Evaluating Effectiveness of Training Program in Eastern Samar State University - Can Avid Strengthening Its Commitment To Continuous Improvement
Evaluating Effectiveness of Training Program in Eastern Samar State University - Can Avid Strengthening Its Commitment To Continuous Improvement
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INTRODUCTION:
Training is a key part of human resource management Competency training was commonly used as part of a
that aims to improve faculty members' competency in reward package, particularly for employees who were
providing high-quality instruction and services to promoted (An, 2015)
students. Training has become a significant strategy According to (Raja, 2014) any training program's
for improving personnel's ability to deal with the ultimate purpose is to transform employees'
difficulties and opportunities of today's workplace.
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knowledge, skills, and attitudes (KSAs) in a way that demonstrated learning in terms of its impact on job
improves performance outcomes. The accountability behavior and job performance. The training program
issue of training and development of employees is consists of training workshops and or seminars
evaluating the effectiveness of a training program in conducted by the Training and Development Office in
order to determine whether it accomplishes its goals collaboration with the Office of Research and
and objectives, appraise the value of training, identify Extension, and attended by the faculty from March
training gaps and to get rid of any training that isn't 2020 to March 2021.
necessary. Similarly, systematically evaluating a Specifically, this study is aimed to: [1]determine the
training program is an important step in enhancing its demographic profile of training program in terms of
overall quality and determining its influence on the category, number of participants, duration of training,
organization. Furthermore, the majority of research training service provider, and nature of activity; [2]
suggests that evaluating training in terms of client describe the profile of faculty participants in terms of
satisfaction and return on investment, whether gender, age, academic rank, employment status, and
assessed in terms of time or money, is critical. base college; [3] determine training effectiveness in
The analysis, design, develop, implement, and terms of faculty participants’ perceived learning,
evaluate (ADDIE) process includes a phase called application of learning, impact on job performance,
training program evaluation. However, appraisal is and evaluation of training service provider; [4]
frequently disregarded or not used to its full potential. evaluate training effectiveness based on the
This article underlines the necessity of summative department head’s evaluation of faculty participant’s
evaluation at the end of the training process to assess demonstrated learning and impact on job
and ensure the quality, efficacy, and impact of performance; and [5] determine faculty participants’
systematic training (Wang, 2006). The learning reasons for failure to apply knowledge and skills
gained as a result of the seminars and training learned.
attended would be put to good use and seen in the
Significance
faculty members' job performance and attitude. How Assessing effectiveness is an important aspect of the
to generate organizational impact through the use of quality management system's process for determining
learning interventions is one of the primary which areas need to be improved. As an ISO-certified
difficulties facing human resource development university campus, it is critical to provide services
(Spitzer, 2005.) that enhance people's personal and professional
The Eastern Samar State University Can-avid development. As a result, the outcomes of the training
campus, through its training and development office, and seminars attended by faculty members should be
annually conducts capability building programs in the evaluated to ascertain the return on investment.
areas of the four university mandates – instruction
METHODOLOGY
research, extension, and production - to increase its In this study, a descriptive survey design was used.
faculty’s knowledge and skills, motivation, The respondents of this study were faculty members
participation and performance of these competencies. from this university campus who attended select
As an educational institution, it must provide the seminars and training workshops held between March
products and services required to accomplish the 2020 and March 2021. The survey instrument was
desired goals, demonstrating its dedication to adapted from the Human Resources Management
continuous development in the fulfillment of its four- Office's Training Effectiveness Questionnaire using a
fold functions. Stakeholders in organizations are 7-point Likert scale. The training effectiveness
increasingly demanding confirmation of bottom-line questionnaire was made accessible in both hard copy
effectiveness, or at the very least solid evidence. and Google forms, delivered to faculty participants
Measuring efficacy, business value, and return on and department heads, and collected in two parts: one
investment (ROI) are popular subjects these days, at the end of the training and the other three months
especially as upper management scrutinizes training later. The data collected from the survey instrument
budgets more regularly (Spitzer, 2005.). was analyzed using descriptive statistics. The
Thus, in this study, the researchers intended to demographic features of training and faculty
evaluate the effectiveness of the training program of participants, as well as the faculty participants' proof
this university campus in terms of the perceived of evidence of application of information and skills
learning of the faculty attendees, self-rating obtained and reasons for failure to apply knowledge
assessment of knowledge and skill acquired right and skills taught, were described using frequency
after the activity and three months later, and to counts and percentages. The weighted mean and
determine the department head’s evaluation in the standard deviation were used to describe the
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evaluations of the effectiveness of activity courses by March 2021. Table 1 shows the training program's
faculty participants and department heads along demographic profile as well as training characteristics
training variables, while the composite mean and such as category or area, number of participants,
standard deviation were used to characterize the training duration, training service provider, and nature
evaluation of the effectiveness of the training of activity.
