Hi,
I work in the Human Resources department of an oil & gas company and I've often seen in performance appraisal forms where supervisors end up listing down the training programs required for the person appraised in the "Recommended Development Plan" section of Performance Appraisal forms. The biggest anomaly here is that for e.g., a person's weakness/area of improvement has been found to be "lack of leadership capabilities" and the supervisor ends up recommending him for a Basic Leadership Training. Is the supervisor under the conception that leadership training will bring leadership capabilities in him?
I feel that there should be development needs assessment instead of training needs assessment because training is not the only solution for an employee's development. In the above-mentioned case, I feel, assigning the employee to drive small projects along with a team may help develop leadership capabilities instead of sending him to a leadership training.
I seek the opinions of HR professionals in this regard. Hope to hear from you.
Thanks,
Naved.
I work in the Human Resources department of an oil & gas company and I've often seen in performance appraisal forms where supervisors end up listing down the training programs required for the person appraised in the "Recommended Development Plan" section of Performance Appraisal forms. The biggest anomaly here is that for e.g., a person's weakness/area of improvement has been found to be "lack of leadership capabilities" and the supervisor ends up recommending him for a Basic Leadership Training. Is the supervisor under the conception that leadership training will bring leadership capabilities in him?
I feel that there should be development needs assessment instead of training needs assessment because training is not the only solution for an employee's development. In the above-mentioned case, I feel, assigning the employee to drive small projects along with a team may help develop leadership capabilities instead of sending him to a leadership training.
I seek the opinions of HR professionals in this regard. Hope to hear from you.
Thanks,
Naved.