Training and development needs assessment: a practical model for partner institutes

This article introduces a practical model of training and development needs assessment for partner institutes. A detailed description of the model’s components is presented with a suggested implementation sequence in order to successfully overcome obstacles. The literature revealed no solutions for the unique problems faced by partner institutes when conducting training needs assessment exercises. The proposed model is competency‐based, which allows for the incorporation of various data gathering techniques, the elimination of redundancies and role conflict, and therefore, the integration of the partner institute with member organization’s infrastructure to systematically and effectively assess the actual training and development needs of the industry to which they belong.