Training Need Assessment
UNIT 4
Structure 4.1 4.2 4.3 4.4 4.5 4.6 4.7 4.8 4.9
TRAINING NEED ASSESSMENT
Planning and Organisation of Training
Introduction Concept of Training Need Assessment Approaches in Training Need Analysis Data Collection Methods in Identifying Training Needs Information and Skills Needed in Training Need Analysis Identification of Training Needs through Task Analysis Let Us Sum Up References and Selected Readings Check Your Progress - Possible Answers
4.1
INTRODUCTION
Training is one of the interventions of human resource development process for improving competence, and for the ultimate goal of raising the standard of organizational performance. Training efforts are directed towards developing training activities, which are relevant and appropriate to ensure the fulfilment of an organization’s needs. The identification of training needs hold the key to the success of any training programme. Based on training need assessments, training programmes are organized as a response to the development requirements, not merely as a rapid fix solution to a given problem. In the previous units, you read about overview of training, the approaches and strategies of training and planning, as well as the organization of training. This unit discusses the concept and various methods of training need assessment. After studying this unit you should be able to • • • explain the meaning of training need assessment delineate the role of an organization for identification of training needs discuss the approaches and methods of training need assessment.
4.2
CONCEPT OF TRAINING NEED ASSESSMENT
Alkin (1971) saw ‘need’ as the discrepancy between what is and what ought to be. Once identified, needs are placed in order of priority. In 1987, Butler and Butler reported that there are so many different levels of people involved in development process, each of them with diverse interests and goals, that it makes the task of need assessment complex and vitally important.
Structure 4.1 4.2 4.3 4.4 4.5 4.6 4.7 4.8 4.9
TRAINING NEED ASSESSMENT
Planning and Organisation of Training
Introduction Concept of Training Need Assessment Approaches in Training Need Analysis Data Collection Methods in Identifying Training Needs Information and Skills Needed in Training Need Analysis Identification of Training Needs through Task Analysis Let Us Sum Up References and Selected Readings Check Your Progress - Possible Answers
4.1
INTRODUCTION
Training is one of the interventions of human resource development process for improving competence, and for the ultimate goal of raising the standard of organizational performance. Training efforts are directed towards developing training activities, which are relevant and appropriate to ensure the fulfilment of an organization’s needs. The identification of training needs hold the key to the success of any training programme. Based on training need assessments, training programmes are organized as a response to the development requirements, not merely as a rapid fix solution to a given problem. In the previous units, you read about overview of training, the approaches and strategies of training and planning, as well as the organization of training. This unit discusses the concept and various methods of training need assessment. After studying this unit you should be able to • • • explain the meaning of training need assessment delineate the role of an organization for identification of training needs discuss the approaches and methods of training need assessment.
4.2
CONCEPT OF TRAINING NEED ASSESSMENT
Alkin (1971) saw ‘need’ as the discrepancy between what is and what ought to be. Once identified, needs are placed in order of priority. In 1987, Butler and Butler reported that there are so many different levels of people involved in development process, each of them with diverse interests and goals, that it makes the task of need assessment complex and vitally important.
References: ACTUAL PERFORMANCE According to the Ohio State University School of Public Health (2004), “The need is not a want or desire Four major approaches for identification of training needs have been proposed by different authors (Rummler, 1987). A brief description of each approach is given below.