List of Articles Training Evaluation

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  1 - Designing Bodies of Knowledge to Develop Expert Training Evaluators for Iranian Ministry of Petroleum
  Saeid Safaee Movahed Hosein Falahinia
  This study aims at designing necessary bodies of knowledge to develop professional training evaluators at Iranian Ministry of Petroleum. Hence, six seasoned training experts with a notable background in energy industry and seven assessment and evaluation experts were se More

  This study aims at designing necessary bodies of knowledge to develop professional training evaluators at Iranian Ministry of Petroleum. Hence, six seasoned training experts with a notable background in energy industry and seven assessment and evaluation experts were selected purposefully by criterion sampling strategy. To gather required data, semi-structured interviews were used and the data were analyzed thematically. The data were organized systematically into Bodies of Knowledge for developing training evaluators at three levels, namely beginner, middle and expert. To establish credibility of findings, member check and peer debriefing strategies were used and data were modified and reanalyzed continuously. Based on the findings, training staff master the following bodies of knowledge to turn into professional evaluators; beginner: inferential statistics, descriptive statistics, assessment and measurement (test making, attitude scales, behavior rating scales), narrative data analysis, DACUM needs analysis, evaluating reaction, learning, and behavior, performance appraisal; middle: return of investment, return of expectation, fault tree technique analysis; expert; balanced scorecards, virtual training monitoring, benchmarking, futuristic. Manuscript profile
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  2 - Designing and Validating a Model for Developing of an Individual Development Plan in Ansar Bank
  Akbar Kamizi Abasalt Khorasani Kambiz Kamkari
  The purpose of this study was to design and validat an individual development plan in Ansar Bank. The research method was a mixed approach. The statistical society of this research includes all administrators and employees of Ansar Bank, as well as human resource develo More

  The purpose of this study was to design and validat an individual development plan in Ansar Bank. The research method was a mixed approach. The statistical society of this research includes all administrators and employees of Ansar Bank, as well as human resource development experts working in different organizations with writings and experiences in the field of individual development planning. Sampling in the qualitative part of the research was done purposefully, and in the quantitative section, it was done randomly. Semi-structured interviews and self-designed questionnaires were used to collect data. Content validity of the questionnaire was confirmed by experts and its reliability was assessed by Cronbach's alpha test. To analyze the findings of the qualitative section, open and axial qualitative analysis was used and a single-sample T-test was used to analyze the quantitative data. In total, qualitative findings were classified into 14 main themes: development strategy; comprehensive human resources management system; audience analysis (identification of individual needs); appraisal and merit analysis; goal setting; identification of organizational needs; organizational managers; outcomes; Feedback; the determination of education and development methods; the existence of timing; the development of culture; the elaboration of an executive mechanism; and the evaluation of the results. The fourteen themes extracted from the data analysis were eventually divided into three general categories: executive components, supportive components, and outcomes. The findings of the quantitative section showed that the various components of the model are valid from the perspective of the employees and managers of Ansar Bank and have the ability to implement in the bank. Manuscript profile
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  3 - The Analysis of the Current Status of Training Evaluation in Private Banks of the Country (Qualitative Research)
  Ali Dana MohammadReza Nili Ahmadabadi Ali Delavar MohammadAli Dehghandehnavi Khadijeh Aliabadi
  The purpose of this study was to analyze the current status of training evaluation in private banks and identify the challenges in it. The present study was carried out qualitatively with the case study method. In this regard, the statistical population of the present s More

  The purpose of this study was to analyze the current status of training evaluation in private banks and identify the challenges in it. The present study was carried out qualitatively with the case study method. In this regard, the statistical population of the present study consisted of all training experts and specialists working in Private Banks that were selected non-randomly and purposefully. Semi-structured interviews were used to collect the research data. Also, for analyzing qualitative data, Graneheim and Lundman's method was used. To determine the validity and reliability of the data collected, the guidelines provided by Creswell and Poth was used. The results showed that per 1,000 Employee 2/6 training staff are in the training unit of the organizations. Also, 78% of the staff in the training unit in organizations have university education unrelated to their career. Another finding was that all private banks use Kirkpatrick's model to evaluate their training courses, and only three of the organizations have used other models to evaluate their training courses. Finally, the challenges faced by organizations in the field of training evaluation were categorized into 13 categories. Manuscript profile