Training and Development: The Intersection of Communication and Talent Development in the Modern Workplace

Training and Development: The Intersection of Communication and Talent Development in the Modern Workplace highlights the amazing world of training and development (T&D) while exploring the two basic factors (training and performance improvement) related to it. Written by a unique combination of authors with education, communication and industrial/organizational psychology backgrounds, Training and Development is an informative, scholarly, and practical publication for undergraduate courses and professional use. Training and Development: The Intersection of Communication and Talent Development in the Modern Workplace: Pays special attention to the factors of human communication (both instructional and organizational communication) within T&D. Emphasizes communication as the central driving force for training and human performance improvement. Presents best practices and strategies modern T&D professionals have developed for both creating and delivering training programs and performance improvement interventions. Provides an overview of the modern T&D field, its major organizations, key luminaries, and best practices used by todays T&D professionals. Fuses practical information with scholarly research to help the reader understand and fine-tune best practices. Is practical! The publication and its accompanying website provide many ideas and downloadable tools (worksheets, templates, etc.) that readers can use to create T&D projects.