Validation of the Training Benefit Forecasting Method: Geometric Dimension & Tolerance Training. Training and Development Research Center: Project Number Two.

Autor/in	Geroy, Gary D.
Institution	Minnesota Univ., St. Paul. Dept. of Vocational and Technical Education.
Titel	Validation of the Training Benefit Forecasting Method: Geometric Dimension & Tolerance Training. Training and Development Research Center: Project Number Two.
Quelle	(1984), (70 Seiten) PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Monographie
Schlagwörter	Adult Education; Career Education; Cost Effectiveness; Job Skills; Job Training; Labor Force Development; Manufacturing Industry; Models; Prediction; Skill Development; Validity + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Adult; Adults; Education; Adult basic education; Adult training; Erwachsenenbildung; Arbeitslehre; Kosten-Nutzen-Analyse; Kosten-Nutzen-Denken; Produktive Fertigkeit; Berufsqualifizierender Bildungsgang; Arbeitskräftebestand; Fertigungswirtschaft; Produzierendes Gewerbe; Analogiemodell; Vorhersage; Kompetenzentwicklung; Qualifikationsentwicklung; Gültigkeit
Abstract	The validity of the University of Minnesota Skills Training Cost-Benefit Forecasting Model (STCBFM) in a corporate setting was studied. Research and related literature suggested that a model for forecasting the economic benefits of training should include facility to identify and summarize costs and provide an assessment of the value of the resulting performance for a specified time period. The model (STCBFM) required that the increases in performance values, minus the training costs, and the resulting benefits be determined. The specific program addressed in the validation effort was a Geometric Dimension and Tolerance training program conducted at Onan Corporation, a manufacturing firm, in 1983. Participants were 136 employees who attended sessions before or after work hours. Four individuals composing a forecast group were presented with the model and asked to make forecasts regarding the costs and resulting benefits to be derived from the training program using minimal available information, such as shop rates, production down time, and current problem resolution time. All the forecasts proved to be conservative. The analysis of the actual cost-benefit reinforced the predictions made by the forecast group. (A paper describing the model is appended.) (YLB)
Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC