The Assessment of Effectiveness of Corporate Training: Evolution of the Approaches and Perspectives
Abstract
The analysis of foreign approaches to the assessment of efficiency of corporate training was carried out; holistic periodization of the forms and methods of assessment was presented. The evolution and interrelation of the stages of formation of corporate universities was described as a tool for training and development of personnel of an organization, with the forms and methods of assessment of corporate training results, which began to emerge in mid-twentieth century. Full chronology of the methods of assessment of corporate training from 1948 till 2016 was built for the first time; some of the methods are mentioned in national sources. The prerequisites and reasons of the sequence of emergence of the methods were described. The classification of the stages of evolution of the forms and methods of assessment of corporate training was suggested - basic, establishment, expansion, integration. The criteria of beginning and completion of the stages, as well as the reasons of affiliation and difference were described. The classification of all methods of assessment was suggested on the principle of the type of obtained result: qualitative, quantitative, and combined. The goal of the article is determination of the perspectives for development of the assessment of corporate training on the basis of the analysis of evolution of the approaches, with regard to the trend for active use of corporate universities in big business.
About the Authors
R. A. Dolzhenko
Ural State University of Economics
Russian Federation
Russian Federation
Dolzhenko Ruslan A. - doctor of economics, Head of the department of Labor economics and Personnel Management.
Ekaterinburg
K. K. Ilyushnikov
Altai State University
Russian Federation
Russian Federation
Ilyushnikov Konstantin K. - Post-Graduate Student.
Barnaul
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Dolzhenko R.A., Ilyushnikov K.K. The Assessment of Effectiveness of Corporate Training: Evolution of the Approaches and Perspectives. Vestnik NSUEM. 2018;(3):26-43. (In Russ.)
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