Every Trainer′s Handbook

Every Trainer′s Handbook, Second Edition is a practical guide that takes the reader through a step-by-step process of planning, organising and delivering an effective training programme. It offers concrete suggestions and guidelines to trainers for enhancing their knowledge and competencies while simultaneously engaging them in a substantive discussion on various concepts, theories and issues related to training. This new edition of the book enlarges the scope of the previous edition. Underscoring the importance of a cohesive and synthesised approach, it brings together all interrelated aspects of the learning process. Recognising the importance of general situations that a trainer has to handle in the delivery of the programme, it identifies new situations and issues that call for action by the trainer under a section ′Role of the trainer′. An entirely new section-Using question-response approach for enhancing participation-reinforces and substantiates the concept, meaning and scope of training. The handbook has been prepared keeping in view the needs of training different types of groups, in different settings, regardless of the nature of the groups or the themes of the training programmes. It is aimed at training managers, instructors at various training and educational institutions, organisers of workshops and seminars, those responsible for planning training programmes, and participants. Its content as well as its reader-friendly language and style make it suitable and relevant for all levels of trainers-the experienced ones or those who are new to professional training. It is a must-read for people specializing in the fields of business and management-training, human resource development, organizational design and development-and social development.

Table of Contents:
Introduction to the Second Edition Introduction to the First Edition Training-Concept, Meaning and Scope Process of Learning in a Training Programme Making Stakeholders Partners in Training Steps in Preparing a Training Design Delivering an Active and Participatory Training Programme Training Methods and Techniques Training Group and its Dynamics The Trainer-Roles and Functions Evaluation of a Training Programme Index

About the Author :
Devendra Agochiya has over three decades of rich and varied experience of working with national and international organizations engaged in the fields of youth and social development, training, empowerment and management. He has worked for about 12 years (1969–80), in senior professional positions, with an international NGO in New Delhi—International Youth Centre. He has worked for about 18 years with the Youth Affairs Division of the Commonwealth Secretariat—first as the Regional Director for Asia and then as Head of the Division based in London, the headquarters of the Secretariat. He has been actively associated with the planning and delivery of a wide range of training programmes for a variety of target groups, including policy makers, senior government and non-government officials, business executives and young people in India and other Commonwealth countries. He is presently working as a freelance consultant with a number of national and international agencies in training and development and related areas.

Review :
A handy and insightful volume for both new and seasoned trainers. The present book is different from the other books in the field of training and development in the sense that it is very practical and applied in its approach….. This book is a lucidly written, practical manual for a training and development professional…The author has done an extremely good job in presenting the contents in a readable and comprehensible fashion. The book does not use jargon; at the same time, it includes all vital topics presented in a straightforward and clear language that an archetypal trainer needs to know and apply in his professional practice. It is not just recommended to a new trainer, but also to a veteran to re-visit and refresh the fundamental principles and processes of training and development.