program by faculty participants and department
In terms of category two (2), forty percent (40%) of
heads. The following scale was used to assess and
the training program was dedicated to research,
interpret the data collected:
specifically “Research Ethics, Protocols, and
Weight Range Interpretation Standard Operating Procedures
7 6.22 – 7.00 Strongly agree (SOP)” and “Basic Research Writing for Lecturers
6 5.35 – 6.21 Agree and Newly-Hired Faculty,” and one (1) each, twenty
5 4.48 – 5.34 Somewhat agree percent (20%) of the training program was allocated
4 3.61 – 4.47 Unsure to the remaining areas of extension, production, and
3 2.74 – 3.60 Somewhat disagree instruction, namely “Measuring Training
2 1.87 – 2.73 Disagree Effectiveness and Impact
1 1.00 – 1.86 Strongly disagree
Evaluation of Extension Projects/Programs”, “IP
RESULTS AND DISCUSSION Awareness, Patent Search and Patent Drafting”, and
1. Demographic Profile of Training Program “Transitioning to Digital Instruction and
along Variables Assessment”, respectively.
The university's training program included seminars,
According to the number of participants, 2 out of 5
training, and/or workshops in the areas of instruction,
(40%) of the activity courses were attended by 21 to
research, extension, and production, which were held
40 faculty members, 2 out of 5 (40%) of the activity
by the following offices: Office of Planning,
courses were attended by more than 40 faculty
Research, and Extension (OPRE), Training and
members, and 1 of 5 (20%) of the training were
Development Office of HRMO in collaboration with
attended by 20 or less faculty members.
all of the university's colleges from March 2020 to
Table 1 Profile of Training Program
Training Characteristics Frequency Percentage
Category
Instruction 1 20%
Research 2 40%
Extension 1 20%
Production 1 20%
Number of Participants
20 and below 1 20%
21 – 40 2 40%
Above 40 2 40%
Training Duration (days)
1 2 40%
2 1 20%
3 1 20%
4 1 20%
Training Service Provider
OPRE 4 80%
HRMO 1 20%
Nature of Activity
Technical 5 100%
Managerial 0 0%
Supervisory 0 0%
All activity classes lasted fewer than 5 days or 40 hours in terms of training time. Forty percent (2/5) of the
activity courses were held on a single day, whereas twenty percent (1/5) were held across two (2), three (3), and
four (4) days. As per training service provider, the Office of Planning, Research, and Extension (OPRE) hosted
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four out of five (80%) of the activity courses, while the Human Resources Management Office (HRMO) hosted
one out of five (20%). All activity courses were classified as technical based on the nature of the activity.
Demographic Profile of Faculty Participants
Table 2 shows the gender, age, academic rank, job status, and basic college profile of faculty members. Males
made up 50.61 percent of the population, while females made up 49.39 percent. The bulk of faculty members
were between the ages of 21 and 40 (71.60 percent), with 28.40 percent over 40. The majority of the participants
(83.54%) were instructors or lecturers, 14.63% were assistant professors, and 1.81 percent were associate or full
professors. In terms of employment status, 42.68 percent were on a contract, 24.39 percent were on a temporary
assignment, and 32.93 percent were employed on a permanent basis.
In terms of base college, the college of agriculture had 23.78 percent of faculty participants, the college of
education had 27.44 percent, the college of computer studies had 18.29 percent, the college of business
administration had 22.46 percent, and the college of criminology had 7.93 percent.
Table 2 Demographic Profile of Faculty Participants along activity courses of the training program
Activity Courses A,n = 45 B, n = 19 C, n = 21 D, n = 23 E, n = 56 COMPOSITE
Variables f % f % f % f % f % f %
Gender
Female 20 44.44% 12 63.16% 10 47.62% 10 43.48% 29 51.79% 81 49.39%
Male 25 55.56% 7 36.84% 11 52.38% 13 56.52% 27 48.21% 83 50.61%
Age
21 - 30 17 37.78% 7 36.84% 13 61.90% 12 52.17% 21 37.50% 70 42.68%
31 - 40 9 20.00% 6 31.58% 4 19.05% 4 17.39% 23 41.07% 46 28.05%
41 - 50 7 15.56% 5 26.32% 3 14.29% 4 17.39% 9 16.07% 28 17.07%
above 50 12 26.67% 1 5.26% 1 4.76% 3 13.04% 3 1.79% 20 12.20%
Academic Rank
Lecturer 14 31.11% 7 36.84% 17 80.95% 11 47.83% 21 37.50% 70 42.68%
Instructor 21 46.67% 8 42.11% 4 19.05% 11 47.83% 23 41.07% 67 40.85%
Assistant Professor 9 20.00% 4 21.05% 0 0.00% 1 4.35% 10 16.07% 24 14.63%
Associate Professor 0 0.00% 0 0.00% 0 0.00% 0 0.00% 2 1.79% 2 1.22%
Professor 1 2.22% 0 0.00% 0 0.00% 0 0.00% 0 3.57% 1 0.61%
Employment Status
Contract 14 31.11% 7 36.84% 17 80.95% 11 47.83% 21 37.50% 70 42.68%
Temporary 12 26.67% 5 26.32% 4 19.05% 7 30.43% 12 21.43% 40 24.39%
Permanent 19 42.22% 7 36.84% 0 0.00% 5 21.74% 23 41.07% 54 32.93%
Base College
Agriculture 12 26.67% 3 15.79% 4 19.05% 6 26.09% 14 25.00% 39 23.78%
Education 13 28.89% 5 26.32% 5 23.81% 7 30.43% 15 26.79% 45 27.44%
Computer Studies 8 17.78% 4 21.05% 5 23.81% 3 13.04% 10 17.86% 30 18.29%
Business Administration 10 22.22% 4 21.05% 5 23.81% 4 17.39% 14 25.00% 37 22.56%
Criminolgy 2 4.44% 3 15.79% 2 9.52% 3 13.04% 3 5.36% 13 7.93%
Legend
A. Measuring Training Effectiveness and Impact Evaluation of Extension Programs/Projects
B. Research Ethics, Protocols and SOP
C. Basic Research Writing Workshop for Lecturers and Newly-Hired Faculty
D. IP Awareness, Patent Search and Patent Drafting
E. Transitioning to Digital Instruction and Assessment
Faculty Participants’ Self-Evaluation along Training Effectiveness Variables
The self-evaluation of faculty participants in terms of perceived learning and impact on job performance at the
end of the activity course is shown in Table 3.1.
