Training Needs Analysis

Training works best when it answers a real need.

3 daysIntermediate7 modules

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Overview

About this course

Training works best when it answers a real need. In three days you learn to find those needs at organisational, role and individual levels, using interviews, surveys, observation and performance data, and to tell apart the problems training can fix from those it cannot.

We show how findings from our Organizational Health Assessment (OHA) can feed directly into your analysis. You finish by turning priority needs into a practical training plan and a short report for management, and receive an Alalamia certificate.

What you'll learn

Explain the purpose of training needs analysis and where it fits in the training cycle
Distinguish organisational, role and individual levels of need
Select and apply data collection methods such as interviews, surveys and observation
Separate training needs from problems that training cannot solve
Use diagnostic findings, including the Organizational Health Assessment, to identify priority needs
Prioritise needs and turn them into a practical training plan
Present findings and recommendations to management

Curriculum

7 modules

The cost of training without analysis
Where needs analysis fits in the training cycle
Performance gaps and their causes
Stakeholders in the analysis

Linking needs to strategy and goals
Reading organisational data and reports
Using the Organizational Health Assessment as a diagnostic
Identifying capability gaps across the organisation

Job descriptions and competency frameworks
Task analysis
Defining the required standard of performance
Critical roles and future skills

Using appraisal results and feedback
Self-assessment and manager assessment
Skills tests and observation
Individual development plans

Interviews and focus groups
Designing useful surveys
Analysing and combining findings
Training and non-training solutions

Prioritising needs by impact and urgency
Setting learning outcomes for each need
Choosing formats and timing
Budgeting and resourcing the plan

Writing a needs analysis report
Presenting findings to management
Agreeing the plan with stakeholders
Planning how results will be evaluated

Who it's for

HR and training professionals and managers who plan training budgets and programmes.

Before you start

Some experience in HR, training coordination or line management

Diplomas

Part of these Alalamia diplomas

Alalamia Diploma in Training and Development (L&D)

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