Making training & development work : a "best practice" guide / Thomas N. Garavan, Carole Hogan, Amanda Cahir-Donnell

Training & Development: Core Concepts. 2. Establishing Effective Training in Your Organisation. 3. How do Adults Learn? 4. Identifying & Analysing Training & Development Needs. 5. Training Design: Objectives & Content. 6. Training Design: Strategies & Methods. 7. Preparing Visual & Written Materials for Training. 8. Understanding the Psychology of Training Delivery. 9. Delivering Effective Training: Core Competencies. 10. The Manager as Trainer & Developer. 11. Costing Training & Measuring Return on Investment. 12. Evaluation of Training & Development: Has It Worked?

Making Training & Development Work helps you in making five core decisions:- Defining the best approach to take to training and development in your organisation, given its characteristics and strategies - Selecting the most appropriate delivery strategy -Selecting training methods that will achieve your learning objectives - Selecting a style of delivery that best matches your skill level and personal characteristics - Making effective decisions about how best to evaluate your activities and to calculate a return on your organisation?s investment in training. Each chapter starts with a statement of the learning objectives, followed by a practical example designed to stimulate your thinking. At the end of each chapter, the key learning points of the case example are highlighted and a set of action points on best practice provided