TITLE:
Monitoring and Evaluation of Training Programmes in the South African Police Service: Case Study of the Northern Cape Province
AUTHORS:
John Motsamai Modise, Derek Taylor, Kishore Raga
KEYWORDS:
Training, Human Resource Development, Integrated Approach, Monitoring, Evaluation, Transfer of Learning
JOURNAL NAME:
Advances in Applied Sociology,
Vol.12 No.7,
July
14,
2022
ABSTRACT: The objective of the article is to determine the outcomes of T&D programmes offered by the Division Training and development. This article adopted a
qualitative research methodology to validate the research question and
authenticate the problem statement. In the main, secondly, this article
intended to establish whether there is a significant effect or impact on the
performance of trainees and in their workplace that can be linked to the
training conducted by the Division Training and Development. Thus, the article can thus be
viewed as the outcome or impact determination factor through the lenses of the
M&E practitioner. The research focused largely on post-training M&E
mechanisms to determine the outcome of training conducted, and in the study the
term “impact assessment” was predominantly used as most participants were
familiar with the term as compared to “outcomes assessment”. The study
adopted a qualitative research methodology to validate the research
question and authenticate the problem statement. This study used qualitative research
procedures which consist of a set of interpretative, material tests that make
the thought-world visible and therefore measurable. Qualitative research
includes field notes, conversations, recorded interviews, photographs and
memos, amongst others. It involves an interpretative, representational approach
to ordering the world. This means that qualitative researchers study things in
their natural settings, “attempting to make sense of, or interpret, phenomena
in terms of the meanings people bring to them”. This article makes
actionable recommendations, emanating from the research findings. Training
is a strategic mechanism used for the achievement and deliverance of efficient
and proficient public security. It is also used as a measure to observe the
performance of the organisation, whereby fully trained and skilled employees
will be capable of returning to the workplace providing optimal service in a
safe and well-organised manner.