Famous and (Infamous) Workplace and Community Training

David M. Kopp is Professor of Human Resource Development and Associate Dean of the School of Education, Barry University, Florida, USA. In addition to academia he works with both profit and non-profit organizations focusing on leadership, strategic planning, organizational change and performance improvement. He is the author of Human Resource Development: Performance Through Learning.

• 1. Introduction: On the Axiology of Training and Development: Is training value neutral?.-  2. What is Training?.- 3. Physiognomy: Training’s Woeful Countenance.- 4.Rosie the Riveter.-  5. Nazi Germany:Training  Forced Labor .- 6. Self-Directed Training: John Lennon and Paul McCartney.- 7. Pregnant mothers should avoid thinking of ugly people: Parenting education and child rearing advice of the 19th and early 20th centuries.- 8. When Job Aids Attack.- 9. Mental Hygiene Guidance Films and Duck and Cover.- 10. Social Responsibility and Final Thoughts.