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Getting a return from training
Friday, February 13th, 2009
In 1959, Kirkpatrick1 first outlined four levels for training evaluation:
reactions – ‘liking or feelings for a programme’
learning – ‘principles, facts etc absorbed’
behaviour – ‘using learning on the job’
results – ‘increased production, reduced costs, etc’.
For the next 45 years the evaluation of training moved on very patchily in terms of research and new ideas, and poorly in terms of practical application. In 2007, however, the CIPD produced a new ‘partnership of learning model’ which emphasises the need for all those involved in learning interventions actively to play their part.