I am currently writing my discertation on the evaluation of in-house training courses. I was wondering whether anyone had some guidance or best practice examples of how we can ensure that we use effective evaluation measures?
Simon Hall
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Evaluation
This is a massive area – it is hard to know where to start.
For a dissertation I would first of all do your literature search and read around the topic. Then you will be in a better place to ask some more specific questions and to conduct own reseach.
There are many books but to reflect a broad spectrum of views I would include:
Measuring the impact of T&D on the bottom line by a TrainingZone favourite Paul Kearns and co-author Tony Millar – some of the most sound advice on evaluation from a strategic and business oriented perspective.
Using evaluation in T&D by Leslie Rae – a good practical view on method and approach.
Evaluating training programs by Donald Kirkpatrick – a classic.
How to measure training results by Jack Phillips and Ron Stone – new out; anything by Jack Phillips is worth a read.
Performance based evaluation by Judith Hale – full of examples and a CD-RoM with sample materials.
I hope this helps you get started.
Graham
http://207.107.10.214/career/
Have a look at this site – they have some useful resources for trainers which may help your research. http://207.107.10.214/career/
Also, the IIP do some useful publications on evaluation. You may find it helpful to review their case studies etc. Also try reviewing the case studies of the National Training Awards.
Annah
Evaluation Tools
Simon
You may want to have a look at http://www.abctrainingsolutions.biz, in the free resources section. There are a number of ‘tried and tested’ evaluation tools to download.
Hope that helps. Happy Days!
Bryan Edwards
Dissertation
Hi Simon,
Just wondering whether if would be possible to have a copy of your dissertation, as I have just started working on a training evaluator’s project. Any help would be great!!