Program Development
TWI provided three specific supervisory training programs for management to use in improving supervisory skills. The fourth skill for which TWI provided training was called Program Development, a means by which plant representatives who have the functional responsibility of planning the training to meet their own organization’s production problems are given specific instruction and practice in the use of a 4-step method.
The fundamental principle of Program Development is that training should be individually designed to meet the specific evidence of a particular production problem in the plant. Some confusion has existed where people have felt that the existence of the TWI “J” programs was a direct contradiction to this philosophy. This occurs when people look simply at the 10-hour training sessions of one of the “J” programs.
The Program Development Training was substantially different from the “J” Program format of 2 hours per day for 5 days. The program was done in two sections; first the initial training, then the member went back to their facility to prepare a sample of what they had learned, then the final 2-3 days presenting the plans and reviewing the Program Development process.
