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	<title>The Happy Curmudgeon &#187; Managing and Organizations</title>
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		<title>The Tyranny of Middle Class Values and How Some Think About Work</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 13 Apr 2010 21:42:24 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Robert Bacal</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I wrote on the human resources discussion list, a short piece that was stimulated by one consultant&#8217;s praise for the employment engagement concept, one that, by the way, I abhore for a number of reasons. The gist is that pretty &#8230; <a href="http://www.thetrainingworld.com/wp/training-and-consulting-business/the-tyranny-of-middle-class-values-and-how-some-think-about-work/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Dr. Russell Ackoff On Systems Thinking (Videos)</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 11 Mar 2010 17:16:58 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Robert Bacal</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Dr. Russell Ackoff is considered by many to be the father of systems thinking. Definitely worth getting into and understanding. Here are some videos of him speaking. We&#8217;ve posted the series so you don&#8217;t have to hunt them all down. &#8230; <a href="http://www.thetrainingworld.com/wp/managing-and-organizations/dr-russell-ackoff-on-systems-thinking-videos/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>How DARE He Pan My Perfect Phrases Book!</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 17 Feb 2010 22:02:50 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Robert Bacal</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I don&#8217;t know this guy. I do know that on April 1, 2009,  (that IS April Fools Day) Tom Roche wrote what would have been a scathing review of my book, Perfect Phrases For Performance Reviews, if only he had &#8230; <a href="http://www.thetrainingworld.com/wp/roberts-learning-and-development-editorials/how-dare-he-pan-my-perfect-phrases-book/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Strategic Management For Senior Leaders: Free Book &#8211; A Handbook for Implementation</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 17 Feb 2010 16:32:32 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Robert Bacal</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Free stuff always excites me and here&#8217;s a free full length book available to read online out of the U.S. Navy Total Quality Management Department. on managing in a strategic way. It&#8217;s a little awkward to read online but I &#8230; <a href="http://www.thetrainingworld.com/wp/managing-and-organizations/strategic-management-for-senior-leaders-free-book-a-handbook-for-implementation/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Do you want to have a radio show on organizational development?</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 05 Feb 2010 01:33:50 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Robert Bacal</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Got a phone call out of the blue asking me if I was interested in hosting a regular radio show (I think it&#8217;s a radio show) on org. development. While I would jump at the chance to do something like &#8230; <a href="http://www.thetrainingworld.com/wp/training-and-consulting-business/do-you-want-to-have-a-radio-show-on-organizational-development/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Stories: How They Limit Us. How They Help Us Learn (Discussion)</title>
		<link>http://www.thetrainingworld.com/wp/managing-and-organizations/stories-how-they-limit-us-how-they-help-us-learn-discussion/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 04 Feb 2010 19:36:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Robert Bacal</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[About 6 years ago I started work on a book manuscript about the power of the stories we tell, both in terms of how they limit us, and how they can be used to help us learn. My interest at &#8230; <a href="http://www.thetrainingworld.com/wp/managing-and-organizations/stories-how-they-limit-us-how-they-help-us-learn-discussion/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Employee Engagement &#8211; The Mad Fad of the 2000&#8242;s &#8211; A Poor Construct</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 02 Feb 2010 03:19:51 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Robert Bacal</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[A colleague asked me where one could find criticisms of Employee Engagement, the buzzterm championed by marketplace monster, Gallup. There&#8217;s tons of stuff about it pushing it and making it appear to be as vital and important as&#8230;well, let&#8217;s see, &#8230; <a href="http://www.thetrainingworld.com/wp/roberts-learning-and-development-editorials/employee-engagement-the-mad-fad-of-the-2000s-a-poor-construct/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Customer Engagement &#8212; Guess What? It&#8217;s Not About &#8220;You&#8221; (#trdev) Comments welcome</title>
		<link>http://www.thetrainingworld.com/wp/roberts-learning-and-development-editorials/customer-engagement-guess-what-its-not-about-you-trdev-comments-welcome/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 31 Aug 2009 17:46:18 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Robert Bacal</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Over the last decade the word &#8220;engagement&#8221; has been re-packaged, resold an remarketed so that it&#8217;s become a buzzword linked with organizational success (we must have engaged employees), customer relationships and social networking (we must be engaged with the customers&#8221;, &#8230; <a href="http://www.thetrainingworld.com/wp/roberts-learning-and-development-editorials/customer-engagement-guess-what-its-not-about-you-trdev-comments-welcome/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Organizational Culture and Institutional Transformation (Research)</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 25 Aug 2009 01:39:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Robert Bacal</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[During the past two decades higher education in America has attempted a number of reforms. Reform efforts are predicated on the assumption that proactive, intentional change efforts in colleges and universities can succeed despite the predilection for tradition and maintaining &#8230; <a href="http://www.thetrainingworld.com/wp/managing-and-organizations/organizational-culture-and-institutional-transformation-research/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>The Learning Organization &#8211; In Depth Myths and Realities Series</title>
