The ASTD Handbook Chapters

The ASTD Handbook for Workplace Learning Professionals

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Selected Chapters from The ASTD Handbook for Workplace Learning Professionals, edited by Elaine Biech

The ASTD Handbook for Workplace Learning Professionals is the definitive guide for learning professionals from the most trusted industry authority in the business. This 1000+ page case-bound book is a required desk reference for all learning professionals. Packed full of key practices from adult learning theory, instructional design and delivery, measurement and evaluation, to human performance improvement and technology enabled learning.  The Handbook brings together authors who represent the best practitioners in the field, authorities to present the most critical information to professionals like you. These luminaries of the workplace learning and performance (WLP) field include Bill Wiggenhorn, Geary Rummler, Robert Mager, Bill Byham, Elliot Masie, Donald Kirkpatrick, John Coné, Donnee Ramelli, and Tony Bingham.   

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Learning Meets Web 2.0: Collaborative Learning

by Marc J. Rosenberg

Evaluating Training Programs

by Donald L. Kirkpatrick

Training Evaluation Level 1: Reaction Evaluation

by Nancy Kristiansen

Training Evaluation Level 2: Learning Five Essential Steps for Creating Your Tests and Two Cautionary Tales

by William Coscarelli, Sharon Shrock

Level 3 Training Evaluation

by Robert O. Brinkerhoff, Timothy P. Mooney

Training Evaluation Level 4: Results

by Donald V. McCain

Reaction, Learning, Behavior, and Results

by Donald L. Kirkpatrick, Nancy Kristiansen, William Coscarelli, Sharon Shrock, Timothy P. Mooney, and Donald V. McCain

Return-on-Investment of Training Programs

by Jack J. Phillips

Bottom Line Measures in the ASTD WLP Scorecard

by Ray J. Rivera

Organizational Level Applications

by John Cone

Learning in Organizations

by Chris Argyris

Organizational Culture

by Lisa Haneberg

Leading Complex Change

by Patricia A. McLagan

The Learning Organization Today: An Interview with Peter Senge

by Elaine Biech

Managing Knowledge in Organizations

by Ralph E.Grubb

Consulting on the Inside

by Beverly Scott

Consulting From the Outside

by Geoff Bellman

Learning Linked to Business Results

by Daniel Ramelli

Managing Learning Like a Business

by Howard Prager

Tips for Outsourcing Success

by Debbier Friedman

Using Technology to Manage Learning

by Lance Dublin

Intellectual Property: Protect What Is Yours and Avoid Taking What Belongs to Someone Else

by Linda Byars Swindling, Mark V.B. Partridge

Preaching to the Choir: The Future of Integrated Talent Management

by Kevin Oakes

Getting to Relevance as a Learning Professional

by Tony Bingham

Competencies: The Foundation of Our Profession

by Richard S. Wellins, William J. Rothwell

Careers in Workplace Learning and Performance

by William J. Rothwell

Workplace Learning and Performance Certification

by Jennifer A. Naughton

Ethics for Workplace Learning and Performance Professionals

by Tora Estep

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