Training Need Analysis (TNA)

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This Training Need Analysis course will give participants a best practice overview of the tools, tips, and techniques to deliver a world-class training function. Persons attending this programme will have a complete set of tools and case examples which can be easily applied back in the workplace.

LEARNING OBJECTIVES

By attending the Training Need Analysis course, you will learn:

• How to design, plan and implement a training needs analysis process
• Plan more effective training strategies
• Ensure training and development initiatives are aligned with organizational goals
• Collaborate with stakeholders to identify the individual performance levels necessary to meet organizational goals
• Ensure better human resource planning
• Identify and action organizational training needs
• Describe different possible solutions to a business shortfall
• Take away an action plan for implementation which can significantly improve training efficiency

TARGET AUDIENCE

Employees from all levels across the organization who need to clarify training needs analysis including administrators, officers, specialists, team leaders, managers, business partners and line managers responsible for identifying training needs or evaluating training.

Module 1 -Understanding Competency Based Training Needs Analysis (TNA)

• The key areas of training activity, implementation, and evaluation

• The effective analysis used by training specialists and training coordinators

• Determining individual levels of performance and knowing if training is efficient (or not)?

• Aligning training needs with business drivers/goals

• Determining which training is effective: is it compulsory or related to business or employee growth?

• Examples of training need analysis and latest international business trends to make informed decisions

• Dealing with variance and uncertainty during analysis

Module 2 -Deciding and Delivering Training

• Understanding individual performance gaps and improving training effectiveness to deal with that

• Which type of delivery methods and delivery will deliver the optimal results?

• Determining business expectations compared with training results and value

• Designing training materials

• Understanding evaluation and being able to apply it – practical examples

• Training vs. coaching vs. mentoring

Module 3 - Evaluating Training

• The role and positioning of training testing and evaluation

• Critical developmental requirements that do not require training but other actions and decisions

• Management accountability for training implementation – competencies and measuring the impact of evaluation

• Evaluating training outcomes and deciding if all training should be subjected to evaluation

• TNA and the enable equation: is training really required? What are alternatives?