Martyn Sloman is Director of Management Education and Training at Ernst and Young, and a former Head of Human Resource Development, NatWest Markets. Originally trained as an economist, he has worked in the co-operative sector and the public sector, and as a management consultant. He has lectured and written widely on personnel and training matters, and is currently a Teaching Fellow in the Department of Organizational Psychology at the University of London’s Birkbeck College.
A fully revised edition of an influential book, reflecting the increased complexity of organizational life and developments since it was first written. The author asks what training managers should be doing to ensure that training in their organization is as good as it can be, and stresses the need to keep training aligned with business objectives and encourage line managers to work alongside HR professionals. There is also consideration of the opportunities created for training by the emphasis on competition through people, and of the trainer as strategic facilitator. Supporting the text are questionnaires, survey instruments and specimen documents. (Kirkus UK)