Evaluation of Training (EoT) | Trainer Development Programmes (TDP), DoPT
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Evaluation of Training (EoT) | Trainer Development Programmes (TDP), DoPT
Introduction: Organisations in the public sector and funding agencies, such as the DoPT, use considerable resources to enable people to learn. There are a variety of reasons and motives for this, and it is likely to increase as new employees, technologies or working practices are introduced. For progressive organisations, learning is considered an investment where, typically, 2-4% of a payroll is invested in training and development. Success for this investment is usually achieved by having a clearly defined policy, with an effective training function for its implementation. As with most forms of investment, the intention is to obtain benefit, both for the organisation and for its employees. Unfortunately, the management of some organisations see training simply as a cost. They fail to recognise the time and money being wasted by people engaged in ineffective learning. Management are usually well aware of the consequence’s poor performance, but do not always accept the link between this…
