Avoiding legal liability for adult educators,human resource developers,and instructional designers by John Sample

John Sample, SPHR, has his PhD from Florida State University, where he was an associate professor in human resources development. He has 35 years of experience as a consultant, educator, and administrator in human resources management, training, and development. He has served as an expert witness. Avoiding Legal Liability for Adult Educators, Human Resource Developers, and Instructional Designers (ISBN 13: 978–1–57524–273–6 and 10: 1–57524– 273–7) is published by Krieger Publishing Co. This publisher may be reached online at http://www.kreiger‐publishing.com.     

Types of Functional Educational Planning Modes

Planning looks to the future. It can have several different intentions and frames of reference; (a) to pursue more economical ways and means to implement courses, activities, and jobs based on accepted purposes; (b) to seek ways to increase the efficiency of an entire educational system, including all of its parts (such as a curriculum, a school, a school system, or a state); and (c) to search for, and possibly create, a new and improved future set of realities and consequences. The first two approaches are basically concerned with increasing efficiency in reaching established goals. The third is holistic in intending to both improve current efficiency and help to create a better future. This article (a) identifies and defines these three major distinct (yet related) planning modes, and (b) discusses one educational research and development effort which intends to integrate them.     

What Should High–Risk Operations Evaluate Relative To Safety And Safety Training

This article presents a concise argument for strategic planning for training effectiveness evaluation for high–risk operations including nuclear power training. The article looks at external criteria for such evaluation including considerations of: (1) the safety of the general population, (2) the safety of employees, and (3) the cost–effective delivery of the organization's products and services (e.g., the delivery of energy).     

Problems and Prospects of Implementing a Holistic Planning Framework in Vocational Education: Applications of the Organizational Elements Model

This study examines types of indicators which can be used to determine societal impact and how these indicators can be applied by an agency to provide useful information to its program planners. Using the Organizational Elements Model as a framework for the study, this project sought to define what data should be collected by the Florida Division of Vocational, Adult, and Community Education to indicate the societal impact of vocational programs.