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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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Leadership
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What are the main leadership competencies?
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What are the best and worst practices in leadership development?
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What are the attributes of successful leaders?
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What makes leaders of the future?
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How are leadership skills formed, nurtured, and expanded?
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Change Management
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What effective whole system change methods are available?
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What change methods are adaptable for planning, structuring, and improving organizations and communities?
- Appreciative Inquiry: A Positive Revolution in Change
- Collaborative Loops
- Dialogue and Deliberation Processes
- Future Search: Common Ground Under Complex Conditions
- Integrated Clarity: Energizing How We Talk and What We Talk About in Organizations
- Open Space Technology
- The Technology of Participation
- Whole-Scale Change
- The World Cafe
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What are some key planning methods in change management?
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What are some key structuring methods in change management?
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What are some key improving methods in change management?
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What are some key supportive methods in change management?
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Where will the new techniques and attitudes about change take organizations and communities?
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Change Management -- Thumbnail Cases
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How are adaptable change methods used in practice?
- Ancient Wisdom Council
- Appreciative Inquiry Summit
- 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
- Real-Time Strategic Change
- SimuReal: Action Learning in Hyperdrive
- Study Circles
- Think Like a Genius: Realizing Human Potential Though the Purposeful Play of Metamorphing
- Web Lab's Small Group Dialogues on the Internet Commons
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How are change planning methods used in practice?
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How are change structuring methods used in practice?
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How are improving methods used in practice?
- 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 Competance 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
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How are supportive methods used in practice?
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Time Management
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What can I do right now to improve my effectiveness at work?
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How can I set clear priorities?
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How do I maximize my effectiveness?
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How do I minimize distractions?
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Employee Retention
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How can I tell what my employees need?
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How do I support the career goals of my employees?
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What can I do to make employees feel valued?
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How do I create a positive workspace?
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How do I build an atmosphere of mutual respect?
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Workplace Learning
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What is the key role of the training profession?
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How can needs assessment and analysis improve workplace performance?
- Some Important Questions Regarding Needs Assessment and Analysis by Geary A. Rummier
- Data Collection and Assessment -- Finding the Right Tool for the Job by Ethan S. Sanders
- Identifying Performance and Learning Gaps by Paul H. Elliott
- Competencies and the Changing World of Work by Patricia A. McLagan
- Selecting Solutions to Improve Workplace Performance by Harold D. Stolovitch and Erica J. Keeps
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What are the best practices in developing instructional programs?
- Research in Learning: What We Know for Sure by Wellesley R. Foshay
- Instructional Design Models and Learning Theories by Darryl L. Sink
- The Learner: What We Need to Know by Ann Herrmann-Nehdi
- Instructional Design and Development by Karen Lawson
- Best Practices in Online Course Development by Michael W. Allen
- Learning Transfer: The Next Frontier by Calhoun W. Wick, Andrew McK. Jefferson, and Roy V.H. Pollock
- Off-the-Shelf Materials by George Piskurich
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How can I maximize the benefits of face-to-face delivery?
- The 10 Most Important Lessons I've Learned About Effective Classroom Presentation by Robert W. Pike
- Active Learning Strategies by Mel Silberman
- Instructional Facilitation by Sivasailam Thiagi Thiagarajan
- Large Group Methods: A Shopper's Guide by Marvin Weisbord
- The 25 Competencies of a Master Trainer by Jean Barbazette
- Coaching: A Customized Learning Approach by Madeline Finnerty
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What new technologies are available, and how can I use them?
- Learning Technology Primer by Bryan Chapman
- Authoring Techniques and Rapid E-Learning by Thomas A. Toth
- What Is a Simulation? The New Structure of Actions-Systems-Results by Clark Aldrich
- Performance Support: Anytime, Anyplace, Including the Classroom by Allison Rossett
- Distance Learning and Web-Based Training by Jennifer Hofmann with Jane Bozarth
- Learning Meets Web 2.0: Collaborative Learning by Marc J. Rosenberg
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How can I measure and evaluate the impact of a training program?
- Evaluating Training Programs by Donald L. Kirkpatrick
- Training Evaluation Level 1: Reaction Evaluation by Nancy Kristiansen
- Training Evaluation Level 2: LearningFive Essential Steps for Creating Your Tests and Two Cautionary Tales by William Coscarelli and Sharon Shrock
- Level 3 Training Evaluation by Robert O. Brinkerhoff and Timothy P. Mooney
- Training Evaluation Level 4: Results by Donald V. McCain
- Reaction, Learning, Behavior, and Results by Donald L. Kirkpatrick, Nancy Kristiansen, William Coscarelli, Sharon Shrock, Timothy P. Mooney, and Donald V. McCain
- Return-on-Investment of Training Programs by Jack J. Phillips
- Bottom Line Measures in the ASTD WLP Scorecard by Ray J. Rivera
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What roles can the learning professional adopt in leveraging organizational change?
- Organizational Level Applications by John Cone
- Learning in Organizations by Chris Argyris
- Organizatinal Culture by Lisa Haneberg
- Leading Complex Change by Patricia A. McLagan
- The Learning Organization Today: An Interview with Peter Senge by Elaine Biech, interviewer
- Managing Knowledge in Organizations by Ralph E. Grubb
- Consulting on the Inside by Beverly Scott
- Consulting From the Outside by Geoff Bellman
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How can I get the most out of my training budget?
- Learning Linked to Business Results by Daniel Ramelli
- Managing Learning Like a Business by Howard Prager
- Tips for Outsourcing Success by Debbie Friedman
- Using Technology to Manage Learning by Lance Dublin
- Intellectual Property: Protect What Is Yours and Avoid Taking What Belongs to Someone Else by Linda Byars Swindling and Mark V.B. Partridge
- Preaching to the Choir: The Future of Integrated Talent Management by Kevin Oakes
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What is the emerging role of the learning professional?
- Getting to Relevance as a Learning Professional by Tony Bingham
- Competencies: The Foundation of Our Profession by Richard S. Wellins and William J. Rothwell
- Careers in Workplace Learning and Performance by William J. Rothwell
- Workplace Learning and Performance Certification by Jennifer A. Naughton
- Ethics for Workplace Learning and Performance Professionals by Tora Estep
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Organizational Research
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What are the basic issues and resources in organizational research?
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What quantitative methods and tools are effective in organizational research?
- An Introduction to Quantitative Organizational Research by Elwood F. Holton III and Michael F. Burnett
- 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
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What qualitative methods and tools are effective in organizational research?
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How can quantitative and qualitative methods be combined in research design?
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Useful Research
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What is "useful research"?
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What are examples of useful research?
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What works have influenced the theory and practice of research?
- Rigor and Relevance in Organizational Research: Experiences, Reflections, and a Look Ahead
- Can Relevance and Rigor Coexist?
- Making a Difference and Contributing Useful Knowledge: Principles Derived from Life As a Scholar-Practitioner
- On Knowing and Doing: A Perspective on the Synergies between Research and Practice
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What are practical examples of useful research?
- Academic-Consultant Collaboration: Doing Research across the Divide
- Integrating Theory to Inform Practice: Insights from the Practitioner-Scholar
- 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: Comments from a Panel Discussion
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What are some barriers and enablers for useful research?
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How is research theory and practice advancing?
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Evaluating Training Programs
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What concepts principles guidelines and techniques underlie training evaluation?
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What are the four levels of training evaluation and how are they used?
- 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
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How are training evaluations implemented in the field?
- 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 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.
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How can management and leadership training programs be evaluated?
- 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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