Training The Competitive Edge

A Publication of Work in America Institute

Draws on an extensive three-year study of successful corporatepractices to show how to incorporate training into anorganization's strategic planning so that new technologies aresmoothly integrated into the daily work lives of employees. Offerspractical advice on the financing, content, and delivery ofeffective training. Preface / Jerome M. Rosow

The authors

National Advisory Comittee for Training for New Technology

1. Training: the competitive edge

2. Linking training strategy to corporate strategy

3. Continuous learning: a strategy for ongoing change

4. Manufacturers and users of new technology: partners in learning

5. Cost-effective design and delivery of training programs: a systems approach

6. Delivering training to geographically dispersed employees

7. Designing programs to train "functional illiterates" for new technology

8. The connection between continuous learning and employment security

9. Summary of guidelines for action

Jerome M. Rosow and Robert Zager are the authors of Training The Competitive Edge: Introducing New Technology Into the Workplace, published by Wiley. Draws on an extensive three-year study of successful corporate practices to show how to incorporate training into an organization's strategic planning so that new technologies are smoothly integrated into the daily work lives of employees. Offers practical advice on the financing, content, and delivery of effective training. Draws on an extensive three-year study of successful corporate practices to show how to incorporate training into an organization's strategic planning so that new technologies are smoothly integrated into the daily work lives of employees. Offers practical advice on the financing, content, and delivery of effective training.