Topic name : Human resource management in training and development in your

organization .

Please read the questions and reply most suitable answers .Most of questions are of yes /no
types or multiple types. If you have any extra comment about any subject in this questionnaire
please mark your answer and then write your views about that subject in the space given in
between the questions .Please also give your personal view about this subject after finishing
the questionnaire.

Questionnaire---

1) Your Company name, location ,segment and your personal details ----

2) Your organization consider training as part of organizational strategy, do you

agree with this statement—
a) Strongly agree
b) agree
c) some what agree
d) disagree

3) How much training you get in a year

a) Less than 10 hours
b) 10 to 20 hours
c) 20 to 40 hours
d) more then 40 hours

4) Percentage of budget allocated for training and development

a) Less than 1 percent of budget
b) Around 1 to 2 percentage
c) Around 3 to 5 percentage
d) More than 5 percentage

5) Budget for training and development in your company over last few years is--
a) increasing
b) decreasing
c) constant
d) Not planned

6) More training in your organization is given to

a) senior staff
b) junior staff
c) new staff
d) Every body is given equal amount of training
7) How much use your organization make use of information and technology ,while
giving training to employees( Rate in scale of 1 to 10,where 10 is for agreement
and 1 is for disagreement)

a) we provide training mostly manually

b) we use for technology, while giving training
c) manual form of training are more easy understand
d) use of information and technology are more interesting then manual one

8) Which area of training and development need for priority in future.( Rate in scale
of 1 to 10, where 10 indicates ,more attention needed from management in this
area and 1 indicates management need not give attention in this area)
a) Stress management
b) counselling
c) Team development skills
d) Risk management
e) Cross cultural training
f) Technical training
g) Soft skills development
h) Others____________-

9) What sort of training you get normally?

(Rate each listed item in scale of 1 to10 where 10 means you get great amount of
attention on that subject and 1 means you don’t get any attention and training on
that subject)

a) Technical skills
b) Personality development
c) Cross cultural training when going abroad
d) Managing people and communication skills
e) Others_____________________________

10) What are important barrier to training and development?

(Rate them from scale of 1 to 10, where 10 mean it is very strong barrier and 1
means it’s not at all a barrier)

a) Time
b) money
c) Non availability of skilled trainer
d) Lack of interest from senior management
e) Lack of interest by staff
f) Frequent changeover by manpower to different companies
g) seen more as social activity then learning activity
h) trainers are more keen in selling a program then improving staff skills
i) formal relationship between top and bottom management
j) lack of coordination among various department
k) lack of involvement by senior management
11) What mode of training method is normally used in your organization?

(Rate each from scale of 1 to 10, where 10 mean you extensively use that mode
and 1 means you don’t use that mode of training)

a) Class room training from senior staff

b) External consultants
c) online training
d) Lectures given by hr department
e) Job rotation
f) others_______

12) How often you go abroad for conference to update your skills?

a) Never
b) once in a year
c) two times in a year
d) more than 2 times in a year

13) What is the Impact of joint ventures with foreign partner on organization work
force? (Rate each item in scale of 1 to 10 , where 10 show towards agreement and
1 towards disagreement)
a) Helps in adapting new skills
b) Knowledge sharing helps in doing things differently and quickly
c) Increase competition among employees
d) Creates unrest among employees, as they find difficulties in adjusting with
new people with different skills levels

14) What differences you find with regards to skills and training style of foreigners
a) very advanced
b) advanced
c) some what advanced
d) less advanced

15) Trainer should possess many skills to be effective (Rate the following items in
scale of 1 to 10, where 10 is towards agreement and 1 towards disagreement)
a) Should possess only technical skills, people skills are not so important
b) People or soft skills are more important then technical skills
c) Generalist makes better personal mangers then specialist
d) Should love talking to people and good in motivating
16) Many consultant are giving training prior to placement ,if you have to invest to
improve your skills which of the following items you will invest(mark yes or no
against each item)

a) Developing interviews skills

b) Managing stress
c) Resume writing
d) Communication skills
e) Technical skill
f) Others ___________________

17) Average duration of work before employee shift to other organization in your
company

a) less than 6 months

b) 6 months to 1 year
c) 1 to 3 years
d) 3 to 5 years
e) more than 5 years

18) Your organization give importance to forecasting of training trends to improve

efficiency ( Rate in scale of 1 to 10,where 10 is for agreement and 1 is for
disagreement)
a) we do competitor analysis
b) we invest on research and development to find requirement in training
c) we maintain data of past record and used it for future analysis
d) we take the view of experts in forecasting training trends
e) Senior management share there knowledge and experiences to find out what is
needed and what is not needed

19) How do your think professional courses given my many private institutes really
helps(Rate each from scale of 1 to 10 where 10 is more towards agreement and 1
more toward disagreement)
a) yes there quality is better then government universities
b) They are very professional and helps in settling fast
c) Most of them are not really professional, more quality service provider needed
d) They don’t give any value addition
e) Academic qualification are more important then them

20) Do you think vocational training given by the government is important and should
be encouraged?
a) Very important
b) Important
c) Not so important
d) Not at all importance and waste of time
21) Do you think woman are more suited for human resource job( rate in scale of 1 to
10,if you agree with statement and 1 if you disagree with this statement)
a) yes we have more number of woman working in hr field
b) they are better in managing soft skills, so more suited for this job
c) woman are better in motivation the people
d) They make very good trainer ,as they have patience and listening skills

22) Do you think in house training can be Outsourced ?

