Training Magazine
What Every Manager Should Know About Training could revolutionize the way managers perceive training.
Book Description
If you use training services, especially if you have to pay for them out of your own budget, this book will help you: - Determine why your employees' performance isn't meeting your expectations, and what to do about it
- Ensure that your employees possess the job-relevant skills they need
- Get training done in the least amount of time and at the least cost, whether training is obtained internally or from vendors
- Leverage training as a true competitive advantage
Book Info
Provides the inside information on training to help managers get the greatest possible return from every dollar invested in training. Designed to help the manager reap the benefits and avoid the pitfalls of using training and performance resources. Softcover.
From the Publisher
Get the inside scoop on training from the master -- Dr. Robert F. Mager! In his approachable, user-friendly style, Dr. Mager reveals: - How to decide if training is good, bad, or even necessary
- Common myths about training and the truth behind them
- Non-training solutions to performance problems that can save you time and money
- How to decide if training is the right solution for your performance problems
- Tools you can use to get the performance results you need from your employees
From the Author
With just a few insights about the rules of the training game, and the turf on which it's played, you can tap into your training resources for services that will knock your socks off in terms of the good they can do for you! This book will increase your power to sharpen the performance of your people -- at a cost you can afford.
About the Author
Dr. Robert F. Mager is the most widely read, influential writer in training and education today. On three separate occasions, he was selected by his peers as the most influential individual in the training and performance field. He was also among the first to be inducted into Training Magazine's Hall of Fame. His writings have been translated into several languages, and over three million copies of his books have been sold worldwide.
What Every Manager Should Know About Training: An Insider's Guide to Getting Your Money's Worth from Training FROM THE PUBLISHER
Designed to help managers who are not training professionals, this book introduces the basics of performance technology and gives managers the skills to use training and performance improvement resources to their greatest benefit. Providing managers with a practical and applicable process for determining why performance isn't meeting expectations, this guide focuses on identifying realistic ways to improve. Topics include the necessity of training, how to decide if training is the right solution, and nontraining solutions to performance problems. It is packed with examples that illustrate key concepts in performance technology and includes a checklist on employee motivation.