Learning Needs Analysis and Evaluation - Frances Bee

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Résumé :
Learning Needs Analysis and Evaluation will help you ensure that learning in your organisation is focused in the right areas and on the right people. It will help you assess whether learning interventions actually work and deliver improved performance that makes a difference to your business. Learning Needs Analysis and Evaluation is an essential tool that will enable you to demonstrate how learning/training expenditure contributes to your organisation?s overall performance and bottom line.This authoritative book:
- takes business needs as the major driver for learning activities
- explores how learning needs are identified and then clearly specified to ensure that training is targeted effectively
- covers the key area of how to plan for the learning - setting out the role of learning strategies and learning plans
- sets out a systematic four-stage evaluation process to assess whether the learning has been successfully transferred to the workplace and the extent to which it meets organisational objectives and provides value for money.
This new edition has been extensively revised (going far beyond the semantic) to highlight the changes that a move from `training? to `learning? have brought about. It also takes into account developments in the field, such as the emergence of e-learning and blended learning solutions. It is a highly practical book featuring numerous case studies and examples. With the help of this book, HR and learning professionals can demonstrate the contribution of learning to business performance. Whether you are new to the learning arena or an experienced professional, this book will provide invaluable guidance on this essential business topic.

Biographie:
Roland and Frances Bee are Managing Consultants with Time for People, a learning consultancy specialising in information management, learning needs analysis and evaluation. They have worked with a wide variety of public and private sector organisations and are authors of several books published by the CIPD. Their practical experience as statisticians, HR professionals, finance and line managers gives them a unique perspective on the area.

Sommaire:
* Section - ONE: Business Needs - The Driving Force; ** Chapter - 01: Factors Impacting on Business Needs; ** Chapter - 02: Planned and Unplanned Business Needs; * Section - TWO: Identifying Learning Needs - Translating the Business Needs into Action; ** Chapter - 03: Human Resource Planning; ** Chapter - 04: Succession Planning; ** Chapter - 05: Critical Incidents; ** Chapter - 06: Management Information Systems; ** Chapter - 07: Performance Management Systems; ** Chapter - 08: Is There a Learning Need?; * Section - THREE: Specifying Learning Needs; ** Chapter - 09: Job Specifications; ** Chapter - 10: Investigating the Performance Gap; * Section - FOUR: Translating Learning Needs into Learning Action; ** Chapter - 11: The Spectrum of Learning - From Formal to Informal; ** Chapter - 12: The Learning Specification; ** Chapter - 13: Make or Buy Decisions; * Section - FIVE: Planning the Learning; ** Chapter - 14: Assembling and Prioritising the Information; ** Chapter - 15: The Learning and Development Strategy and Plan; * Section - SIX: Evaluating the Learning; ** Chapter - 16: Setting the Scene; ** Chapter - 17: Collecting the Data; ** Chapter - 18: Reaction Level Evaluation (Level 1); ** Chapter - 19: Learning Level Evaluation (Level 2); ** Chapter - 20: Performance Level Evaluation (Levels 3 and 4); ** Chapter - 21: Cost-Effectiveness and the Cost/Benefit of Learning; ** Chapter - 22: Analysing Evaluation Results; ** Chapter - 23: Presenting and Using Evaluation Results; * Section - SEVEN: Reflections; ** Chapter - 24: Reflections