This study is a descriptive analysis of corporate learning resource centers. The study was designed to incorporate historical background and current status, organization and personnel, types and amount of alternate delivery instruction, and selected cost considerations in the establishment and maintenance of a learning resource center. A functional definition was furnished, with a deliberative attempt to encompass related synonyms. Discussion included training types or instructional delivery medium distinctions. A contribution of this study was the development, field testing, and enhancement of a survey instrument, which reflects the steps to be followed by those planning implementation of any learning resource center. Findings of this study indicated that learning resource centers were young and transitioning to increased on-line individualized and self-paced learning. Training and learning will become much less interdependent. Training types will increasingly become nontraditional and technology driven. Courseware will be received and managed remotely. Partnerships and cooperative efforts are mandates for business and higher education. Learner mobility will become normative, not the exception. Internet training will rapidly increase, most quickly among small business. Learning resource centers will continue to become more cost effective. This study proposed the redefinition of both learner and educator roles within a changing learning resource center environment. It was suggested that the learner role must become more active and that the corporate educator role, as a result of technology, will increase in passivity, tending toward that of facilitation. Implications and recommendations were specifically noted for both business and higher education. Specified nomenclature of "learner centers" or clearly "learner centered" has been advocated, reflecting the continuing evolution of the learning resource center. Technology, instructional media, mobility, availability and sharing of resources, less formalization, life-long learning, fiscal issues, Internet access, information and knowledge explosion, and downsizing, all combine to provide the view and demarcation of the new "learner centers."

Thesis (MEd) -- University of South Australia, 1993

Thesis (Ph. D.)--University of Missouri-Columbia, 2004. / Typescript. Vita. Includes bibliographical references (leaves 105-110). Also available on the Internet.

Thesis (Ph. D.)--University of Missouri-Columbia, 2004. / Typescript. Vita. Includes bibliographical references (leaves 105-110). Also available on the Internet.

Thesis (Ph. D.)--University of North Texas, Dec., 2008. / Title from title page display. Includes bibliographical references.

When expenses become an issue, training is often one of the first budget items to be cut. There have been a number of evaluation studies about rates of return from training interventions. Most results are based on interviewing participants about the value of the intervention and its effect on their productivity. This often results in quadruple digit return on investment indications. Decision makers who control the budget often view these kinds of results with skepticism. This study proposes a methodology to evaluate training interventions without asking participants their opinions. The process involves measuring learning through a series of pre-tests and post-tests and determining if scores on pre-tests can be used as predictors of future return on investment results. The study evaluates a series of return on investment scores using analysis of variance to determine the relationship between pre-tests and final return on investment results for each participant. Data is also collected and evaluated to determine if the financial results of the organization during the period of the training intervention could be correlated to the results of the training intervention. The results of the study suggest that the proposed methodology can be used to predict future return on investment from training interventions based on the use of pre-tests. These rates of return can be used as a method of selecting between competing training intervention proposals. It is a process that is easily understood by the key decision makers who control the allocation of financial resources. More importantly, it is a process that can maximize the value of each dollar spent on training.

This study explored the role of contract training provided by North Texas higher education institutions in the education and training programs administered by area businesses employing more than 100 people. A survey instrument was mailed to corporate trainers that were members of the Dallas Chapter of the American Society of Training and Development in businesses employing more than 100 people. A total list of 292 trainers generated 71 usable responses. The purposes of this study were to: (a) determine the extent to which corporations use academic institutions for contract training, (b) determine the academic institutions in North Texas that training managers in the Dallas area believe are suitable contract training partners, (c) identify what subject areas are perceived as top educational priorities by training managers and are perceived to be suitable for contract training by academic institutions, (d) determine educational and training subjects for which corporations would be willing or prefer to utilize contract training by academic institutions, and (e) identify the subjects in which corporations currently use contract training by academic institutions.

