Future Training: A Roadmap for Restructuring the Training Function [Paperback]

James S. Pepitone (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: June 5, 1995

Examine the future challenging role of corporate training and development- from a top management perspective. Transform the training department into a credible source of sustainable competitive advantage. Capitalize on the untapped potential to leverage the human capital investment.

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The audiences for this book are Training Managers and Training Practitioners. The purpose of Future Training is to put many of the theories, concepts, and practices used to explain work-related aspects of human behavior, learning, performance, and productivity into perspective. This book "offers managers and practitioners a somewhat more integrative alternative that takes up the full complexity of this subject and provides the reader with a guide for better understanding and for taking appropriate action through both a descriptive and prescriptive approach" (p. 14).

Future Training fulfills its purpose. The organization of the book is excellent. Pepitone convincingly lead the reader, almost inductively, to understand and embrace his ideas.

The book is divide into four parts. Part One provides a historic perspective on Training from the perspective of economic analysis. Part Two outlines a path for moving the training function "back to its roots,"-the goal of improving human performance. Part Three introduces a process for integrating the scientific knowledge that can be accessed to improve human behavior, learning, performance, and productivity to develop interventions that maximize the human component of business performance. Part Four focuses on transforming the training function into a source of competitive advantage.

Pepitone concludes his book with a chapter on consulting. Moving training back to its original purpose of improving performance will give training professionals more status when it demonstrate the value it adds to the company. Then trainers will be in a position to become consultants to the customers they serve and their customers will come to them to help determine direction. Becoming and remaining connected to the total organization is both the means and the end for the training function attempting to demonstrate value. The main benefit will be the mutual respect between the training function and its customers that comes from mutual understanding of what each does and contributes. (William W. Lee, EDS, Performance Improvement Quarterly) -- William W. Lee, EDS, Performance Improvement Quarterly

About the Author

James S. Pepitone is the retired Chairman and CEO of PEPITONE BERKSHIRE PIAGET Worldwide, an international management consulting firm. He specializes in performance improvement of human-dependent business operations and is considered a pioneer in the whole-system design of human work and organizations. Jim continues to consult, teach, research, and write.

Product Details

• Paperback: 250 pages
• Publisher: AddVantage Learning Press (June 5, 1995)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0963582216
• ISBN-13: 978-0963582218
• Product Dimensions: 9 x 6 x 0.7 inches
• Shipping Weight: 14.4 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 4.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,916,530 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Scholarly report on overhauling corporate training, June 8, 2010

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This review is from: Future Training: A Roadmap for Restructuring the Training Function (Paperback)

James S. Pepitone, a pioneer in the transformation of workplace training, wants companies to get their money's worth from this vital yet often ill-used activity. To that end, he developed "Humaneering," a training concept focused on helping workers attain top performance and productivity. Pepitone based his approach on synthesizing "more than 100 scientific laws, theories and models concerning human behavior, technology transfer, organizational learning, performance improvement, organizational productivity and managed change." Clearly, making this mix work is a bold, ambitious undertaking. Pepitone repeatedly warns that his book is difficult to read. This is not necessary. He is a strong writer and extremely knowledgeable, though perhaps too negative about current training. He presents a logical case for restructuring corporate training. Although he leaves programming specifics up to individual companies, he does provide clear, sensible reasons and goals for change. getAbstract believes that executives, corporate learning officers and training directors will benefit from his insights and suggestions.

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5.0 out of 5 stars Practical, Pragmatic and Purposeful, December 9, 1999

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Tony O'Driscoll (Raleigh, NC) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Future Training: A Roadmap for Restructuring the Training Function (Paperback)

Having reviewed every book in the area of human performance I still go back to Future Training as the source reference for every decision I make with respect to advancing human performance within organizations. Jim is truly a pioneer in the field of High Performance Work Systems and his experience is practical, not academic. If ever you needed to be convinced of the need for Training to move to a performance focus, do yourself a favor and take the requisite time to study Jim's learnings in Future Training.

5.0 out of 5 stars Optimizing Business Productivity, April 3, 1999

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This review is from: Future Training: A Roadmap for Restructuring the Training Function (Paperback)

The book addresses the need for and the understanding of how to maximize the human dimension within the enterprise. It brings clarity to issues that go beyond the typical training function and shows the need for a focused interrelationship between management's strategic planning and training's tactical approaches to achieve the business' goals. The book brings together the understanding for the natural integration of work systems and human systems to foster business productivity optimization. A MUST read for those interested in developing a high performance enterprise!