Training Need Analysis: Theoretical Model

Abstract

The study aimed to develop a theoretical model for training needs analysis that includes the levels, steps, requirements and tools of the analysis, ensuring that the training is integrated with the organization's needs and its strategic objectives. To develop that model, the theoretical framework and previous studies have been reviewed and found that it emphasize on the importance of integration between the training need analysis and the organization's strategy through analysis at three levels: strategic, functional and individual analysis. Many training needs analysis models have emerged to assist organizations in analyzing the training need, but they have been criticized for not integrating the training need analysis with the organization's strategy. A number of studies have also found that the practice of training needs analysis in organizations faces a number of challenges, the most important of which is that the analysis of training need does not take into account the organization's strategy. To overcome the criticism and challenges that face training needs analysis in the organization, a theoretical model of five levels has been developed to analyze the training need, and each level includes a number of steps so that each step focuses on one of the other stages of the training phases, namely training solutions, implementation and impact measurement. A number of requirements suggested supporting the implementation of the model. The study recommended that the model should be applied at all levels, steps and requirements to organizations to ensure that training is integrated with its strategy.