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Publication: T&D
Publication Date: 01-MAY-04
Delivery: Immediate Online Access
Author: Galagan, Pat

Article Excerpt
Looking back over the first five decades of ASTD's existence, it's easy to think the world was in slow motion. We see such rapid change in the workplace nowadays that it's slightly shocking to look back over 50 years and discover that people in the training profession were championing new methods and processes for decades before they gained momentum.

It took eons for managers to shake off the influence of the industrial revolution...

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