Title from title page of PDF (University of Missouri--St. Louis, viewed February 23, 2010). Includes bibliographical references (p. 121-129).

The purpose of this study is to explore the benefits of providing employee training and learning beyond the specific content covered in such interventions, and how personality constructs might moderate those benefits. Training refers to the imparting of specific knowledge and tasks. Learning involves processes and skills that support on the job learning experiences. This study builds on previous research linking training and development to increased job satisfaction, and reduced turnover intent, by considering additional factors. The relationships between independent variables training, learning, task variety and task significance and outcome variables job satisfaction, commitment and turnover intent are assessed. Personality constructs of need for achievement and growth need strength are explored as possible moderating variables. This research was conducted using archival data (N = 500) collected from technical professionals employed by fourteen organizations in the Southwest United States. Both task variety and task significance were found to significantly predict all three outcome variables. Growth need strength was found to moderate the prediction of commitment by task variety. Need for achievement was found to moderate the prediction of job satisfaction, commitment and turnover intent by training and learning. Need for achievement was also found to moderate the prediction of both commitment and turnover intent by task significance.

Made available in DSpace on 2015-12-03T18:35:14Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 Derneval_Gondim_Freire.pdf: 341796 bytes, checksum: 9a57e3548981f90eaff9992685b23561 (MD5) Previous issue date: 2010-09-02 / The professional development in the era of knowledge economy is responsible for making people rethink the department of development and training, so as to give room for the Corporate Universities (CU), which aims to offer continuous education. One of the most relevant functions of the CUs is to promote the alignment between companies strategies and their managers?? profiles. Therefore, the aim of this work was to identify and analyze the managers?? perceptions, who work in S??o Paulo city, concerning the importance of the controllership in the alignment between the companies strategies and their managers?? profiles. Firstly, it was used a bibliographic study, showing that there is a consensus about the importance of the CUs in the continuous formation of managers and other people from the companies staff. Secondly, it was realized a descriptive investigation of qualitative nature, based on an interview protocol, applied to managers and consultants who work in three CUs in S??o Paulo city. The collected information was analyzed by means of content analysis. The obtained results confirmed what was found in the literature: it demonstrates that the CUs can contribute with the improvement of managers abilities concerning the knowledge in controllership, so as to diminish the gap between university courses offered by universities. So, this work contributes with a sugestion by the main office??s managers in controllership. / O desenvolvimento profissional, na era da economia do conhecimento, faz as organiza????es repensarem o departamento de treinamento e desenvolvimento, que pode ceder espa??o para as universidades corporativas (UCs), voltadas para a educa????o continuada. Uma fun????o relevante das UCs ?? promover o alinhamento entre as estrat??gias das organiza????es e o perfil de seus gestores. Assim,o objetivo desta pesquisa foi identificar e analisar a percep????o dos gestores que atuam nas universidades corporativas na cidade de S??o Paulo, sobre o papel da controladoria no alinhamento entre as compet??ncias dos gestores e as estrat??gias das organiza????es. Utilizou-se, no primeiro momento, um estudo bibliogr??fico, indicando que h?? um consenso sobre a import??ncia das UCs na forma????o continuada dos gestores e demais colaboradores das organiza????es. No segundo momento da pesquisa, realizou-se uma investiga????o descritiva de natureza qualitativa, apoiada em um roteiro de entrevista aplicado a gestores que atuam em tr??s universidades corporativas na cidade de S??o Paulo. As informa????es levantadas foram analisadas por meio de an??lise de conte??do. Os resultados obtidos confirmaram os achados na revis??o da literatura, demonstrando a percep????o dos sujeitos entrevistados de que as universidades corporativas podem contribuir para o aprimoramento das compet??ncias dos gestores quanto aos conhecimentos de controladoria, diminuindo a lacuna existente entre os cursos superiores ofertados pelas IES. Por fim, este trabalho vem contribuir com uma sugest??o de matriz de compet??ncias dos gestores em controladoria.