Barriers for the use of the traditional training evaluation approach in enterprise
2012
Enkuzena, S., Banku augstskola, Riga (Latvia)
The need for training evaluation has never been more important than today when economic condition pressures businesses to carefully consider each investment. Why do companies continue to evaluate employee training incompletely or even there is no training evaluation at all? In the present paper the author briefly discuses the traditional training evaluation model and methods and indicates what barriers T and D practitioners face when evaluating training. The paper also explains and searches for the reasons of training evaluation vacuum. The author offers ways to reduce barriers in training evaluation. The aim of the paper is to discover what the barriers to use traditional training evaluation models in an enterprise are. The objectives of the paper are: 1) to find out the current situation of training evaluation practice in enterprises; 2) to identify the differences between the theory and practice in training evaluation; 3) to describe the reasons why the gap between theory and practice is so big. The methodological framework is based on the review of the latest literature. Findings: the complexity of learning, inadequate evaluation methods and organizational barriers are only few reasons of weaknesses in current training evaluation processes. Training evaluation should not have a universal approach; each case requires its own individual approach. Being aware of and understanding the reasons of barriers in training evaluation, HRM practitioners will be able to act critically to further improve the credibility of the training evaluation. The originality/value: the number and king of training evaluation barriers identified is valuable for HRM professionals. This is the first step to bridge the gap between academic research and practitioners’ needs.
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