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WWII - War Manpower Commission
War Manpower Commission initially made responsible for the National Roster of Scientific and Specialized Personnel, the Office of Procurement and Assignment, and the labor supply functions of the Labor Division -
Formation of the American Society of Training Directors (ASTD)
The American Society of Training Directors (ASTD) is formed on April 2, 1942, at a meeting of the American Petroleum Institute, in New Orleans, Louisiana. Fifteen training directors hold
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Behaviorism - Operant Conditioning
B.F. Skinner’s - Behaviorism and the concept of job analysis formed the basis for a new form of training—individualized instruction—which would answer business’s need for cheaper and more efficient training (McLeod, 2015). -
Bloom’s Taxonomy
Cognitive outcomes, or knowledge, refer to the development of intellectual skills. Psychomotor outcomes, or skills, refer to the physical movement, coordination, and use of motor skills to accomplish a task. (Zawisza, 2017) -
Organizational Development (OD)
“Organization Development is a values-based approach to systems change in organizations and communities; it strives to build the capacity to achieve and sustain a new desired state that benefits the organization or community and the world around them" (Wikipedia, 2016) -
Sociotechnical Theory
Sociology-technical theory has at its core the idea that the design and performance of any organizational system can only be understood and improved if both ‘social’ and ‘technical’ aspects are brought together and treated as interdependent parts of a complex system. (Rousseau. 1977) -
HRD - Human Resource Development
By 1989, career development and organization development had been added to the repertoire of training and development work, and the report titled Models for HRD Practice (McLagan, 1989) captured this new development by using Leonard Nadler’s term for the field: human resource development (HRD). Heathfield, 2016 -
eLearning
Proponents of e-learning, computer-based training, and online learning proclaimed that classroom learning was over. However, e-learning did have some drawbacks. For one thing, it was hard to keep learners involved. Without the interactivity of a classroom, learners frequently tuned out of e-learning programs (Wikipedia, 2016).
