HRM 3410 Lecture Notes - Lecture 10: Negative Feedback, Positive Feedback

• School: York University
• Department: Human Resources Management
• Course: HRM 3410
• Professor: Dennis Hodgkinson

Document Summary

Evaluations may be distinguished with respect to: 1. The specific information /data gathered and analyzed and: 2. 1: identifies the target of the evaluation: trainee change, organization payoff, program improvement. 2: identifies its focus (whatever variables/information to be obtained and measured, e. g. cost/benefit) 3: suggests and is open to a variety of methods of evaluation. 4: generally applicable to any evaluation goals. 5: flexibility: guided by the target or purpose of the evaluation. Affective reactions: measures of trainees" likes and dislikes of the training program, 2. Utility reactions: measures of perceived usefulness of a training program. Learning: learning outcomes can be measured by, 1. Declarative learning: refers to the acquisition of facts and information, the most frequently assessed learning measure, 2. Procedural learning: refers to the organization of facts and information resulting in a smooth behavioural sequence. Behaviour (on the job: behaviours can be measured using three approaches, 1. Motivation: two types of motivation in the training context, 1.