Sociology seminar series
| Date/Time: | Wednesday, 14 Oct 2009 from 12:00 pm to 1:00 pm |
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| Location: | 8 Curtiss |
| Cost: | Free |
| Contact: | Nick Van Berkum |
| Phone: | 515-294-2179 |
| Channel: | College of Liberal Arts and Sciences |
| Categories: | Lectures |
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Leaders of producer marketing organizations (PMOs) were trained in governance-facilitation skills and partnership-contract management skills to effect changes at the organization level. This study determined how trainee characteristics, training transfer design and work environment transfer factors explained organization changes. Analysis of data from interviews with 99 leaders trained in governance-facilitation and 120 leaders trained in partnership-contract management used hierarchical and multiple regression analysis to explain the organizational changes. Changes due to the transfer of governance skills were significantly influenced by resource availability, personal capacity to transfer, appropriate training design, relevant training content, and degree of skill transfer. Changes due to the transfer of partnership management skills were significantly influenced by presence of resources, personal capacity to transfer, and degree of partnership management skill transfer. The paper extends the understanding of the role of transfer of training in influencing organizational changes especially of rural organizations in developing countries. The study contributes to knowledge in training and human resource development strategies for rural based small scale farmer owned organizations that are linked to markets.