To learn how Human Factors Research can help top management create better training a case study comparison is made of two new training departments one in a large manufacturing corporation and the other in a state government. Using the findings from participant observer and thermodynamic system techniques two lists for training improvement are derived: 1. Training Department Manager's Check List and 2. Future Human Factors Research.
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