Training and development in public and private policy
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Training and development in public and private policy
(The International library of management / series editor, Keith Bradley)
Dartmouth, c1994
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Includes bibliographical references and index
Description and Table of Contents
Description
Covers both the training and development decisions made by firms and by the government. These articles address general issues that face all such decisions, including: skill requirements and training needs, the financing of training programmes, a comparison of methods, and the overall results.
Table of Contents
- Does the US underinvest in human resources? Determinants of training in the world automobile industry, John Paul MacDuffie and Thomas A. Kochan
- organizational strategy and organizational level as determinants of HRM practices, Randall Schuler and Susan E. Jackson
- the failure of training in Britain - analysis and prescription, David Finegold and David Soskice
- investment in human beings, Gary S. Becker
- the firm's decision to train, Donald O. Parsons
- skills and the limits of neo-liberalism - the enterprise of the future as a place of learning, Wolfgang Streek
- Foreign training systems - how does the US compare?
- goals - an approach to motivation and achievement, Elaine S. Elliott and Carol S. Dweck
- motivation and cognitive abilities - an integrative/aptitude-treatment interaction approach to skill acquisition, Ruth Kanfer and Phillip L. Ackerman
- the influence of training method on self-efficacy and idea generation among managers, Marilyn E. Gist
- self-management training for increased job attendance - a follow-up and a replication, Gary P. Latham and Colette A. Frayne
- a cumulative study of the effectiveness of managerial training, Michael J. Burke and Russell R. Day
- transfer of training - a review and directions for future research, Timothy T. Baldwin and J. Kevin Ford
- the perils of participation - effects of choice of training on trainee motivation and learning, Timothy T. Baldwin, Richard J. Mugjuka and Brian T. Loher
- why do wages increase with tenure? on-the-job training and life-cycle wage growth observed within firms, James N. Brown
- applying utility concepts to a training programme in supervisory skills - a time-based approach, John F. Matthieu and Russell L. Leonard Jr
- the comparative advantage of educated workers in implementing new technology, Ann P. Bartel and Frank R. Lichtenberg
- intermediate skills in the workplace - deployment, standards and supply in Britain, France and Germany, Hillary Steedman, Geoff Mason and Karin Wagner
- the structure of opportunity - how promotion ladders vary within and among organizations, James N. Baron, Alison Davis-Blake and William T. Bielby
- a conception of adult development, Daniel J. Levinson
- how "career anchors" hold executives to their career paths, Edgar H. Schein
- stress and strain from family roles and work-role expectations, Robert A. Cooke and Denise M. Rousseau.
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