Advantages of Objectives

Advantages of Objectives:-

As trainers and developers work with programs, they discover that there is a strong case to be made for knowing exactly what a course promises to achieve. There are seven reasons for this:

1.    Trainees need to have a clear understanding of what is expected of them. Objectives allow them to focus their energies on achieving these goals, rather than to waste energy on irrelevant tasks or trying to figure out what is required of them. Several studies have demonstrated that, if instructors use objectives, students can be more efficient learners. The clarity of the goal and the specific feedback toward its achievement is critical to training. Someone once said that baseball would die if it weren’t for its emphasis on performance statistics. Such statistics suggest clear goals for future achievement.

2.    Trainees can be assessed prior to instruction to determine if they have mastered nay of the objectives. Depending on the results, students can either omit certain section of a course or undertake other training to master the prerequisites.

3.    The selection of content, teaching modes and evaluation method is simplified by objectives. Trainers will concentrate on methods that produce results, rather than using favorite or trendy training techniques.

4.    Objectives communicate to supervisors, professional groups, assessors, and others what the trainee is expected to have learned by the end of the training program. Instructors who teach preceding and subsequent units of training also need this information.

5.    Management and the training supervisors know exactly what is expected of trainees and can reinforce the new skills learned in the job situation.

6.    Accountability for training results may make managers more likely to approve a course that specifies improvements to be achieved. This communicates to employees that raining means business and that it is an integral part of the planning of the organization.

7.    A precise, objective and measurable statement of learning objectives enables evaluators to gauge the quantitative benefits of a program.