Why Bother With Objectives?

There is a school of thought that says learning, not objectives, is what matters. However, it makes more sense to consider that you will be more successful if you know what your learner needs to learn and you provide that training.

Basic Rule 13

Training that does not include objectives is not training, it is more a quiz show where the learners try to guess what it is that they should know.

Objectives have a long history in training. One of the main reasons trainers have problems with objectives is that useful ones are difficult to create. Yet it is essential that your learner knows what is necessary to learn and what ...

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