There are number of books on training but the one in your hand is rather distinct. It is a practical guide covering the whole course of training activity right from the assessing of training needs, designing and offering of training and evaluation of training. The critical side of the book spells out some pitfalls and lacunae one finds at various phases of training programmes offered today at some of the training institutes. Training, in a broad sense, is a continuous process in life, equipping oneself with knowledge, skills and a desired pattern of behaviour to be effective as an individual and a member in the society. Training in a job or activity is a process of imparting new knowledge, and developing skills and attitudes and values among employees in order to make them effective and efficient in their job through instruction, practice, demonstration and other techniques either on the job or in a formal training situation. A Practical Handbook on Training is a comprehensive tex
ABOUT THE AUTHOR E.D. Setty
Dr. E. Desingu Setty, trained as a social scientist has extensive and diverse national and international experience in the field of development for around a half century. He was awarded Ford Foundation scholarship for his undergraduate program in Rural Studies. He holds two Master Degrees, viz., MCD & MA and PhD. Served as a direct hire international faculty at the Asian Institute of Technology, Bangkok, Thailand for a period of nine years. A celebrated writer of thirteen books and over fifty papers and articles published in national and international journals, his three-volume work on the Valayar of South India is likened to Nobel Laureate Gunnar Myrdal’s Asian Drama. Prepared a report on Rural Industrialization, Small-Scale and Cottage Industries in Asia under the aegis of the United Nations Center for Regional Development (UNCRD), Nagoya, Japan, Served as a consultant to UNESCAP, UNESCO, BRAC (Dhaka), Bangladesh, LIPI (Indonesia) and Continuing Education Center, Asian Institute of Technology, Bangkok (Thailand). He was Professor at Maharishi Institute of Management, Visiting Professor at M.S. Ramaiah Institute of Management Studies and CMR Institute of Management, Bangalore, India. Presently working as a Consultant with Dr. MCR HRD Institute of Andhra Pradesh, Hyderabad, India.
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