. Conclusion and recommendation
6. Conclusion and recommendation
In order for a company to survive it must set the most efficient strategic goals, identify the needs for the implementation of those goals, train their employees and give them the appropriate knowledge and skills. In order for any organisation to have a successful training procedure, it should motivate employees to improve their skills, and reward their learning afterward (Boella, 1996). The thing that should come into mind is that people are different and they do not learn, and are not motivated in the same way. Additionally, even if the appropriate training takes place in the organisation, an evaluation process must also take place so as to appraise whether the training programmes held have positive results on employees’ performance and professional development and whether the knowledge gained is applicable to their job. Even though Kirkpatrick (1959) developed a coherent evaluation strategy by constructing what was a hierarchy of evaluations divided into four levels which could identify the benefits of training, there is not enough literature regarding the most efficient ways of evaluating training. It is a great limitation in the process of training, because if companies do not know which is the best way to evaluate their training and to examine if they have met their objectives they cannot find