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Essential Skills for Management Research provides an authoritative overview of research methodology for both students and professional researchers in management. Based on management research methods course needs, and written by expert academics in the field, this book is informed by the requirements of students, professionals and lecturers in management research.

Essential Skills for Management Research places emphasis on the more practical concerns of management researchers, focusing on the detail of developing and applying particular sets of research skills. In addition, the book...

International Business education and research became institutionalized in leading US business schools in the 1960's. One of the most influential business schools and one of the first to develop a full international business department was Indiana University. In the first two sections of this book, the leadership of Indiana University in the developments in the field of international business is assessed. In subsequent parts of the book, the influence of Indiana University on the major associated fields of research and teaching (finance, marketing, and management) is assessed, and recent...

From secretaries to sales reps, data entry clerks to MIS analysts, anyone who teaches others to use computers is a computer trainer. For anyone who has made the leap - or been pushed - from resident computer "expert" to computer trainer, The Accidental Trainer will be an indispensable how-to guidebook. It tells how even the "accidental" trainer can teach the skills that students most need to learn; ensure that students will recall and apply their new skills on the job; and evaluate whether the training worked - and decide what to do if it didn't. Those brand-new to training as well as those...

Evaluation with Power becomes more important in the social sector every day. Donors no longer reward good intentions, they reward results. This book can help social sector leaders manage for the mission and measure results.
?Frances Hesselbein, president and CEO, Peter F. Drucker Foundation

Evaluation with Power transforms evaluation into a powerful tool nonprofits can use to help their organizations progress and change in ways that lead to greater achievement of mission. Building on THE INDEPENDENT SECTOR'S ongoing research on evaluation, it is a practical, comprehensive...

-An excellent, comprehensive, and very practical guide for training design.
--Beverly Popek, director of human resources, professional & consulting services, MCI Telecommunications

The answer is here. The heart of this book is the Sequential-Iterative Model (SIM) for training design. A fancy term for a simple, elegant concept: training should be a step-by-step process with a feedback loop that enables you to continually refine your training based on experience.

-You will not find another book that so thoroughly examines the process of creating training events....

What if you weren't planning to become a trainer . . . but now you have to train someone? Or what if you are planning to become a trainer . . . but you have no idea where to start? How can you effectively communicate your expertise to your audience? This book has the answers.

A training workshop can be frightening for both neophytes and old pros. You know you have the knowledge. But just having knowledge is not enough. You need to match your training to your audience. You need to establish the learning objectives of your audience. You need to explain yourself clearly, to ask and...

Build teams that move mountains



Activity participants enjoy a simulated mountain adventure. In this imaginary setting, they must arrive at consensus in order to succeed, and they experience the magic of group power: synergy. Participants face fatigue, dehydration, an avalanche, and more. First, they make decisions on their own. Then, joining the group, they compare answers and attempt to agree on the best course of action.

Participants will:
* Listen closely to coworkers
* Recognize the benefits of soliciting opinions
* Understand...

Build teams that move mountains



Activity participants enjoy a simulated mountain adventure. In this imaginary setting, they must arrive at consensus in order to succeed, and they experience the magic of group power: synergy. Participants face fatigue, dehydration, an avalanche, and more. First, they make decisions on their own. Then, joining the group, they compare answers and attempt to agree on the best course of action.

Participants will:
* Listen closely to coworkers
* Recognize the benefits of soliciting opinions
* Understand...

In this exciting activity, participants face a simulated -jungle survival.- They must reach agreement in this imaginary setting in order to succeed, and they learn why consensus produces the best decisions.

When their plane makes an emergency landing in the jungle, participants need to decide which of 15 items on the plane--including tallow candles, a pistol, safari hats, and other objects--would be most essential to their survival. First, as individuals, participants rate the 15 items. Then participants collaborate as a group and attempt to decide on the best course of action....

