How to Be an Effective Trainer: Skills for Managers and New Trainers (Wiley Professional Development Programs) [Paperback]

Barry J. Smith (Author), Brian L. Delahaye (Author)

Book Description

ISBN-10: 0471852392 | ISBN-13: 978-0471852391 | Publication Date: April 1987 | Edition: 2nd

Here is the most complete guide to effective training skills available for managers, supervisors, and new trainers who need to communicate new knowledge to individuals or groups. This edition gives more practical examples than any other source and provides highly detailed models and explicit tips on conducting sessions, with examples and cases drawn from real-life situations. Includes complete information on how to research, design, and implement a training program and how to conduct training evaluation, detailed guidance on using audiovisuals, and the necessary background theory to put training into an organizational problem-solving perspective. Designed as a self-instructional package, it features bibliographies by chapter, several feedback sheets presented in reproducible form, extensive checklists, tests and exercises. This edition contains more material on advanced training methods and a chapter on marketing training within organizations.

Editorial Reviews

From the Back Cover

Train yourself to effectively train others.

Written specifically for managers, supervisors, and trainers who need to communicate new knowledge and skills to people, How to Be an Effective Trainer provides a solid framework for developing—and maximizing—your training proficiency. Now thoroughly revised and expanded, this single-volume resource offers a complete step-by-step program to take you from the basics through the very latest developments in the field.

How to Be an Effective Trainer, Third Edition introduces key training skills—such as conducting on-the-job training, formulating session plans, and drafting objectives—and then provides easy-to-follow guidelines for putting them smoothly into action. You'll also learn how to use a wide range of more advanced learning techniques, from computer-based learning (CBL) and structured diary analysis to programmed instruction and behavior modeling. Among the highlights of this all-new edition, you'll find:

• A new chapter on supervisory and management development
• An updated segment on Career Development Review
• New material on how to structure question-and-answer sessions—plus follow-up techniques
• Expanded coverage of the importance of role play, including the use of feedback sheets
• New perspectives on adventure learning, learning organizations, and reflection as a training technique
• Up-to-the-minute information on the impact of new technology, including computer-based training and new display and overhead projection methods.

More than just a how-to manual, How to Be an Effective Trainer, Third Edition contains all the essentials for both the novice and the more experienced trainer. With helpful checklists, quizzes, and end-of-chapter reviews throughout, it gives you the tools you need to hone your ability to design effective training programs. --This text refers to the Plastic Comb edition.

About the Author

BRIAN L. DELAHAYE is an associate professor at the School of Professional Studies at the Queensland University of Technology in Brisbane, Australia.

BARRY J. SMITH is a psychologist and counselor. He was formerly a senior lecturer in human resource management at the Queensland University of Technology. --This text refers to the Plastic Comb edition.

Product Details

• Paperback: 416 pages
• Publisher: John Wiley & Sons; 2nd edition (April 1987)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0471852392
• ISBN-13: 978-0471852391
• Product Dimensions: 10.9 x 8.9 x 0.9 inches
• Shipping Weight: 2 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 3.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,827,464 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A manual for trainers that really is practical!, May 30, 2000

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Brian A Cooney (Australia) - See all my reviews

This review is from: How to Be an Effective Trainer: Skills for Managers and New Trainers (Plastic Comb)

For new trainers, experienced trainers and managers of training, this book is invaluable. As a full-time adult training specialist for almost twenty years, I have read many books on the subject, and this is the one I always recommend. The authors have managed to include the important theory on how adults learn best, without getting boring, and then use this theory to support many practical techniques for trainers to use, so you know what will work, and why. Occasional trainers and new full-time trainers will find all the basics, experienced trainers will find ways of improving or varying techniques, managers will find ways of supporting the training process. Topics include Learning Principles, Training Needs Analysis, Leading Discussions, Questions, Case Studies, Training Aids, Computer-Based Training, Marketing Training and many more.

0 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars very disappointing, December 15, 2004

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This review is from: How to Be an Effective Trainer: Skills for Managers and New Trainers (Plastic Comb)

After reading this book I felt very disappointed as I really did not learn anything on how to be an effective trainer. I would not recommend this book to anyone not wanting to waste their time.