Training Games For Career Development / Edition 1986

by Brandon A. Kirk, James J. Kirk

Overview

Perhaps the most comprehensive and multifaceted collection of career-enhancing games ever published, Training Games for Career Development contains a wealth of fun-filled and imaginative exercises designed to hone every skill needed to succeed in today's corporation. If you're a trainer or human resources professional, this book will show you new ways you never thought of to train employees for career awareness, self-improvement, and organizational productivity. The games are divided into six main career topics: Motivation, Development, Dynamics, Climate, Promotion, and Management. Within each category are games for each stage of the instructional process, including:
-- Openers
-- Expanders
-- Teachables
-- Reinforcers
-- Assessors

Each game is coded according to both its career topic and its instructional role, making game selection especially easy for the trainer with particular goals to accomplish. Each game includes specific instructions, as well as before, during, and after facilitation guidelines. And there's a feature you won't find anywhere else: step-by-step instructions for creating fun-filled and instructional training games from scratch! So if you want to help your employees to realize their full work and career potential, this is the most comprehensive book of its kind on the market.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780070347908
Publisher:	McGraw-Hill Companies, The
Publication date:	05/19/1995
Series:	McGraw-Hill Training Series
Pages:	304
Product dimensions:	8.25(w) x 11.00(h) x 0.64(d)

Table of Contents

Table of Figures.General Games Reference Table. The Game Plan. Career Motivation/Resilience Games. Career Development Games. Career Dynamics Games. Career Climate Games. Career Promotion Games. Career Management Games. Growing Your Own Games. Developing a Simple Gaming-Simulation. Appendices: A: Resources For Gaming. B: Answers To Games. C: Gaming Catalog.