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Studying Your Workforce: Applied Research Methods and Tools for the Training and Development Practitioner - Softcover

Clardy, Alan B.

 
9780803973220: Studying Your Workforce: Applied Research Methods and Tools for the Training and Development Practitioner
Softcover
ISBN 10: 0803973225 ISBN 13: 9780803973220
Publisher: SAGE Publications, Inc, 1997

Synopsis

Studying Your Workforce concisely and easily describes how to apply specific research methods to common human resource development problems. It outlines the basic principles of research and ties those principles to human resource development functions. Some of the topics examined include performance problem analysis, performance solutions, and assessing solution adequacy. Background sections on the theoretical and research aspects of the methods are included, along with examples drawn from the field showing the approach used in practice. The book concludes with a discussion of special issues including legal and ethical concerns, reporting results, sample size and statistical analysis issues, and confidentiality and privacy.

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Studying Your Workforce concisely and easily describes how to apply specific research methods to common human resource development problems. It outlines the basic principles of research and ties those principles to human resource development functions. Some of the topics examined include performance problem analysis, performance solutions, and assessing solution adequacy. Background sections on the theoretical and research aspects of the methods are included, along with examples drawn from the field showing the approach used in practice. The book concludes with a discussion of special issues including legal and ethical concerns, reporting results, sample size and statistical analysis issues, and confidentiality and privacy.

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Publisher
SAGE Publications, Inc
Publication date
1997
Language
English
ISBN 10 
0803973225
ISBN 13 
9780803973220
Binding
Paperback
Edition number
1
Number of pages
155