Training for Organizational Transformation: Part 2: Trainers, Consultants and Principals Contributor(s): Lynton, Rolf P. (Author), Pareek, Udai (Author) |
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ISBN: 0761994327 ISBN-13: 9780761994329 Publisher: Sage Publications Pvt. Ltd OUR PRICE: $26.59 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: July 2000 * Not available - Not in print at this time *Annotation: Incorporating the authors' experience in both industrialised and developing countries, with public and private organisations, with managers and administrators, farmers and teachers, rural development workers and members of cooperatives, this book is the most comprehensive work in the field of training and organizational development. The Third Edition, now published under this new title, is divided into two volumes. This volume addresses the needs of hands-on practitioners of training and programme developers who focus on the training process. The first section of this volume surveys the position training has in operating systems, with its tasks, available approaches and strategies, and their likely outcomes. The second section deals with establishing particular objectives, scans the range of methods to consider in reaching different objectives, and the staff, time and other specifications for each, and finally, programme designs. The last section is about managing programmes - developing group and climate, trainers and styles, building in post-training supports, and evaluating training to modify programmes in light of it. The volume ends with a chapter on action research. Every chapter has examples from the authors?? actual practice, others?? formulations, and relevant readings. |
Additional Information |
BISAC Categories: - Business & Economics | Training - Business & Economics | Human Resources & Personnel Management - Social Science |
Dewey: 658.312 |
LCCN: 00024861 |
Physical Information: 0.9" H x 6.54" W x 8.7" (1.11 lbs) 414 pages |
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Publisher Description: The second volume in the set addresses the needs of hands-on practitioners of training, and program developers who focus on the training process. The first section of this volume surveys the position training has in operating systems, with its tasks, available approaches and strategies, and their likely outcomes. The second section deals with establishing particular objectives, scans the range of methods to consider in reaching different objectives, and the staff, time and other specifications for each, and finally, program designs. The last section is about managing programs--developing group and climate, trainers and styles, building in post-training supports, and evaluating training to modify programs in light of it. The volume ends with a chapter on action research. Every chapter has examples from the authors actual practice, others formulations, and relevant readings. |
Contributor Bio(s): Lynton, Rolf P.: - Rolf P Lynton has had a long career in training and development. He has been associated with many institutions, mostly in India, and also in Indonesia, China, Europe, and the United States of America as a founder-dean, director, or long-term consultant. He has been John Hopkins University/USAID Senior Advisor, Chairman of the International Association of Applied Social Scientists, and has worked with the Ministries of Industry, and Health and Family Welfare in India. He is an emeritus member of the National Training Laboratory in the USA. He has authored many books and papers including Training for Organizational Transformation (co-authored with Udai Pareek, 2000) and Social Science in Actual Practice: Themes on My Blue Guitar (1998). Pareek, Udai: -Udai Pareek was the chairman of the Academy of Human Resource Development and of the Institute of Developmental Research and Statistics. He was a distinguished visiting professor at the Indian Institute of Health Management Research, and also vice-president of its management board. He was on the management/governing boards of JIM, NIMID, NIA, NAM, RSIHFW, EMI, etc. He was also the editor of the Journal of Health Management and consulting editor of the Journal of Applied Behavioural Science. |