The Practice of Training: A Matter of Perspective Available to Purchase

Training, it is claimed, has many meanings. Through examining its goals, its special interpretations are best appreciated. Training with different goals is referred to as different types of training, divided into administrative, professional‐technical, mechanical‐technical and interpersonal. These are defined, the elements of training programmes in each type set out, and the relationship between what is arguably an essential prerequisite for trainers – the needs analysis –and the types of training presented.