Includes bibliographical references (p. 677-712) and index.

Training and development: Concepts, attitudes and issues -- The economic dimensions of training and development -- The framework of national vocational education and training: Its evolution and structure -- Elements of the Irish system: Vocational training, apprenticeships and continuing education -- Elements of the Irish system: Training for tourism, enterprise and special categories -- Training, development and management education: International comparisons -- The environment, organisation and workforce of the future -- The organisational context of training and development -- Models of training and development practice -- Training roles, responsibilities, tasks and philosophies -- Establishing a training and development function -- The Irish training and development specialist: Position, selection, career anchors and ethics -- Types of training and development interventions -- Learning: The individual and the organisation -- Assessing training and development needs: the organisation -- Assessing training and development needs: the job and the individual -- The design of training and development interventions -- Evaluating, auditing and benchmarking the training and development function -- Strategic human resource development.