Curriculum Planning For Training: The State of the Art

This article provides training practitioners with an overview of literature on long‐term curriculum planning for training in business and industry. It also summarizes key results of a national survey of corporate business planners and trainers on the current status of curriculum planning for training in their organizations. In general, few respondents of the study indicated that their organizations have established long‐term training plans (curricula) to meet the predictable orientation needs of new employees or support implementation of corporate strategic business plans.