Implementing the Four Levels: A Practical Guide for Effective Evaluation of Training Programs

  • 1h 51m
  • Donald L. Kirkpatrick, James D. Kirkpatrick
  • Berrett-Koehler Publishers
  • 2007

Don Kirkpatrick’s Four Levels model has long been the industry standard for determining the effectiveness of any training initiative. The Four Levels have been adopted by scores of businesses, nonprofits, and government agencies.

Now, in Implementing the Four Levels, Don and Jim Kirkpatrick draw on their decades of collective expertise to offer practical, time-tested advice for putting the Kirkpatrick model into practice.

Designed as a companion volume to Evaluating Training Programs: The Four Levels, this new book is a concise, hands-on guide to each step of the process. It begins with a comprehensive list of the ten requirements for an effective training program and shows how to ensure that managers at all levels take an active role in determining training needs and evaluating Levels 3 and 4, Behavior and Results. The book then details how to implement each of the four levels, drawing on the most relevant tools and case examples from Evaluating Training Programs and including illuminating commentary from Don and Jim Kirkpatrick. The book concludes with a chapter on how to make the most compelling presentation of your findings.

About the Author

Donald L. Kirkpatrick is Professor Emeritus of the University of Wisconsin and is the author of six books. He is a past president of ASTD and is the recipient of its highest honor, the Lifetime Achievement in Workplace Learning and Performance Award. He is also a member of Training Magazine's Hall of Fame.

James D. Kirkpatrick, PhD, is SMR-USA's Vice President of Global Training and Consulting. He is the coauthor, with Donald L. Kirkpatrick, of the third edition of Evaluating Training Programs: The Four Levels and Transferring Learning to Behavior.

In this Book

  • Implementing the Four Levels—A Practical Guide for Effective Evaluation of Training Programs
  • Foreword
  • Analyzing Your Resources
  • Getting Your Managers on Board
  • Implementing Level 1: Reaction
  • Implementing Level 2: Learning
  • Implementing Level 3: Behavior
  • Implementing Level 4: Results
  • Building a Chain of Evidence
  • References

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