TRAINING NEEDS ANALYSIS

Training Needs Analysis or TNA is often neglected in many companies. Probably because they don’t see its importance. Just as how important the training is, TNA is also a necessary component in order to arrive at a real objective of trainings. We don’t just send out employees to training centers , spend an amount for them just to attend a learning session for nothing. Training should be something that they need in order to do better in their assign jobs. It should be something that will add new skills, a new acquisition of right behavior and attitude towards the success of the department moreso of the organization and it should be something that would improve their performance to the next level.

So how do we know that an employee needs training? It is through the conduct of Training Needs Analysis. TNA produces a list of skills needed in order to perform the job well. It is filling-in the skills and the knowledge gap in order to resolve deficiencies in performance. It is also used in order to prepare the employees to new technologies and approaches in businesses. Moreover, it is also used in order to identify or pinpoint the right training for the staff.

How do we conduct TNA? The process of Training Needs Analysis covers the following:

·         Business goals

·         Job analysis

·         Analyzing cost and budget available

The means or Instruments used in conducting the TNA:

·         Through the feedback portion at the end of the Performance Evaluation – some HR department incorporates TNA in the conduct of the Performance Evaluation, which is just fit and timely. At the time of analyzing ones performance the supervisor and the rate themselves can easily identify the gap in performance and the gap in skills and knowledge that the rate possess and still needs to develop.

·         Through a separate survey form – which is quite easy to implement but the help of the line managers of course.

·         Through online survey – some uses these techniques in order to get quicker results. However, it is applicable to those who have computers.