Developing Goals and Objectives
Narrow the Focus
Once you determine what kind of training is needed, it's important to focus the training only on the topics that require improved performance.
Effective goals and objectives help ensure training stays on track and focused so that learners gain the required knowledge, skills, and abilities (KSAs). This avoids unnecessary training and tailors the training to meet the needs of the employees.
At this point in the development process, use observation, assessment, and analysis methods to determine what the learner needs to know and do after training. Given that information, you can write clear-cut, operational, competency-based learning objectives that describe what the learner will be able to do at the end of the training session.
We'll be covering the steps in writing objectives later in this module. But first, let's look at the differences between general goals and specific operational objectives.
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3-1 Effective goals and objectives help ensure learners _____.
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