Evaluating Training Programs: The Four Levels

Evaluating Training Programs: The Four Levels Donald L. Kirkpatrick and James D. Kirkpatrick 3rd Edition Berrett-Koehler Publishers, Inc.: San Francisco (2006) 379 pages, $39.95 Reviewed by: Donovan A. McFarlane St. Thomas University Training programs must be a constant and vibrant part of organizational structure, development and settings in order to attain growth, effective transition, and achieve strategic goals. The success of training programs in today's organizations will dictate the failures and successes along the path of performance and market vitality. Training programs are the most effective, subtle and passive method of overcoming resistance to change and represent the most viable approach to…