Selected References
Cullen, G., G. Sisson, S. Sawzin, and R. A. Swanson. “Training, What’s It Worth? An Experimental Case Study at Johns Manville.” Training and Development Journal 30, no. 9 (1976): 12–20.
This journal article reports on data from a study that compares structured on-the-job training to unstructured on-the-job (trial-and-error) training of new workers who were put on the job under the supervision of busy supervisors. Compared to those receiving unstructured on-the-job training, the structured on-the-job trainees reached competence in about 30 percent of the time, had a 130 percent increase in solved production problems, and had large savings related to maintaining production rates and utilizing raw materials.
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