Training managers so they can really manage : confessions of a frustrated trainer
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Bibliographic Information
Training managers so they can really manage : confessions of a frustrated trainer
（The Jossey-Bass management series）
Jossey-Bass, 1991
1st ed
Available at 8 libraries
Note
Includes bibliographical references (p. 183-184) and index
Description and Table of Contents
Description
Arguing that US business is not getting adequate results from the $10 billion dollars spent annually on training, Quick suggests ways in which managers and trainers can improve management development programmes. Drawing on 30 years experience as a management trainer, Quick presents a practical six-step approach to securing the links between the classrooom and the boardroom. Overall, he advocates a greater involvement on the part of practising managers in the process of business training.
Table of Contents
- Part 1 What's wrong with management training?: the failure to produce effective managers
- professionals speak out about training practices. Part 2 A six-step program for trainers and managers: forming collaborative relationships
- establishing learning contracts
- delivering training that motivates
- using line managers as trainers
- providing experiential learning and reinforcement
- aligning reward systems with training goals. Part 3 Tools for implementing effective training programs: implementing the six-step program
- developing better influencing and negotiating skills
- using assertiveness training to improve communication
- conclusion - looking ahead to new forms of training and managing.
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