Provides a cost-effective and time-saving alternative to traditional instructional designs. Offers practical guidance on each step of the process, including analyzing trainees' needs and abilities, designing SDL materials, choosing the right implementation strategy, and constructing the most useful evaluation tools. Shows how to identify training needs that match organizational needs, determine the specific tasks that must be learned to meet those needs, and then develop objectives and SDL materials based on those tasks. Provides practical learning aids, including checklists at the And of each chapter, and includes simulations that illustrate step-by-step how theory becomes reality.