(Rate in a scale of 1 to 10 where 10 stand for strong agreement and 1 stand for
strong disagreement )

a) Yes as company can then concentrate more on production and

management activities
b) They are very professional and it will improve the skills of work force
c) Company should only give in-house training, as they understand company
policies better
d) outsourcing companies charge very heavily from there clients

23) Do you think its better to invest in current workforce then recruiting skilled force
externally(Rate the following item in scale of 1 to 10,where 10 is towards
agreement and 1 is towards disagreement)
a) yes as current workforce can then update there skills
b) It gives better job satisfaction and help them making long term relationship
c) Companies saves money it recruiting talented people then on investing on
current work force
d) Waste on investing much on human capital, as they don’t like to stick with one
company for long duration

24) your views regarding expatriates recruitments (Rate in scale of 1 to 10,where 10

is for agreement and 1 for disagreement)
a) IF more foreigner recruited as will bring specialisation and differentiation to
job
b) More local manger should be recruited as they know about people and culture
c) Foreign recruitments add to the expenses of company
d) Government policies do not encourage there recruitment

25) How adaptable is your organization when it comes to upgrading new skill levels ?
(Rate in scale of 1 to10,where 10 is towards agreement and 1 toward
disagreement)

a) we uses modern methods like psychometric test in recruitment and selection

 b) we try to make training session more interesting my using modern tools like
case studies
c) we take external suggestions from consultant to upgrade us
d) we discuss about these topic in our general meetings
e) we give counselling to staff for there career development and stress
management
f) we calculate return on investment for every emplyee

26) Reason for shortage of skill manpower in workplace are-(Rate in scale of 1 to

10,where 10 stands for agreement and 1 towards disagreement)

a) Lack of quality education at primary and secondary level

b) Lack of effective guidance at training places
c) Lack of planning
d) Lack of support from senior staff
e) We are very good in skills levels

27) Your views of cross cultural joint training session( Rate in scale of 1 to 10,where
10 is towards agreement and 1 towards disagreement)
a) It adds value, as different people share different ideas and ways of doing things
b) Are more interesting due to cultural differences
c) People are not comfortable with people of cross culture
d) Difficulties in making decision due to wide differences in thinking

28) What are general feedback polices of your company after the training
sessions(mark yes and no against each item)
a) No feedback taken
b) Question and answer session with trainees
c) Surveys and interviews
d) Feedback from trainers
e) We calculate return on investment from training session

29) If training department is to be outsourced, what will be your expectation from the
outsourced consultant-(rate in scale of 1to 10,where 10 is for agreement and 1 for
disagreement)
a) We will expect them to focus more on technical side, then on non technical side
b) to focus on stress management
c) Make learning more interesting and productive
d) Use modern tools , like group exercises, case studies
e) Technical things can not be outsourced
f) Others____________________
30) How many foreign staff on average in a year attend joint seminar on training and
development in your company
a) None
b) less than 5
c) less than 10
d) more than 10

31) What problem foreigners face up in training policies when they visit your
country?
(Rate from a scale of 1 to 10.where 10 is strongly agree and 1 strongly disagree)

a) Training style and methods

b) Language differences.
c) Lack of cooperation
d) No problems

32) General soft skills (people skills) of employees in your country are---

a) excellent
b) Good
c) Not very good
d) poor

33) your view of informal form to training –( mark in scale of 1 to 10,where 10 is for
agreement and 1 for disagreement)
a) Are more productive, as trainees learn more then they are relaxed
b) formal atmosphere is important for training
c) Outbound conferences and get-together are not productive
d) More modern tools, like games, case studies should be used in friendly
atmosphere
e) Reduces stress in employees

34) Which type of training in your organization manager for new recruitments?

a) Technical training
b) Management training
c) Language training
d) presentation skills
e) others_______
 34) There is more scope for foreign direct investment in training and development
(Rate in scale of 1 to10 where 10 stand for strong agreement and 1 strong
disagreement)

a) Yes lack of professional training providers in my country

b) Negligence of training and development in my country
c) Very less foreign direct investment in this sector
d) Not needed lot of quality service provider already

35) Problems you or your friends face up when u go abroad for training?
(Rate it in scale of 1 to 10, where 10 is strong agreement and 1 is strong
disagreement)

a) Technology and training methods very advanced

b) Problems due to methods and new style used by trainers.
c) Problems due rigid style of teaching
d) Problems due to tight schedule
e) Never been abroad for training

37) Reasons for selection error in recruitments are due to--

(Rate in scale of 1 to10,where 10 is more toward agreement and 1 towards
disagreement)

a) Corruption
b) Political pressure
c) Too much importance given to communication skills during
interviews
d) People who recruit are not really skilled enough.
e) Lack of coordination between various department

38) What are the general complains about the training session
(Marks yes/no against following items)

f) takes away precious time of employees

g) too many gaps between session so unproductive
h) are unplanned
i) costly
j) boring and not useful
k) others________

39) Your views and experiences with regard to training and development in
your company

How it is different from other countries?

What are your views to improve training skills in your organization

Advantages of training and development?

What should be done to make training ,more interesting?

Problems in training and development in your organization?

Please give number of foreign staff in your company, your experience and
opinion about them.
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