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The year 2000 is the tenth anniversary of Investors in People. The past decade has seen a dramatic change in the business landscape of the UK. Service industries, such as call centres, are replacing a traditional manufacturing base that is facing mounting pressure to remain competitive....
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views in relation to the work of training and development specialists. Design/methodology/approach – The current study … these views can be used by training and development specialists.  …
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Purpose – The paper aims to describe the results assessment approach to the evaluation of training and development … evaluate any training initiative. Findings – Ultimately, “results” are what training and development professionals' customers … need – and want – delivered, yet training and development professionals think and act within the limits of a training …
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Recent attention to competencies, especially the McBer approach, is reviewed. Different definitions focusing on personal qualities or task performance are outlined and it is proposed that neither macro‐competencies nor micro‐competencies are necessarily the practical route, and...
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What is the role of the effective human resource development (HRD) organisation in strategic business change. Best practices have emerged which suggest a six‐step approach: (1) a focused strategic approach: identify the key initiatives to which the organisation is committed and build the HRD...
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by the lack of training, even though many experts advocate comprehensive training to be the foundation on which essential … which shows that the attitude to training has been short‐sighted and only a minority of firms have adopted a total quality … management (TQM) strategy within their organizations. Defines and identifies the relationship to training. Fully explores the …
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Training is a form of investment in human capital. As with other forms of investments, employers, understandably …, expect returns on their investment in human capital. Dealing with employees′ requests for qualifications training poses a … major problem for many employers. This is because, in very many cases, qualifications training courses are general, and are …
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difference training and development activities make to the effectiveness of the business. To demonstrate the change brought about … by training and development it is ecessary to measure the difference between the employee′s performance before and after …
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