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Making Training Strategic

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Preston Brown

Merriam-Webster defines the term strategy as a careful plan or method; a clever stratagem; the art of devising or employing plans or stratagems toward a goal. To make training more strategic within government agencies, it must b... More »

Scenario-Based Learning Improves Trooper Performance

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Ernest Kovacs

In 1999, the New Jersey State Police (NJSP) entered into a consent decree with the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) to amend its patrol, accountability, and training practices throughout the entire organization as an alternative... More »

Integrated Learning in New York State Government

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Nancy Nee

From the moment students start elementary school all the way through college, they are taught concepts mainly through verbal instruction that teachers expect will later be applied in the real world. However, in school, teachers ... More »

Networked Governance: A Working Solution

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Kitty Wooley

If the 2005 aftermath of Hurricane Katrina did not convince us, then surely the rollout of Medicare Part D the following year provided graphic proof that the implementation of new programs requires the coordination and cooperati... More »

Workplace Learning in Gallatin County

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TPM Staff

This article describes the development and delivery of a comprehensive management training program in Gallatin County, Montana. The author developed the curriculum and served as ... More »