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Training and Development System

Notes Introduction

Designing successful training programmes requires not only a thorough understanding of the
training problem, but also a well-stated definition of the results to be achieved and a thought
out plan for achieving those results. Design is a planning activity which in the context of training,
refers to the framework for analyzing a training problem, defining the intended outcome,
determining how to present the content to learners to achieve those outcomes, developing the
training course according to the design, implementing the course, evaluating its effectiveness
and devising follow-up activities.
It is a detailed sketch for what you will do, why you will be doing it, and the best ways to reach
your training objectives. At the design stage the training manager has to define purpose of the
training, and the target audience, determine participants’ learning needs, define training goals
and objectives, outline training content, develop instructional activities, schedule the programme,
determine training evaluation criteria, develop follow-up activities for the training event and
prepare the written training design.
The design of a training intervention is a complex activity with many variables and prerequisites.
Often, a designer can lose sight of all those variables and the underlying assumptions about
what is fixed and what can be changed (Roscoe, 1995).

4.1 Factors affecting Training Design

Designing and Management of training programmes, Singh (1989), defined as the “Process of
developing efficient and skilled manpower of an organisation, by effectively co-ordination all
the essential components of training programs, in a very congenial organizing an effective
training programmes, as mentioned earlier, are: Training and preparation, course content, course
design, teaching aids/audio-visual aids, training methods, team building, organisational climate,
monitoring and evaluation and follow up of the training programmes.
Management is the process of getting maximum production, income & profits by utilizing/co-
ordination available resources/components. There are so many components which are essential
for organizing and designing an effective training programme. The most important and essential
components for organizing and designing effective training programs are:
1. Training need assessment
2. Training objectives
3. Course planning and preparation
4. Course content

5. Course design
6. Teaching aids/audio visual aids
7. Training methods

8. Team building
9. Organisational climate
10. Monitoring and evaluation
11. Follow-up of training programmes.
All the above components have greater contribution in designing a training programme
successfully and effectively. Lack of any one of the above components may affect it adversely.

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