Summary |
The book has five pats. Part I differentiates training from other instructional activities and then traces the contribution to the training process of two partners in it: the participants and the organizations in which they work and are to use their training.
In Parts II, III and IV- the core of the book-we look at the training process from the point of view of the third partner, the trainers at work on a program in a training institution. The parts deal in turn with the three major phases in training: pretraining, training, and posttraining. It is significant that the pretraining part is by far the longest.
Part III deals with the training phase; the transactions between trainers and participants, and among participants themselves. The fact that participants are in groups introduces social complexities and possibilities.
In Part V we raise our sights to encompass the training institution as a whole and the development of training as a profession-through research and action.
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