Workplace Basics: The Essential Skills Employers Want (Jossey-Bass Management Series)

Carnevale, Anthony P.; Leila J. Gainer; Ann S. Meltzer

ISBN 10: 1555422020 / ISBN 13: 9781555422028

Published by Jossey-Bass Publishers, San Francisco, California, 1990

About this Item

Dust jacket clean, crisp, colors bright, minor edge wear. Pages [477 including index] clean, unmarked, binding tight. Blue cloth boards, clean, dark red decorations and spine lettering, front board lightly bowed. This second volume in the American Society of Training and Development [ASTD] Best Practices Series, details the findings of the 3-year ASTD U.S. Department of Labor nationnwide study on the essential skills needed by the changing work force. The authors reveal that with increased global competition workers have to be skilled in a much broader range of competencies and that "basic skills" now include adaptability, thinking creatively, group effectivemess and the most fundamental of all, learning how to learn. Media Mail, Priority & most international shipping include free tracking information. Every book listed is located in my smoke free and climate controlled shop. All are inspected by me and will have qualities and/or flaws described.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Workplace Basics: The Essential Skills Employers Want (Jossey-Bass Management Series)
• Publisher: Jossey-Bass Publishers, San Francisco, California
• Publication Date: 1990
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1555422020
• ISBN 13: 9781555422028
• Binding: Hard Cover
• Illustrator: Various Artists
• Edition: First Edition Fifth Printing.
• Condition: Near Fine-
• Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine-
• Seller catalogs:
  • Business & Economics
  • How To

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Synopsis

There is a growing national awareness that the competitiveness of American industry depends on a skilled work force capable of meeting today's business requirements. This second volume in the ASTD Best Practices series details the findings of the three-year ASTD/US Department of Labor nationwide study on how to develop the skills essential to the changing work force. The authors reveal that along with reading, writing, and computation, there is another set of skills that workers must have in order to perform effectively. Because of increased global competition, shifting techologies, leaner management systems, and emphasis on quality and service, workers have to be skilled in a much broader range of competencies. The authors indicate that for many American employers, the basic skills repertoire has expanded substantially to include such skills as adaptability, creativity, group effectiveness, and the most fundamental of all, learning how to learn. These skills, as well as reading, writing, computation, and other specific competencies, now constitute "workplace basics". In this comprehensive new book, the authors specify the sixteen basic workplace skills and detail how each skill affects job performance in various occupations. For each of the skills the authors provide information on their definition and essential elements, the theories supporting current training methods for the skill, what constitutes competence and mastery, examples of successful training programs for developing the skill and what should be included in a curriculum for teaching the skill.

From the Back Cover

Based on the findings of a three-year ASTD/U.S. Department of Labor nationwide study on how to develop a skilled workforce capable of meeting today's business requirements. This comprehensive work explains how to implement training programs that develop the new basic skills workers will need."As the first comprehensive analysis of modern job-skill requirements, the volume earns a unique place in the literature."--Choice