uses previousstudies from the minimum wage literature to demonstrate how his model can be used to rationalize andsynthesize the diverse results found in widely varying institutional contexts. He also shows howobserved wage distributions from before and after a minimum wage change can be used to determine ifthe change was welfare-improving. More ambitiously, and perhaps controversially, Flinn proposes theconstruction and formal estimation of the model using commonly available data; model estimates thenenable the researcher to determine directly the welfare effects of observed minimum wage changes.This model can be used to conduct counterfactual policy experiments--even to determine"optimal" minimum wages under a variety of welfare metrics. The development of the modeland the econometric theory underlying its estimation are carefully presented so as to enable readersunfamiliar with the econometrics of point process models and dynamic optimization in continuous timeto follow the arguments. Although most of the book focuses on the case where only the unemployedsearch for jobs in a homogeneous labor market environment, later chapters introduce on-the-jobsearch into the model, and explore its implications for minimum wage policy. The book also containsa chapter describing how individual heterogeneity can be introduced into the search, matching, andbargaining framework.

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

Published: 2009-12-09

Total Pages: 802

ISBN-13: 047019068X

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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.

Career Development and Job Satisfaction
Career Development and Job Satisfaction

Author: Josiane Fahed-Sreih

Publisher: BoD – Books on Demand

Published: 2020-09-09

Total Pages: 100

ISBN-13: 1838807462

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This book, Career Development and Job Satisfaction, not only looks at how employees can develop their careers and create career paths that are meaningful for their lives, it also looks at keeping employees satisfied with their jobs.This book highlights how to work with the millennial generation and being able to motivate them and guide them through their careers. It presents case studies on satisfaction and career planning. The function of human resource management has an important implication on the performance of the whole organization and giving it acute attention can enhance the performance of the business.

Evaluating Training Programs
Evaluating Training Programs

Author: Donald Kirkpatrick

Publisher: Berrett-Koehler Publishers

Published: 2006-01-01

Total Pages: 399

ISBN-13: 157675796X

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An updated edition of the bestselling classic Donald Kirkpatrick is a true legend in the training field: he is a past president of ASTD, a member of Training magazine's "HRD Hall of Fame," and the recipient of the 2003 "Lifetime Achievement Award in Workplace Learning and Performance" from ASTD In 1959 Donald Kirkpatrick developed a four-level model for evaluating training programs. Since then, the "Kirkpatrick Model" has become the most widely used approach to training evaluation in the corporate, government, and academic worlds. Evaluating Training Programs provided the first comprehensive guide to Kirkpatrick's Four Level Model, along with detailed case studies of how the model is being used successfully in a wide range of programs and institutions. This new edition includes revisions and updates of the existing material plus new case studies that show the four-level model in action. Going beyond just using simple reaction questionnaires to rate training programs, Kirkpatrick's model focuses on four areas for a more comprehensive approach to evaluation: Evaluating Reaction, Evaluating Learning, Evaluating Behavior, and Evaluating Results. Evaluating Training Programs is a how-to book, designed for practitiners in the training field who plan, implement, and evaluate training programs. The author supplements principles and guidelines with numerous sample survey forms for each step of the process. For those who have planned and conducted many programs, as well as those who are new to the training and development field, this book is a handy reference guide that provides a practical and proven model for increasing training effectiveness through evaluation. In the third edition of this classic bestseller, Kirkpatrick offers new forms and procedures for evaluating at all levels and several additional chapters about using balanced scorecards and "Managing Change Effectively." He also includes twelve new case studies from organizations that have been evaluated using one or more of the four levels--Caterpillar, Defense Acquisition University, Microsoft, IBM, Toyota, Nextel, The Regence Group, Denison University, and Pollack Learning Alliance.

Inclusivity and Equality in Performance Training
Inclusivity and Equality in Performance Training

Author: Petronilla Whitfield

Publisher: Routledge

Published: 2021-11-09

Total Pages: 218

ISBN-13: 1000461572

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Inclusivity and Equality in Performance Training focuses on neuro and physical difference and dis/ability in the teaching of performance and associated studies. It offers 19 practitioners’ research-based teaching strategies, aimed to enhance equality of opportunity and individual abilities in performance education. Challenging ableist models of teaching, the 16 chapters address the barriers that can undermine those with dis/ability or difference, highlighting how equality of opportunity can increase innovation and enrich the creative work. Key features include: Descriptions of teaching interventions, research, and exploratory practice to identify and support the needs and abilities of the individual with dis/ability or difference Experiences of practitioners working with professional actors with dis/ability or difference, with a dissemination of methods to enable the actors A critical analysis of pedagogy in performance training environments; how neuro and physical diversity are positioned within the cultural contexts and practices Equitable teaching and learning practices for individuals in a variety of areas, such as: dyslexia, dyspraxia, visual or hearing impairment, learning and physical dis/abilities, wheelchair users, aphantasia, attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder and autistic spectrum. The chapter contents originate from practitioners in the UK, USA and Australia working in actor training conservatoires, drama university courses, youth training groups and professional performance, encompassing a range of specialist fields, such as voice, movement, acting, Shakespeare, digital technology, contemporary live art and creative writing. Inclusivity and Equality in Performance Training is a vital resource for teachers, directors, performers, researchers and students who have an interest in investigatory practice towards developing emancipatory pedagogies within performance education.