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The 2001 ASTD Training and Performance Yearbook
Edited by John Woods and James Cortada
McGraw-Hill

This book, sponsored by the American Society for Training and Development, has two purposes:

1. To provide an annual documentation of the most useful ideas, practices, technique and case studies in the field of training and performance technology.

2. To serve as an annually updated and revised reference to publications, organizations Internet discussion lists, Web sites, and other sources of information that will help you do your job more efficiently and effectively.

It includes over 50 articles, most reprinted from various sources and some written specifically for this book. It will keep you current on what the leading names in the field of performance technology are thinking and recommending to help assure that employees have the information and training to perform at their highest levels.


TABLE OF CONTENTS

Part One. The State of Training: Industry Data, Trends, and Statistics
Introduction
The Top HR Issues of 2000, HRFocus
To Have and Have a Lot: Trainers’ Salaries 1999, Kevin Dobbs
HR Salary Survey, Mark Avery
The Shape of Things to Come: Training Careers in the 21st Century, Dave Zielinski
Labor Forecast: Gray Skies, Worker Drought Continues, Richard W. Judy
The State of Learning Organizations, Steve Barth
The Latest Data on Expenditures, Types of Training, and More
Industry Report, Information-Technology Training: Teaching Computer Skills to American Workers, Training Magazine
Training in the Old Economy, Anthony P. Carnevale and Donna Desrochers
Survey of Corporate University Future Directions, Jeanne C. Meister, Adam Eisenstat, and Brenda M. Velez

Part Two. The Cutting Edge of Training: E-Learning and Other New Training Technology
Introduction
How to Find Your Way Through a Learning Portal, Audrey Choden
E-Learning Takes Off at United Airlines, Kim Kiser
The Upside Take on E-Learning, Lisa Terry
QUALCOMM Approach to Online Courses, Samuel Greengard
Virtual-Reality Training Stalls, Melissa Larson
How to Create Lousy CBT Lessons—and How Not To, William A. Deterline
The Life and Times of an E-Trainer, Lesley Darling
Virtual Corporate Learning, Anne Stuart

Part Three. Approaches to Organizational and Individual Performance Improvement
Introduction
Organizational Performance
Skills Will Be the Secret to Retention Success in the 21st Century, HRFocus
How to Create a Reservoir of Ready-Made Leaders, William C. Byham
Running Training Like a Business, David van Adelsberg and Edward A. Trolley
Portfolio Thinking: A Different Approach to Performance, Patricia A. McLagan
Individual Performance
Six Ways to Foster Peak Performance, Christine Sevilla and Timothy D. Wells
In-House Certification: More Performance Bang for Your Buck? Raymond Robertson
Why Won’t They Follow Simple Directions? Gary Klein

Part Four. Implementing Performance Improvement Interventions
Introduction
Analysis and Design
The Attack on ISD, Jack Gordon and Ron Zemke
The Training Formula, Brooke Broadbent
Training and Other Performance Interventions
Through the Top with Mentoring, Jack L. Simonetti, Sonny Ariss, and Joan Martinez
Designing an Effective New Employee Orientation Program, Les McKeown and Julie Wilson
Real Interactivity: Connecting People with People, Sivasailam “Thiagi” Thiagarajan
Successful Mentoring, Coaching, and Guiding Relationships from a Whole-Person Approach, Margaret Martinez
Training to Make Meetings Work, Kathryn Tyler
Encourage Informal Training, Kevin Dobbs
Training to Manage Across Silos, Roberta Reynes
Evaluation of Intervention Success The Bridge Evaluation Model, Debra A. Sieloff
Evaluating Training: There Is No “Cookbook” Approach, Fred Nickols
Measuring the Effects of Training: The Prudential LaunchPad Case Study, Sarah Sue Hardinger
Ten Steps to Determining the Return on Your Training Investment, Carolyn B. Thompson

Part Five. Focusing on People to Drive Organizational Strategy
Introduction
Human Capital, Thomas O. Davenport
Brand-Aid, Craig R. Taylor and Cindy Wheatley
Reinventing Training at Rockwell Collins, Sarah Fister
Technology Is Not Enough: Improving Performance by Building Organizational Memory, Rob Cross and Lloyd Baird
Moving from Training to Behavioral Change in the Workplace: 12 Steps, Anthony C. Griffin and William D. Engs
The Secrets of Performance Appraisal: Best Practices from the Masters, Dick Grote

Part Six. Training and Performance Resource Almanac
Introduction
Training and Performance Resources Online, Robert Magnan
Directory of Magazines, Journals, and Newsletters Dealing with Training and Performance Issues
Directory of Training and Performance Associations and Organizations
Calendar of Conferences and Events, 2001


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