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Invited reaction: Scanning for performance value
Author(s) -
Torraco Richard J.
Publication year - 1993
Publication title -
human resource development quarterly
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.756
H-Index - 65
eISSN - 1532-1096
pISSN - 1044-8004
DOI - 10.1002/hrdq.3920040405
Subject(s) - organizational performance , knowledge management , context (archaeology) , inclusion (mineral) , organization development , value (mathematics) , training and development , process management , psychology , business , computer science , management , social psychology , paleontology , machine learning , economics , biology
Scanning for training‐needs information is an important first step in the development of relevant, effective training. The larger organizational context in which training interventions are being considered dictates the inclusion of core measures of the organization's business performance as primary sources of information. Without a need to improve organizational performance, training is at best an optional organizational activity.