Evaluating Training Programs: The Four Levels
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Evaluating Training Programs: The Four Levels by Donald Kirkpatrick
An updated edition of the bestselling classicDonald Kirkpatrick is a true legend in the training field: he is a past president of ASTD, a member of Training magazine's HRD Hall of Fame, and the recipient of the 2003 Lifetime Achievement Award in Workplace Learning and Performance from ASTD
In 1959 Donald Kirkpatrick developed a four-level model for evaluating training programs. Since then, the Kirkpatrick Model has become the most widely used approach to training evaluation in the corporate, government, and academic worlds.
Evaluating Training Programs provided the first comprehensive guide to Kirkpatrick's Four Level Model, along with detailed case studies of how the model is being used successfully in a wide range of programs and institutions. This new edition includes revisions and updates of the existing material plus new case studies that show the four-level model in action.
Going beyond just using simple reaction questionnaires to rate training programs, Kirkpatrick's model focuses on four areas for a more comprehensive approach to evaluation: Evaluating Reaction, Evaluating Learning, Evaluating Behavior, and Evaluating Results.
Evaluating Training Programs is a how-to book, designed for practitiners in the training field who plan, implement, and evaluate training programs. The author supplements principles and guidelines with numerous sample survey forms for each step of the process. For those who have planned and conducted many programs, as well as those who are new to the training and development field, this book is a handy reference guide that provides a practical and proven model for increasing training effectiveness through evaluation.
In the third edition of this classic bestseller, Kirkpatrick offers new forms and procedures for evaluating at all levels and several additional chapters about using balanced scorecards and Managing Change Effectively. He also includes twelve new case studies from organizations that have been evaluated using one or more of the four levels--Caterpillar, Defense Acquisition University, Microsoft, IBM, Toyota, Nextel, The Regence Group, Denison University, and Pollack Learning Alliance.
Donald L. Kirkpatrick is a Professor Emeritus, University of Wisconsin, and a widely respected teacher, author, and consultant. He has over thirty years of experience as professor of management at the University of Wisconsin and has held professional training and human resource positions with International Minerals and Chemical Corporation and Bendix Corporation. He is the author of eight management inventories and six books: Evaluating Training Programs: The Four Levels, How to Manage Change Effectively, How to Improve Performance Through Appraisal and Coaching, How to Train and Develop Supervisors, How to Plan and Conduct Productive Business Meetings, and No-Non- sense Communication. He has received the Best Book of the Year award from the Society for Human Resource Management. Don is past presi- dent of the American Society for Training and Development (ASTD) and is best known for developing the internationally accepted four- level approach for evaluating training programs. In 1997, he was intro- duced into TRAINING magazine's Hall of Fame, and in 2004 received the Lifetime Achievement award from ASTD. He received his BBA, MBA, and PhD degrees from the University of Wisconsin. He lives in Pewaukee, Wisconsin, and is a senior elder at Elmbrook Church and an active member of Gideons International.
James D. Kirkpatrick has worked in the field of organizational development for over fifteen years. He recently teamed with Corporate University Enterprise, Inc. in a leadership and senior consulting role to orchestrate and launch the Kirkpatrick Four Level Evaluation Certifi- cation Program and a robust approach to scorecarding and evaluation practice to support learning organizations through their corporate universities. Jim considers his expertise with balanced scorecards, evaluation, and transferring learning to behavior as his greatest assets. He is a former Vice President and Director of First Indiana Bank's corporate university, First Indiana University. He was responsible for First Indiana's balanced scorecard management system, leadership development, training, and the Career Development Program.
James D. Kirkpatrick has worked in the field of organizational development for over fifteen years. He recently teamed with Corporate University Enterprise, Inc. in a leadership and senior consulting role to orchestrate and launch the Kirkpatrick Four Level Evaluation Certifi- cation Program and a robust approach to scorecarding and evaluation practice to support learning organizations through their corporate universities. Jim considers his expertise with balanced scorecards, evaluation, and transferring learning to behavior as his greatest assets. He is a former Vice President and Director of First Indiana Bank's corporate university, First Indiana University. He was responsible for First Indiana's balanced scorecard management system, leadership development, training, and the Career Development Program.
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| ISBN 13 | 9781576753484 |
| ISBN 10 | 1576753484 |
| Title | Evaluating Training Programs: The Four Levels |
| Author | Donald Kirkpatrick |
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| Binding Type | Hardback |
| Publisher | Berrett-Koehler |
| Year published | 2006-01-15 |
| Number of pages | 392 |
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