Fast Fundamentals
The BK Whitepaper Series
Welcome to the Fast Fundamentals: BK Whitepaper Series. Now you can find and purchase information from Berrett-Koehler and partner books in article-length sizes. We’ve created a graphic navigator to help you search by general topic, business challenge, and potential solution. The 261 whitepapers covering diverse topics such as change management, workplace learning, time management, employee retention, organizational research, and training program evaluation come from eight best-selling Berrett-Koehler and ASTD books: The Change Handbook, ASTD Handbook, Eat That Frog, Love ’Em or Lose ’Em, Research in Organizations, Useful Research, Evaluating Training Programs, and The ASTD Leadership Handbook. Prices vary by the length of document: $1.95 (8 pages or less), $3.95 (9-15 pages), and $5.95 (16 pages or more).
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- What effective whole system change methods are available?
- What change methods are adaptable for planning, structuring, and improving organizations and communities?
- What are some key planning methods in change management?
- What are some key structuring methods in change management?
- What are some key improving methods in change management?
- What are some key supportive methods in change management?
- Where will the new techniques and attitudes about change take organizations and communities?
- What is the key role of the training profession?
- How can needs assessment and analysis improve workplace performance?
- What are the best practices in developing instructional programs?
- How can I maximize the benefits of face-to-face delivery?
- What new technologies are available, and how can I use them?
- How can I measure and evaluate the impact of a training program?
- What roles can the learning professional adopt in leveraging organizational change?
- How can I get the most out of my training budget?
- What is the emerging role of the learning professional?
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- Ancient Wisdom Council
- The Conference Model
- Consensus Decision Making
- Conversation Cafe
- Dynamic Facilitation
- The Genuine Contact Program
- Human Systems Dynamics
- Leadership Dojo
- Evolutions of Open Systems Theory
- OpenSpace-Online Real-Time Methodology
- Organization Workshop
- PeerSpirit Circling: Creating Change in the Spirit of Cooperation
- Power of Imagination Studio: A Further Development of the Future Workshop Concept
- SimuReal: Action Learning in Hyperdrive
- Study Circles
- Think Like a Genius: Realizing Human Potential Though the Purposeful Play of Metaphorming
- Web Lab's Small Group Dialogues on the Internet Commons
- Action Learning
- Action Review Cycle and the After Action Review Meeting
- Balanced Scorecard
- Civic Engagement: Restoring Community through Empowering Conversations
- The Cycle of Resolution: Conversational Competence for Sustainable Collaboration
- Employee Engagement Process
- Gemeinsinn-Werkstatt: Project Framework for Community Spirit
- Idealized Design
- The Practice of Empowerment: Changing Behavior and Developing Talent in Organizations
- Values Into Action
- WorkOut
- Training Evaluation Level 1: Reaction Evaluation
- Training Evaluation Level 2: Learning-Five Essential Steps for Creating Your Tests and Two Cautionary Tales
- Level 3 Training Evaluation
- Training Evaluation Level 4: Results
- Reaction, Learning, Behavior, and Results
- Return-on-Investment of Training Programs
- Bottom Line Measures in the ASTD WLP Scorecard
- An Introduction to Quantitative Organizational Research
- Sampling Strategies and Power Analysis
- Effect Sizes Versus Statistical Significance
- Experimental and Quasi-Experimental Designs
- Survey Research in Organizations
- Multivariate Research Methods
- Structural Equation Modeling: An Introduction to Basic Techniques and Advanced Issues
- Scale Development Principles and Practices
- Factor Analysis Methods
- Meta-Analysis Methods
- Academic-Consultant Collaboration
- Integrating Theory to Inform Practice
- Organization Development Scholar-Practitioners: Between Scholarship and Practice
- Professional Associations: Supporting Useful Research
- Sticky Findings: Research Evidence Practitioners Find Useful
- Popular and Influential Management Books
- Commentary: Observations Concerning Pathways for Doing Useful Research
- Practitioner Perspectives
- The Four Levels of Training Evaluation: An Overview
- Level One Training Evaluation: Reaction
- Level Two Training Evaluation: Learning
- Level Three Training Evaluation: Behavior
- Level Four Training Evaluation: Results
- Implementing the Four Levels of Training Evaluation
- Using the Four Levels to Evaluate E-Learning
- Developing an Effective Level 1 Reaction Form for Duke Energy Corporation
- Evaluating a Training Program for Nonexempt Employees at First Union National Bank
- Evaluating Desktop Application Courses for Pollak Learning Alliance, Australia
- Evaluating Training for an Outage Management System at PacifiCorp
- Evaluating a Coaching and Counseling Course at Grupo Iberdrola, Spain
- Evaluating a Performance Learning Model at Defense Acquisition University
- Evaluating an Information Technology Skills Training Program at The Regence Group
- Evaluating a Performance Learning Model at Defense Acquisition University
- Evaluating a Performance Improvement Program at Toyota Motor Sales, U.S.A., Inc.
- Evaluating a Career Development Initiative
- Evaluating the Four Levels by Using a New Assessment Process for the Army and Air Force Exchange Services (AAFES)
- Evaluating a Training Program at All Four Levels for Cisco Systems, Inc.
- Evaluating a Leadership Training Program at Gap Inc.
- Evaluating a Leadership Development Program at the U.S. Geological Survey
- Evaluating a Leadership Development Program at Caterpillar, Inc.
- Evaluating a Training Program on Developing Supervisory Skills for Management Institute, University of Wisconsin
- Evaluating an Orientation Program for New Managers at the Canada Revenue Agency, Pacific Region
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