Saturday, May 24, 2008 Group provides course to assess training value
ALTHOUGH a lot of companies are aware of the importance of training programs, decision makers and top management may not be open to spend on it since human resource practitioners sometimes fail to present how training can benefit an organization.
But the Cebu chapter of the Philippine Society for Training and Development (PSTD) are taking steps to address this concern through a learning session on how to measure the impact of training.
Pericles Alicaway, PSTD Cebu president, said the seminar called, “Measuring the Impact of Training,” teaches training officers how to show management the benefits it can get from providing training programs to its employees.
This way, it would be easier for management to approve the required budget for the training program, he added.
Alicaway said training programs can be costly if training officers do not analyze the training needs of the company prior to developing a training program.
“But a good training program will improve a company’s productivity and performance,” he added.
A good training program will also allow the company to maximize the capabilities of its manpower, said Miguel Elumbaring, organizational psychologist and consultant.
He cited the case of an employee who is under-qualified for a particular position. Instead of terminating the services of the employee, the company can invest on giving the worker additional skills through training.
Elumbaring is also the resource speaker of the session held at the Cebu Country Club yesterday.
Training programs should also be linked to the company’s business strategy since one of the objectives of training is to change an employee’s behavior in accordance to the requirements of the organization, Elumbaring said.
The session also teaches participants to measure the monetary benefits gained by an organization should it decide to invest in training programs.
PSTD Cebu already has over 40 member-companies and is considered as the main group for organizational development practitioners. The group also aims to improve its training competencies. (DME)
