BEYOND TRAINING AND DEVELOPMENT

In this update of the 1996 American Management Association edition, Rothwell (learning and performance systems, Pennsylvania State U.) provides a manual for reinventing an organization's training function with the accent on human performance enhancement (HPE). Following a critique of training as an isolated HPE strategy, he surveys the most widely used methods for analyzing performance, and introduces his HPE model and competencies for HPE professionals. Appended materials, which also appear in the companion CD-ROM, include core competencies, an instrument for assessing such, and related worksheets. This edition includes data from a new survey of professionals in the field and new/updated references. Annotation c2004 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

William J. Rothwell, Ph.D., SPHR, heads up a graduate specialization in training and human resources in the Workforce Education and Development Program of Learning and Performance Systems on the University Park Campus of The Pennsylvania State University. He is also president of Rothwell & Associates, Inc. (www.rothwell-associates.com), a full-service private consulting firm that specializes in all facets of human performance improvement, and is the author or coauthor of numerous books, including The 2004 ASTD Competency Study Mapping the Future, Improving On-the-Job Training, Competency-Based Human Resource Management, What CEOs Expect from Corporate Training and The Workplace Learner. He lives in State College, Pennsylvania.