Structured On-the-Job Training: Unleashing Employee Expertise in the Workplace, Second Edition
- 3h 36m
- Ronald L. Jacobs
- Berrett-Koehler Publishers
- 2003
Structured On-the-Job Training offers a practical, easily applicable approach to a crucial but often frustrating process. Designed for managerial, technical, and awareness training, the book offers a six-step program that combines the consistency and reliability of formal classroom training with the relevance of learning in the actual work setting. This revised and updated edition is the perfect blueprint for business success through planned training on-the-job.
About the Author
Ronald L. Jacobs, Ph.D., is professor of workforce development and education at the Ohio State University. He has written nearly one hundred journal articles and book chapters on a range of human resource development topics, including human competence, employee development, and managing organizational change. In addition, he has edited two books, Planned Training on the Job (Sage, 2001) and Implementing On-the-Job Learning (ASTD, 2002). He is a frequent speaker at professional meetings and conferences. Ron is particularly known for his research and development work on structured on-the-job training, a term that he first introduced to the human resource development literature in 1987. Much of his research has been on determining the financial benefits of structured OJT, information that is critical for making more informed training investment decisions.
Ron has consulted extensively in both manufacturing and service organizations, having worked for numerous large organizations such as American Electric Power, General Motors, KLM Airlines, Abbott Laboratories, Seagate, and Rohm and Haas. He has presented and consulted inter- nationally in Taiwan, South Korea, Egypt, Brazil, Mexico, Germany, Italy, Slovenia, Singapore, the Netherlands, and Kuwait, among other countries. Ron has taught at Utrecht University, the Netherlands, and held a distinguished visiting professorship at the School of Business, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore.
In 1994, Ron received the instructional technology re- search award from the American Society for Training and Development, and in 1995, he was recognized for his scholarly contributions to the HRD field by the Academy of Human Resource Development. Ron has served as the editor of the Human Resource Development Quarterly, the major scholarly journal of the human resource development field.
In this Book
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Structured On-the-Job Training—Unleashing Employee Expertise in the Workplace, Second Edition
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Preface
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The Challenge of Developing Employee Expertise
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A System View of Structured On-the-Job Training
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Training and Learning in the Work Setting
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Deciding Whether to Use Structured On-the-Job Training
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Analyzing the Work to Be Learned
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Selecting, Training, and Managing Employees to Deliver Structured On-the-Job Training
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Preparing the Structured On-the-Job Training Modules
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Getting Ready to Deliver Structured On-the-Job Training
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Delivering Managerial, Technical, and Awareness Training
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Evaluating and Troubleshooting Structured On-the-Job Training Programs
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Organizational Change and Structured On-the-Job Training
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Global Perspective of Structured On-the-Job Training
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Workforce Development and Structured On-the-Job Training
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Change Management Process and Issues in Using Structured On-the-Job Training
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Conclusion – Developing a Culture of Expertise
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Excerpts from the Training within Industry Report Describing the Lens Grinder Study
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S-OJT Trainer Evaluation Form
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Trainee Evaluation Form
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Sample S-OJT Module with Embedded Training Events
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