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Famous and (Infamous) Workplace and Community Training

A Social History of Training and Development

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Authors:
  1. David M. Kopp

    1. Barry University, Miami, FL, USA

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  • Explores a seldom discussed aspect of Human Resource Training
  • Examines training and development from an axiological perspective
  • Discusses the implications of community and workplace training practices from a social justice, social responsibility, and critical theory lens

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Table of contents (10 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xv
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  2. Introduction: On the Axiology of Training and Development—Is Training Value Neutral?

    • David M. Kopp
    Pages 1-13

  3. What Is Training?

    • David M. Kopp
    Pages 15-38

  4. Physiognomy: Training’s Woeful Countenance

    • David M. Kopp
    Pages 39-54

  5. Rosie the Riveter

    • David M. Kopp
    Pages 55-66

  6. Nazi Germany: Training Forced Labor

    • David M. Kopp
    Pages 67-81

  7. Self-Directed Training: John Lennon and Paul McCartney

    • David M. Kopp
    Pages 83-107

  8. “Pregnant Mothers Should Avoid Thinking of Ugly People”: Parenting Education and Child-Rearing Advice of the Nineteenth and Early Twentieth Centuries

    • David M. Kopp
    Pages 109-123

  9. When Job Aids Attack

    • David M. Kopp
    Pages 125-142

  10. Mental Hygiene Guidance Films and Duck and Cover

    • David M. Kopp
    Pages 143-156

  11. Social Responsibility and Final Thoughts

    • David M. Kopp
    Pages 157-169

  12. Back Matter

    Pages 171-180
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About this book

This book explores the social history of training and development and describes how ordinary training systems were linked to extraordinary events.  Using instrumental case studies, the author explores the direct and indirect motives behind famous and infamous training systems of history such as the methods used by John Lennon and Paul McCartney in the Beatles, those used by the Third Reich in training forced labor, and in the social guidance films of the 1950’s, among others. This book links modern-day themes of corporate and community social responsibility and social justice to historical cases of workplace and community training; in addition, it offers a unique view of business history that students and scholars can relate to, and contributes to a more thorough and robust inquiry into critical human resource development, ethics in the workplace, and the nature of training adults, in general.

Reviews

“This illuminating and provocative analysis of the philosophical and historical foundation of training posits and answers a pivotal question all policy makers, investors, Human Resource professionals and labor economists, must answer: ‘Is Training Value Neutral.” (Lyle Sussman, Professor of Management, University of Louisville, USA)

“This volume provides a fascinating, historical look at the broader political, social and economic context of training and development activity.” (Jeffrey A. Mello, Dean of the School of Management, Rhode Island College, USA)

“Kopp provides fascinating essays of how workplace and community training were an integral part of historical events.” (Jennifer Tomarchio-Dow, President, TID Instructional Design & Past President of Association of Talent Development (ATD) South Florida Chapter and National Advisor for Chapter, USA)

Authors and Affiliations

  • Barry University, Miami, FL, USA

    David M. Kopp

About the author

 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. 

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Famous and (Infamous) Workplace and Community Training

  • Book Subtitle: A Social History of Training and Development

  • Authors: David M. Kopp

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1057/978-1-137-59753-3

  • Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan New York

  • eBook Packages: Business and Management, Business and Management (R0)

  • Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s) 2018

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-1-137-59752-6Published: 25 July 2017

  • eBook ISBN: 978-1-137-59753-3Published: 25 July 2017

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XV, 180

  • Number of Illustrations: 20 b/w illustrations, 10 illustrations in colour

  • Topics: Human Resource Management, Social History, Business Ethics

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