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Blanchard/Thacker is written around a model that allows students to understand that training is a system with interconnected processes

     Q. Do your students have a hard time connecting the theory with practical applications?

Each chapter begins with a case that is followed throughout the chapter, allowing students to see how what they are learning applies to real business situations.

Other Key Points of Distinction

Q.  Do your students struggle with determining what the important concepts in each chapter are?

As in good training, it is important to provide students with Learning Objectives.  In Blanchard, learning objectives are identified at the beginning of the chapter (pg. 1), so the students know what to focus on in their reading.

       Q.  Do you cover the needs of HR professionals in small businesses?

In many of the chapters in the book, there are sections that relate the concepts to small business (pg. 21). 

Q. How do you cover diversity issues in your course?

NEW! Chapter 10 covers cross cultural issues in training.

 Q. How do you address the changes computers have brought to training processes?

NEW!  Chapter 7 covers computer based e-learning and learning management systems

Q.  Do you cover motivation in your course?

NEW!  Chapter 3 contains coverage on motivation to learn and how employees are motivated to transfer training into their job performance.

New To This Edition

Q. How do you cover diversity issues in your course?

NEW! Chapter 10 covers cross cultural issues in training.

 Q. How do you address the changes computers have brought to training processes?

NEW!  Chapter 7 covers computer based e-learning and learning management systems

Q.  Do you cover motivation in your course?

NEW!  Chapter 3 contains coverage on motivation to learn and how employees are motivated to transfer training into their job performance.

Table of Contents

Chapter 1

Training in Organizations

Chapter 2

Business Strategy and HRD

Chapter 3

Learning Motivation and Performance

Chapter 4       

Needs Analysis

Chapter 5

Training Design

Chapter 6

Traditional Training Methods

Chapter 7

Computer-Based Training Methods

Chapter 8

Development and Implementation of Training

Chapter 9

Evaluation of Training

Chapter 10

Key Areas of Organizational Training

Chapter 11

Management Development

Courses

Training and Development  [CORE TEXTS]   (Management)
Human Resource Development  [CORE TEXTS]   (Management)

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• Effective Training, 5/E
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  ©2013  |  Prentice Hall  |  Paper; 504 pp  |  Estimated Availability : 07/16/2012
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  For students in training courses and practitioners interested in developing training programs.

   

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• Effective Training, 4/E
  Blanchard & Thacker
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  For students in training courses and practitioners interested in developing training programs.

   

  Seamlessly integrate training theory and application into your course.

   

  Effective Training: Systems, Strategies and Practices discusses the training process within an overarching framework that shows readers how training activities meet organizational needs that are both strategic and tactical in nature.

   

  The fourth edition adds new material, enhancing the ease of reading and understanding.

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