Struggling with Training Effectiveness? How Do You Calculate It in Percentages?

Dear All, As I have joined my new assignment in the HR department of a manufacturing company, I am facing some problems in calculating the effectiveness of the training. My organization would like to assess the training effectiveness in percentage (%).

I kindly request all of you to guide me on how to calculate the training effectiveness in percentage (%).

Thanks,
Amit Malhotra

Measurement of training effectiveness requires tremendous organizational research. Yes, I am using the word "research." Usage of the word "study" would be a little milder. You need to do research on leakage or consumption of excess resources. Training is required to curtail that extra consumption or maintain a certain level of consumption.

I have been giving my comments on the measurement of training effectiveness time and again. You may click the following links to refer to those:

- #post2015092
- #post1969910
- https://www.citehr.com/311628-measur...ml#post1411484 (though this is related to technical training, the comments are useful for behavioral training as well)
- https://www.citehr.com/119766-kirkpa...tml#post758770
- https://www.citehr.com/171892-honeym...tml#post743051
- https://www.citehr.com/137807-parame...tml#post712618
- https://www.citehr.com/479129-how-ge...ml#post2112781
- https://www.citehr.com/336611-roi-ca...ml#post1552221
- https://www.citehr.com/423763-evalua...ml#post2149785

All the best!

Dinesh V Divekar

Thank you so much, sir, for your kind act. I was looking for the formula to calculate the effectiveness of the training in percentage after obtaining the post-test scores of the participants.

It appears that you have not read the contents of all the links given in my previous post. There is no formula as such. You need to calculate the operational expenditure before the training and after the training. The subtraction is the effectiveness of the training.

The calculation of operational expenditure on various counts is not easy. This is where the maturity of the organization in general and the training professional in particular comes into the picture.

All the best!

Dinesh Divekar

The formula is very simple, but calculating the sheer profit that occurred due to training is quite challenging to quantify:

Training Cost Calculation

Training Cost = X

Business Opportunity Lost Cost = Y

Increase in Profit = Z

Net Profit % = (Z - (X + Y) / Z) x 100

Obviously, time is a variable here and is adjusted depending on the type of training. For more information, feel free to drop me a mail. I don't know the nature of your company's business, but for a Sales Portfolio, I was able to provide an ROI (Return on Investment) Calculator to one of my clients.

Kind regards,
Regards

It all depends on your capability and the needs of the top management. On this basis, you can use some of these formulas:

1. Benefit or profit/cost
2. Return on investment: benefits of quality, quantity, or customer benefit/total training investment
3. Qualitative feedback by supervisors
4. Qualitative feedback by trainee on quality and input of training and training management.

I trust you will find it useful.

Regards,
Dr. Sibram

To determine the effectiveness of training, you need to identify where you intend to take action. Consider your quality Pareto chart for the month of June - it shows 100 spots, 50 tears, and 200 instances of dust. Conduct a training session focusing on the 100 spots, then compare the Pareto Chart for July, which indicates only 50 spots. This suggests that the effectiveness of the training is at 50% for spot-related issues. I hope this clarification helps you understand the concept better.