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EVALUATING TRAINING
SYSTEMS
Determining Training Needs
• Training Needs Analysis (TNA)
• The first step in developing an employee training system.
• The process of determining the training needs of an organization.
• Three (3) Steps for TNA
1. Organizational Analysis
• The process of determining the organizational factors that will either
facilitate or inhibit training effectiveness.
• Focuses on:
• The goals of the organization wants to achieve;
• The extent to which training will help achieve those goals;
• The organization’s ability to conduct training (finances, time,
physical space); and
• The extent to which employees are willing and able to be trained
(ability, commitment, motivation, stress).
Determining Training Needs
2. Task Analysis
– The process of identifying the tasks to be performed and competencies
(knowledge, skills, abilities) needed by each employee and then determining
how employees learn to perform each task or obtain each competency.