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75 Ways of Working with Groups to Develop their Training Skills Sharon Bartram and Brenda Gibson Gower Aldershot 2001 A4 looseleaf, 342 pp. ISBN 0 566 08414 7 L195 27 Ways to Integrate Training and Development with the Needs of Your Organisation Sharon Bartram and Brenda Gibson Gower Aldershot 2001 A4 looseleaf, 202 pp. ISBN 0 566 08415 5
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Keywords Training, Employee development, Libraries Review DOI 10.1108/01435120310454665
Working, as I do, in an organisation that has achieved Investors in People (IiP) status, I am fully aware of the importance of developing its most prized asset, its staff. Although cynicism abounds, particularly amongst some of our academic colleagues, the principles that underpin liP are fairly uncontested. The name itself is however slightly misleading and has not helped the cause. An explicit commitment to the tenets of liP - and hopefully this will continue after we come up for wholesale review in Summer 2003 - also carries with it a financial commitment. And depending on how it is delivered, staff development and training can still be a substantial investment for any organisation. The Learning Resources Centre (LRC) is a large support service within the University and recognises the importance of staff development for its 70 plus staff. Our approach to staff development is fairly well structured and embedded now. The aims and objectives of the University percolate down to the departments who then form their own plans, identifying staff development needs mainly through the University-wide staff appraisal system. A whole range of staff development activities...