Adult training through college-company partnerships
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Examples of colleges and businesses working together to train and educate British workers under the Pickup Project sponsored by the Institute of Personnel Management and Britain's Department of Education and Science are discussed, as are conclusions reached after implementation of the project. Colleges and firms work together effectively in training areas when conditions are met: (1) support from upper levels of management for the training program, (2) a training strategy and goals are defined, (3) trainers understand the purpose of the program, (4) company management show respect for their academic co-venturers, (5) training materials are developed that apply to the workers' specific situations, and (6) line managers are involved in monitoring the training program's success. The importance of each of these training program requirements is discussed, as are ways to achieve these conditions.
Publication Name: Personnel Management
Subject: Human resources and labor relations
ISSN: 0031-5761
Year: 1986
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Teaching supervisors to coach
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The UK Post Office increased its efficiency and improved the quality of its personnel by implementing a self-organized learning system for training employees developed at Brunel University's Centre for the Study of Human Learning. The goal of the self-organized learning system was to impart to all employees the learning skills possessed by the Post Office's self-motivated employees that learned well on their own. The Post Office and Brunel determined that certain conditions had to exist before efficient learning could take place: employees had to acquire the skills to learn, or learn to learn; employees had to believe they were learning for themselves as well as for their job; and training had to be individualized. The use of a coach/supervisor to reinforce the training was critical to the success of the program.
Publication Name: Personnel Management
Subject: Human resources and labor relations
ISSN: 0031-5761
Year: 1990
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Long-distance learning
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The British Broadcasting Corporation Ltd has developed a long-distance training system for educating students in isolated areas where it is not economical to send instructors. The original training program was developed to train six people residing on Ascension Island near Saint Helena Island in the South Atlantic to take over operations of the highly technical transmitters, receivers, and satellite stations. The correspondence training course was developed with the assistance of South London College, and was tailored to the residents' lower educational level. The program consisted of three years of self-paced study. The topics covered covered included: math; electronics; digital techniques; radio; and transmission systems. The training program was so successful that it is being modified for use in other areas.
Publication Name: Personnel Management
Subject: Human resources and labor relations
ISSN: 0031-5761
Year: 1989
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