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Table 3.1 Faculty participants' evaluation on the perceived learning and impact on job performance
along activity course
In terms of faculty participants’ perceived learning, they agree that the activity courses have achieved their
individual objectives as denoted by the weighted mean score of 6.11 (SD = 0.79). Likewise, they agree that they
have acquired deeper understanding about the subjects of the training program as indicated by the weighted
mean score of 6.04 (SD = 0.95). With regard to the impact on their job performance, they also agree that their
performance level will rise as a result of their attendance to the training as it helped them understand and
perform their work better as indicated by the weighted mean score of 5.93 (SD = 0.97).
Meanwhile, the faculty participants’ evaluation of training service providers’ effectiveness is revealed in Table
3.2. where they agree that the TSPs have the full readiness to perform the activity courses as indicated by the
weighted mean score of 5.89 (SD = 1.03).
Table 3.2 Faculty participant's evaluation of training service provider's effectiveness
They also agree that the resource persons are experts within the area of competence as denoted by the weighted
mean score of 5.91 (SD = 0.98) and that the facilities were equipped with the highest quality standards as
implied by the weighted mean score of 5.38 (SD = 1.41). Finally, they strongly agree that they would other
faculty members to attend the activity courses conducted by the TSPs as signified by the weighted mean score of
6.21 (SD = 0.88).
Table 3.3 shows the faculty’s self-evaluation of the impact on their job performance and their application of
learning three months after the conclusion of the activity courses attended. They somewhat agree that they had
the chance to make the best use of the skills they have learned from the activity courses as indicated by the
weighted mean score of 4.85 (SD = 1.27). They also somewhat agree that their job performance level have
increased as a result of their attendance to the activity courses as denoted by the weighted mean score of 5.31
(SD = 1.11). This finding is conforms with the study of (Deligero, 2014) who found that people become more
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productive, vigorous, dedicated, and passionate to perform duties and obligations as members of the dynamic
academic institution when they have a higher level of work engagement.
Table 3.3 Faculty's Post-Evaluation on Impact Job Performance and Application of Learning
Department Heads’ Evaluation of Faculty Demonstrated Learning along Job Behavior and Job
Performance
The department heads’ evaluation on the faculty’s demonstrated learning in terms of impact on job performance
is revealed in Table 4. They somewhat agreed that they have noticed an increase in the faculty’s performance in
the workplace since their attendance to the training as indicated by the weighted mean score of 4.93 (SD = 1.43).
Moreover, the department heads somewhat agreed they have noticed indicators that proved faculty participants
benefited from the acquired skills in the training as implied by the weighted mean score of 4.86 (SD = 1.48).
According to (Laguador, 2014) Affective learning is critical for balancing the application of knowledge and
abilities in a work environment where proper attitude and behavior are always required.
Table 4 Department head’s evaluation of faculty’s demonstrated learning in terms of impact on job
performance
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Table 5 Faculty Participants' Reasons of Failure to Apply Knowledge and Skills along activity courses
A B C D E OVER-ALL
Reasons
f % f % f % f % f % f %
1. I have not learned anything I could apply. 4 13.33 0 0.00 0 0.00 0 0.00 2 3.57 6 3.38
2. I have not had the chance 18 60.00 6 33.00 10 48.00 7.00 30.43 9 16.07 50 37.50
3. I was very busy. 13 43.33 6 33.00 9 43.00 9.00 39.13 15 26.79 52 37.05
Others have discouraged my attempts to change 5 16.67 0 0.00 0 0.00 0 0.00 12 21.43 17 7.62
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