In this exciting activity, participants face a simulated -jungle survival.- They must reach agreement in this imaginary setting in order to succeed, and they learn why consensus produces the best decisions.

When their plane makes an emergency landing in the jungle, participants need to decide which of 15 items on the plane--including tallow candles, a pistol, safari hats, and other objects--would be most essential to their survival. First, as individuals, participants rate the 15 items. Then participants collaborate as a group and attempt to decide on the best course of action....

Games are your answer

They don't want to hear you lecture. They don't want to read an instruction guide. So how can you tell them what they need to know? You want bright smiles, not bored sighs. You want them to have fun, but you want them to learn as well. GAMES are your answer

Games aren't just for kids. Games can help people learn business ideas: games can teach. Steve Sugar's adaptable designs put an end to tired, scripted business games. Sometimes you have a lot of games, but none of them ever seems to suit the occasion. Sometimes games suit the occasion, but are so rigid...

Winner of the University Continuing Education Association's Charles A. Wedemeyer Award, which recognizes highly meritorious book-length publications that advance research in independent study and distance education.

-This manual is the one we have been waiting for It takes dead aim at all the important issues facing distance learning providers and hits the bull's eye on every one of them. It is down to earth, real world, and up to date. Its examples and insights for practitioners help create the sense of urgency and excitement all of us in distance learning feel today.---Michael...

Corporations are spAnding billions of dollars on leadership development initiatives. But are these programs paying off? Building Leaders takes a hard look at the successes and failures of more than a dozen organizations—including Ernst & Young, Motorola, the U.S. Army, and Federal Express. It identifies the three dominant approaches to leadership education and provides a blueprint for how organizations can use them to more effectively cultivate a continuous crop of talented leaders.

Chances are, if you're a manager in most any organization today, coaching has become an integral part of your responsibilities. And there's no more effective approach to coaching than Action Coaching. Developed by the authors through their work with Levi-Strauss, Colgate, Bank of America, Arthur Andersen and other leading companies, Action Coaching is the only coaching process that dramatically increases an individual's personal performance in direct correlation with established organizational goals. Here, Dotlich and Cairo share the same advice, techniques, and tools they've used to...

How do you get your participants involved and then hold on to their attention? Lorraine Ukens--a highly regarded author of activity resources -- offers sixty innovative, enjoyable, and effective activities designed to make learning unforgettable. Use these training tools to teach valuable lessons in:

• Change
• Communication
• Conflict management
• Decision-making
• Diversity
• Goal setting
• Leadership
• Negotiation
• Planning
• Problem solving
• Team dynamics
• . . . and more

All the necessary...

Get 'em started and keep 'em going ? quick Choose from the 75 hands-on activities in this book to:

• Raise the comfort level of your participants
• Jumpstart a training session
• Energize a presentation
• Stimulate group discussion

The key word here is quick While there are tons of books containing icebreakers and energizers, many of the activities are too involved for the limited time available. This book solves that problem.

-A great way to get your session off to an active start is by adding Energize Your Audience to your bookshelf....

Be a better consultant with the 1999 Pfeiffer Annual

The 1999 Annual, Volume 2: Consulting continues the Pfeiffer Annual tradition of providing trainers, consultants, facilitators, and managers with the tools they need to make organizations more effective. With a focus on consulting, this volume offers Experiential Learning Activities, inventories, questionnaires, surveys, and resources for topics including leadership, problem solving, team development, facilitation, and more. Rich in practical content and geared toward forward-looking vision, this book provides...

Teach your learners to work smarter, not harder

The Accelerated Learning Fieldbook gives you the tools you need to ensure that maximum learning and maximum retention are taking place in your training sessions, sales sessions, and classrooms.

You'll learn how to:

• Improve your communication skills
• Identify the best way individual learners learn
• Rethink your personal beliefs that block learning
• Use music to create focused learning environments
• Measure the effectiveness of a learning session . . . and more

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This guide will help you track the results of post-training performance.

Optimize team performance during changing times.