Training Process
Training and Development
Training Process
Training is the systematic development of the attitude, knowledge, skill pattern required by a person to perform a given task or job adequately and development is ‘the growth of the individual in terms of ability, understanding and awareness’
Management of Training Function
- Training Needs Assessment
- Identification of Training Needs (Methods)
- Individual Training Needs Identification
1. Performance Appraisals
2. Interviews
3. Questionnaires
4. Attitude Surveys
5. Training Progress Feedback
6. Work Sampling
7. Rating Scales
Group Level Training Needs Identification
1. Organizational Goals and Objectives
2. Personnel / Skills Inventories
3. Organizational Climate Indices
4. Efficiency Indices
5. Exit Interviews
6. MBO / Work Planning Systems
7. Quality Circles
8. Customer Satisfaction Survey
9. Analysis of Current and Anticipated Changes
Benefits of Training Needs Identification
1. Trainers can be informed about the broader needs in advance
2. Trainers Perception Gaps can be reduced between employees and their supervisorsTrainers can design course inputs closer to the specific needs of the participants
3. Diagnosis of causes of performance deficiencies can be done
Human Resources Management 
That’s a great list, covers almost everything.
But what is difficult and not done is the measurement of the employee’s motivation and passion level to learn.
If the participant is not self-motivated to learn, the best trainers in the world will fail!
And all that need analysis will amount to a big zero.
Rajiv