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Training for Organizational Transformation
Part 2: Trainers, Consultants and Principals
First Edition
- Rolf P Lynton - Freelance Consultant, North Carolina
- Udai Pareek - Distinguished visiting professor, Indian Institute of Health Management Research, Jaipur
June 2000 | 414 pages | SAGE India
The second volume in the set addresses the needs of hands-on practitioners of training, and program developers who focus on the training process.
The first section of this volume surveys the position training has in operating systems, with its tasks, available approaches and strategies, and their likely outcomes. The second section deals with establishing particular objectives, scans the range of methods to consider in reaching different objectives, and the staff, time and other specifications for each, and finally, program designs. The last section is about managing programs—developing group and climate, trainers and styles, building in post-training supports, and evaluating training to modify programs in light of it. The volume ends with a chapter on action research. Every chapter has examples from the authors` actual practice, others` formulations, and relevant readings.
The first section of this volume surveys the position training has in operating systems, with its tasks, available approaches and strategies, and their likely outcomes. The second section deals with establishing particular objectives, scans the range of methods to consider in reaching different objectives, and the staff, time and other specifications for each, and finally, program designs. The last section is about managing programs—developing group and climate, trainers and styles, building in post-training supports, and evaluating training to modify programs in light of it. The volume ends with a chapter on action research. Every chapter has examples from the authors` actual practice, others` formulations, and relevant readings.
Preface
PART ONE: POSITION, TASK AND PROCESS: AN OVERVIEW
Trainer - Consultant - Organizer
Training and Learning
Goals and a Map with Directions
Approaches and Strategies
PART TWO: TRAINING IN PROCESS: THE VISIBLE TIP
Establishing Objectives and Preparing the Partners
Training Methods
Designing the Program
PART THREE: ESSENTIAL INFRASTRUCTURE
Developing the Group and the Climate
Trainers and Training Styles
Evaluation and Follow-Up
Building Competence, Support and the Profession
Index
`The book is clearly written, in a relatively jargon-free style and provides a comprehensive treatise on the subject matter.... This is a good value text for the student and others wanting to fully examine all the issues of training in organizational transformation' - Richard Palmer, Industrial and Commercial Training