Training and Development in Organizations (Frontiers of Industrial and Organizational Psychology) - Hardcover

Goldstein, Irwin L.

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1555421865 ISBN 13: 9781555421861

Publisher: Pfeiffer, 1989

Synopsis

Sponsored by the Society for Industrial and Organizational Psychology, a Division of the American Psychological Association

This book brings together research findings from I/O psychology and related disciplines to identify new approaches and strategies for making training more effective. They also provide models for measuring the benefits of training in terms of increased output, payroll savings, and more. You'll discover how better to evaluate training needs, how to design better training methods, and how to structure questionnaires to get the information you want. Includes instructional techniques based on cognitive and behavioral theory and covers such diverse factors as work-group settings, informal training by peers, and the socialization process of the newcomer.

About this title

About the Author

Irwin L. Goldstein is the author of Training and Development in Organizations, published by Wiley.

From the Back Cover

Brings together research findings from experts in many disciplines to identify new approaches and strategies for improving training. Offers ways to better analyze training needs, design more effective training methods, and more accurately assess outcomes.

From the Inside Flap

This book brings together research findings from I/O psychology and related disciplines to identify new approaches and strategies for making training more effective. They also provide models for measuring the benefits of training in terms of increased output, payroll savings, and more. You'll discover how better to evaluate training needs, how to design better training methods, and how to structure questionnaires to get the information you want. Includes instructional techniques based on cognitive and behavioral theory and covers such diverse factors as work-group settings, informal training by peers, and the socialization process of the newcomer.

Edition details

• Publisher: Pfeiffer
• Publication date: 1989
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1555421865
• ISBN 13: 9781555421861
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 556