1. Learning (Training) Needs Assessment
Trilochan Pokharel,

2. Course Coverage What is learning? Learning levels
Assessing learning needs- design and implementation

3. In the search of learning?

4. What is learning?

5. Putting things simply Do you agree?
Learning is to unlearn and relearn to bring changes in behaviors and actions.
Do you agree?

6. Why do we learn? Incentives? Disincentives? Career development
Performance improvement
Keeping attuned/updated
Professionalism
Time consuming
No linkages to performance
No opportunity to growth
Opportunity cost

7. Is learning itself an incentive?
Can we think this way?
Is learning itself an incentive?

8. Learning level?

9. Learning Levels Knowledge Comprehension Application Analysis Synthesis
Evaluation

10. Learning Needs Assessment (LNA)

11. Gaps in capacity building
Required competency
Existing Competency
Gap
Knowledge, skills and competency

12. What is capacity building
Required competency
Existing competency
Gap
Knowledge, skills and competency

13. Your institution’s role in capacity building
Required competency
Existing competency
Gap
Capacity development programme
Training
Research
Experience sharing
Knowledge transfer
Community of practices
Knowledge, skills and competency

14. What is LNA?
Process of indenting learning and development requirements
Identifies the gaps between required and existing competency and suggests means to meet the gaps

15. Process of LNA 2. Designing LNA framework
1. Understanding and defining scope
2. Designing LNA framework
3. Defining and selecting sample
4. Developing instruments
5. Conducting assessment
6. Analysis data
7. Deriving learning needs
8. Course design

16. Understanding and defining scope
What is to assess?
Why you need to do LNA? Is there change in any particular context? Requirements or other things?
Delimiting the scope? What you can (not) accommodate?
Setting objectives

17. Design Premise
Context
Resources
Deliverables

18. Designing LNA framework
What is the performance requirement?
How you plan to conduct LNA?
O-T-P-C approach (O=organization, T=task, P=person and C=context)
How you suppose to measure learning requirements from all perspective?
How do you generate data?

19. Defining and selecting sample
Whom to interview for what?
360+1?
How do you select them? – judgmental or probabilistic?
Selection bias?

20. Developing instruments
What instruments do you use? For whom?
Questionnaire
Checklist
Others?
Training on instruments?

21. Conducting assessment
How do you implement the instruments?
Team composition?
Fieldwork

22. Analysis data
How do you plan to analyze the data?
Analysis framework?

23. Deriving learning needs
Distilling learning vs non-learning needs
Deriving learning needs – coherence to job responsibilities

24. Course design What course do you suggest to meet the learning needs?
Are there any special considerations to be taken?

25. Course Implementation Premises
What considerations to be taken into while implementing course?

26. Professional Course on Management and Development (PCMD)

27. PCMD: Competency Framework
Delivering Results
Managing Relationship
Managing Resources
Performing Manager
Building Integrity

28. Course Modules 1. Self and Relationship Management
2. Governance and Development
3. Public Financial Management
4. Engaging with Local Governments

29. Thank You