		<link>http://www.thetrainingworld.com/wp/training-wisdom-or-training-foolishness/learning-theory-to-practice/the-learning-organization-in-depth-myths-and-realities-series/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 18 Aug 2009 02:14:07 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Robert Bacal</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Myths and Realities by Sandra Kerka, 1995 The Learning Organization At least since the 1990 publication of Senge&#8217;s The Fifth Discipline, the concept of the learning organization (LO) has been promoted as a way to restructure organizations to meet the &#8230; <a href="http://www.thetrainingworld.com/wp/training-wisdom-or-training-foolishness/learning-theory-to-practice/the-learning-organization-in-depth-myths-and-realities-series/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Teaching Critical Reflection, Myths and Realities 7</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 28 Jul 2009 12:27:56 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Robert Bacal</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Teaching Critical Reflection, Myths and Realities 7. by David Stein. 2000 PDF Available The ability to reflect critically on one’s experience, integrate knowledge gained from experience with knowledge possessed, and take action on insights is considered by some adult educators &#8230; <a href="http://www.thetrainingworld.com/wp/training-wisdom-or-training-foolishness/advice-for-trainers/teaching-critical-reflection-myths-and-realities-7/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Informal Workplace Learning &#8211; Practice Application Brief</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 26 Jul 2009 15:19:57 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Robert Bacal</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Informal Workplace Learning Practice Application Brief 10 by David A. Cofer 2000 PDF Available This project has been funded at least in part with Federal funds from the U.S. Department of Education under Contract No. ED-99-CO-0013. The content of this &#8230; <a href="http://www.thetrainingworld.com/wp/training-wisdom-or-training-foolishness/learning-theory-to-practice/informal-workplace-learning-practice-application-brief/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Management Systems &#8211; What You Need to Know Before Selecting an LMS #trdev</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 23 Jul 2009 14:48:30 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Robert Bacal</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Learning Management Systems &#8211; What You Need to Know Before Selecting an LMSBy Don Weobong Over the past two decades, the Internet has had a tremendous effect on humanity. It has dramatically changed almost every facet of life, from industry &#8230; <a href="http://www.thetrainingworld.com/wp/uncategorized/management-systems-what-you-need-to-know-before-selecting-an-lms-trdev/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Productivity, Excellence and Giftedness &#8211; Stimulating Article by G. Billikopf</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 11 Jul 2009 15:46:28 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Robert Bacal</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Productivity, Excellence and Giftedness Gregorio Billikopf University of California Ed. This piece was originally posted on HRNET by Gregorio Billikopf of the University of California. It has some excellent thoughts, but even more important it&#8217;s a great stimulus for thinking &#8230; <a href="http://www.thetrainingworld.com/wp/training-wisdom-or-training-foolishness/learning-theory-to-practice/productivity-excellence-and-giftedness-stimulating-article-by-g-billikopf/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Reporting and Interpreting of Workplace Research Data &#8211; Atrocious!</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 29 Jun 2009 18:34:35 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Robert Bacal</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Can it get any worse? Probably not. Mainstream news outlets are often reporting on research about the workplace &#8212; about what works, what doesn&#8217;t work. This year twitter and social media research is in the limelight. Last year employee engagement &#8230; <a href="http://www.thetrainingworld.com/wp/roberts-learning-and-development-editorials/reporting-and-interpreting-of-workplace-research-data-atrocious/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Beyond Kirkpatrick&#8217;s Four Levels Evaluation Model #astd #trdev</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 12 Jun 2009 16:52:07 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Robert Bacal</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Editor: The following was written by R. John Howe as part of a discussion on levels of evaluation in training. The real gold in this post lies in it&#8217;s understanding of who organizations work, what&#8217;s important to organizations, and the &#8230; <a href="http://www.thetrainingworld.com/wp/training-wisdom-or-training-foolishness/beyond-kirkpatricks-four-levels-evaluation-model-astd-trdev/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Performance Management and Appraisal Books by Robert Bacal</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 12 May 2009 15:27:42 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Robert Bacal</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Since 1998 Robert Bacal has produced a wide variety of helpful books on performance management and performance appraisals. All are practically oriented. Here&#8217;s a look at books on the subject published by McGraw-Hill, and available at amazon.com You can browse, &#8230; <a href="http://www.thetrainingworld.com/wp/performance-management-and-appraisal/performance-management-and-appraisal-books-by-robert-bacal/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Bacal&#8217;s Law of Multicausation</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 05 May 2009 02:02:01 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Robert Bacal</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[For any phenomenon there will be a multitude of factors that caused the phenomenon. Therefore, any attempt to explain that phenomenon by invoking a single variable will always be wrong, and worse, misleading. This is an exceedingly important element. We &#8230; <a href="http://www.thetrainingworld.com/wp/training-and-consulting-business/bacals-law-of-multicausation/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Ignoring The Law of Unintended Consequences &#8211; Common Managerial Mistakes Series</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 19 Apr 2009 16:41:53 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Robert Bacal</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Even the most experienced managers, supervisors, or executives forget about the Law of Unintended Consequences, which says that for every change or action, there are both positive consequences (which, obviously the manager wants), and negative unintended consequences (which the manager &#8230; <a href="http://www.thetrainingworld.com/wp/training-and-consulting-business/ignoring-the-law-of-unintended-consequences-common-managerial-mistakes-series/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Performance Appraisal Goofs &#8211; Common Managerial Mistakes Series</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 17 Apr 2009 15:42:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Robert Bacal</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Performance appraisals are probably the most misused, and goofed-up management tool in existence. Starting from misunderstanding the whole point of appraisals, right on through to use of poor communication with employees, managers make a fairly consistent set of mistakes about &#8230; <a href="http://www.thetrainingworld.com/wp/performance-management-and-appraisal/performance-appraisal-goofs-common-managerial-mistakes-series/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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