This book covers the essentials of needs analysis from the emerging trainer's perspective by providing just the right amount of support and knowledge without going too deep into the subject. The topics covered include when and how to do a training needs analysis; using informal and formal analysis techniques; goal, task and population analysis; and how to develop and present a training plan for management approval. Each chapter includes appropriate data gathering tools. The Skilled Trainer series provides practical guidance for those who've had some exposure to training and would like to take their career to the next level.

An introduction to training needs analysis related specifically to libraries. Methods of identifying the needs of both individuals and organizations are considered, and are related directly to the formulation of effective library training plans and programmes. Examples of good practice form the basis of this guide's appraoch to this subject.

This best-selling manual is designed to help you match your training activity with the needs of your organization and the people within it. It explains how to gather and analyse information on training needs as well as how to present training plans and share your findings with others. At the heart of the manual are 22 re-usable instruments, including card sorts, questionnaires, profiles and grids, which can be used in different ways with different groups to analyse all of the training needs within your organization.

Annotation Wouldn t it be great if you heard comments like This is the best darn workshop I have ever attended. at the end of every training session you present? That s the goal of the newly revised and updated Training Trilogy, Third Edition to provide the classroom trainer with practical and real-world ideas for designing and delivering training that meets the real needs of participants and keeps them excited, engaged and learning. The book begins where your job as a trainer does with needs assessment. Part one examines basic statistics and other vital information on how to design surveys and conduct interviews. You ll also learn ways to present your needs assessment information to management and associates. The next step is designing the program. Part two looks at how to create fun learning experiences that keep learners involved, interested, challenged and motivated throughout the training session. The book ends with the steps to becoming effective in the classroom. You ll learn about all the things required to prepare for your training program and how to involve the participants from beginning to end of your presentation.

Personnel professionals need to acquire and constantly update a full portfolio of core skills; this series aims to equip managers with all the essential elements.

This is a revised edition of a long-standing and successful book, How to Measure Training Effectiveness. In it, Leslie Rae describes a variety of ways in which training can be assessed for effectiveness and value, building on the well-earned reputation of the Third Edition. He covers the entire training process from selecting and planning a training event to validating and testing its outcome.

This guide is intended to help planners and trainers assess the training needs of industrial organizations. Addressed in the individual chapters are the following topics: types of training needs (three levels of needs--organizational, occupational, individual, organizational training needs and objectives, and present and future needs); present training needs (multiple-cause problems, symptoms of present needs, quantification of symptoms, training or other needs, and other weaknesses); future training needs (nature and agent of change); basic labor force planning (procedures for forecasting requirements and labor force supply); the process of identifying training needs (management responsibility, models of the process, presentation of information and determination of priorities, and reasons why assessing training needs should be an ongoing process); and approaches to training needs (different training needs; the organization development, welfare, administrative, and political approaches; metagoals as a new set of needs; responsibility for identifying needs; and some methods of data collection). Appendixes to the guide include discussions of some characteristics of five approaches to training, some data collection methods and systematic training in 10 steps. Twenty-two figures and 11 tables supplement the text. (MN)

Written specifically to show you how to accomplish the goal of delivering relevant training as a business partner of your organization, this seven-phase needs assessment model teaches you to think organizationally, design effectively, and evaluate how your program links job performance to end results.