Training Need Assessment In Wal-Mart

Introduction

Training needs assessment is a process used by the managers of the organizations with the aim to find out the best way to allocate resources to provide training (Lepicki, & Boggs, 2014). Training needs assessment (TNA) is required to find out what needs of the personnel should be met in order to achieve their performance improvement. TNA is very important to ensure training efficiency. Organizations, where training needs assessments are not conducted, are more likely to do less effective training that is not beneficial for the employees and organization. TNA is a complicated process that requires collecting data about the organization, its employees who require training, their weak points to be improved, and personal characteristics. This data is important to determine the needs of employees and define the type of training (Lepicki, & Boggs, 2014). The latter are usually defined from the assessment of the knowledge of the employees and finding out what skills they lack.

In this paper, TNA of Wal-Mart will be presented. The retail sector is facing numerous inter-related and urgent challenges predetermined by

In case the needs and demands do not coincide, the company should do its best to solve the issue. The first important thing to do is to properly recognize and assess training needs. This is the most significant thing that helps managers to address the gaps between the existing needs and training that will be required in the future. The next thing to do is to identify the three types of needs that require training: industry-related needs, task-related needs and job-related needs. When this action is successfully performed, the company may get down to the training needs