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Strategic planning, learning theory, and training needs analysis

Anthony Dandridge

Prof. Jeanette Horner-Smith

Bus 407 Training & Development

July 24, 2011

1. Identify the five phases of the training process model (TPM): Explain fully the process that goes on in each of the phases.

Designing a training and development program involves a sequence of steps that can be grouped into five phases: needs assessment, instructional objectives, design, implementation and evaluation. To be effective and efficient, all training programs must start with a needs assessment. Long before any actual training occurs, the trainer must determine the who, what, when, where, why and how of training. To do this, the trainer must analyze as much information as possible about the following Organization and its goals and objectives. Jobs and related tasks that need to be learned. Competencies and skills that are need to perform the job. Individuals who are to be trained. The first step in designing a training and development program is to conduct a needs assessment. The assessment begins with a need which can be identified in several ways but is generally described as a gap between what is currently in place and what is needed, present and in the future. Gaps can include discrepancies/differences between what the organization expects to happen and what actually happens.

The needs analysis will compare the current data collected, to the outcome that is expected for performance. Employees can contribute, by giving ideas of the type of training that is needed to better their knowledge, skills and attitudes. Non training needs may also be identified in this phase, these issues needs to be handled different from training needs. This phase is where...