
With the ever-evolving business environment, more and more organizations are implementing competency-based training as it helps in the prioritization of training budget and ultimately achieves results. It is used to develop valuable characteristics and skillsets in individuals, leading to greater employability and life-long learning. As the demands of our working environment are constantly changing, our training and assessment approaches or methods should also keep up.
This program is essential to companies and businesses such as DAR Petroleum as it will greatly impact it’s ability to design a training and development strategy that improves the skills and knowledge of its employees, and meeting the industry regulations and standards.
This training course will provide the essential concepts, methods and strategies of Training Needs Analysis (TNA) and will explore new approaches such as the Competency-Based Training Needs Analysis in developing learning programs for employees. This course will highlight topics such as the importance of conducting TNA, TNA Framework, process in conducting TNA, measuring training ROI, relation of competencies and training, and linking L&D with the organizational goals and strategies.
What is Training Needs Analysis
· Defining the process
· Importance
· Scope
· Formula
· Why Training Needs Analysis?
o Firefighting Vs. Time-consuming
o Cost Vs. Investment
o The performance gap is not always a training issue
· Types of Training Needs Analysis
o Proactive TNA
o Reactive TNA
Framework of Training Needs Analysis
· Trigger Point of Performance (AP<EP)
· Input of Training Needs Analysis
o Organizational Analysis
o Operational Analysis
o Person Analysis
· Process-Performance Discrepancy (Performance Gap)
· TNA Outcomes
o Training Need
o Non-Training Need
Consequences of not performing appropriate TNA
· Wrong Content
· Reluctant participants
· Loss of time
· Loss of money
· Failure as a result
The Modern Approach to Training Needs Analysis
· What does an organization want from training?
· How is HR responding?
· Linking Training more overtly to the Organizational Strategy and Business Plan
· Analysing your Customer Base – The Four Quadrant Model
Quadrant One: Organizational needs
· How much of the process is governed by TNA?
· Using Competency Frameworks
· Making Competency Frameworks more Line Manager Friendly
· When is an employee competent – When is enough enough?
Quadrant Two: Departments
· The Specific Requirement Departments Have
· The Need for Data in Assessing Departmental TNA
· Understanding the Technical Ladder and Its Implications for Training and Development
· How the leadership pipeline differs?
Quadrant Three: TNA for teams
· Tools for Analyzing Team Training Needs
Quadrant Four: Individual Needs
· The 70 / 20 / 10 Model of Training and Development
· Ways to Train other than Attending a Training Course
· The Role of Training in Curating Material to Support Knowledge Transfer and Developing Organizational Knowledge
· Embedding the Wider Notion of Development – The need for personal development plans
· Understanding Unit Costs – The start point for evaluating training
Conducting TNA
· Establishing the Objectives
· Reviewing past and current Training Programs
· Analyzing the Job Functions
· Categorizing the types of Training needed
· Design and Implementation of Training Needs Survey
· Communicating the results of Higher Management
Factors to consider while conducting a TNA
· Opportunity for the practice of learning
· Active participation – participants inclination
· Relevance in the actual job
Our Training programs are implemented by combining the participants' academic knowledge and practical practice (30% theoretical / 70% practical activities).
At The end of the training program, Participants are involved in practical workshop to show their skills in applying what they were trained for. A detailed report is submitted to each participant and the training department in the organization on the results of the participant's performance and the return on training. Our programs focus on exercises, case studies, and individual and group presentations.