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The Great Training
Robbery
Training needs analysis and managing the
transfer of learning are central to The Great Training
Robbery which describes how trainers have been robbed of their
budgets, their influence and their impact, and demonstrates how they
can get it back again. It originated because the authors became
increasingly frustrated with the view held by many employers that
training is a second class function. To determine whether their
frustrations were justified or not, they decided to put management
on trial.
- The Robbery: Companies regard
training as a second class function and have robbed it of its
potential impact on company results by treating training courses
as recreational restoration, or necessary comic relief, or as a
safety value for organisational tensions.
- The Trial: With training as the
prosecution and management as defence.
- The Verdict: Training found
guilty of shooting itself in the foot or of perpetrating an inside
job.
- The Sentence: The steps that
training needs to take to conduct better training needs analysis
and transfer of learning to the work environment.
Authors Paul Donovan and John Townsend
take an allegorical look at The Great Training Robbery.
The Facilitator's
Pocketbook
The 'facilitraining rainbow' won't lead
you to a pot of gold but it will enable you to decide on the most
suitable approach for your next facilitation session. This
innovative decision-making model is central to The Facilitator's
Pocketbook - a comprehensive guide covering all stages of
facilitation, from planning through to implementation. Interpersonal
skills (including attitudes and values) and session skills
(including energising and problem solving) are dealt with at
length.
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