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Strategic Training and Development
People are the most important resource for today's organizations. Organizations must invest in their employees to sustain a competitive advantage and achieve their strategic objectives. Strategic Training and Development translates theory and research into best practices for improving employee knowledge, skills, and behaviors in the workplace. Authors Robyn A. Berkley and David M. Kaplan take a holistic and experiential approach, providing ample practice opportunities for students. A strong focus on technology, ethics, legal issues, diversity and inclusion, and succession helps prepare students to succeed in today's business environment.
456 pages, Paperback
Published September 10, 2019
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February 9, 2020
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I'm about a year into a Master's in Training and Development. As you can imagine, that means I've been drowning in Instructional Design, Instruction and Technology, and Project Management textbooks. So when this one was offered for me to review, my initial reaction should have been one of "another textbook that isn't required, what are you thinking???!!!" Fortunately I suppressed that thought and decided to get this book.
And it's already been invaluable for me; helping me with quite a few papers this semester. I appreciate the breakdown the authors used for the information within, and the context of real life examples to give points to the learning. Not to mention it easily breaks down learning objectives and touches on the familiar learning concepts like ADDIE and others.
Each chapter starts with the learning objectives and then goes into the general text of the chapter topic. Exhibits, charts, and tables are all included for visual aids. The end of the chapter summarizes and provides key terms, questions and exercises, and goes into case studies or ethical scenarios. This section is denoted by pale blue pages to show it separate from the rest of the chapter. And it's probably my favorite part. I like the examples and real life applications of the learnings as it helps relate to something I can understand beyond theory.
Topics in this book include Needs Analysis, Learning Theories, Legal Issues in T&D, Technology, and other. There's a pretty diverse range of information and I liken this book a lot to The Adult Learner by Merriam & Bierema, except this one is actually a bit more engaging. It's written in a more conversational tone, and for this learner at least, that helps me digest the information better. It's very useful as an updated reference guide as well for certain topics in Learning & Development.
Good book and I'd say for someone either new to Learning & Development or in school, this is a textbook you'll probably want to have as a reference.
Review by M. Reynard 2020
I'm about a year into a Master's in Training and Development. As you can imagine, that means I've been drowning in Instructional Design, Instruction and Technology, and Project Management textbooks. So when this one was offered for me to review, my initial reaction should have been one of "another textbook that isn't required, what are you thinking???!!!" Fortunately I suppressed that thought and decided to get this book.
And it's already been invaluable for me; helping me with quite a few papers this semester. I appreciate the breakdown the authors used for the information within, and the context of real life examples to give points to the learning. Not to mention it easily breaks down learning objectives and touches on the familiar learning concepts like ADDIE and others.
Each chapter starts with the learning objectives and then goes into the general text of the chapter topic. Exhibits, charts, and tables are all included for visual aids. The end of the chapter summarizes and provides key terms, questions and exercises, and goes into case studies or ethical scenarios. This section is denoted by pale blue pages to show it separate from the rest of the chapter. And it's probably my favorite part. I like the examples and real life applications of the learnings as it helps relate to something I can understand beyond theory.
Topics in this book include Needs Analysis, Learning Theories, Legal Issues in T&D, Technology, and other. There's a pretty diverse range of information and I liken this book a lot to The Adult Learner by Merriam & Bierema, except this one is actually a bit more engaging. It's written in a more conversational tone, and for this learner at least, that helps me digest the information better. It's very useful as an updated reference guide as well for certain topics in Learning & Development.
Good book and I'd say for someone either new to Learning & Development or in school, this is a textbook you'll probably want to have as a reference.
Review by M. Reynard 2020
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