Reflecting Rapid Market Appraisal: A Practical Tool for Training Needs Analysis

Authors

  • Rajendra Bahadur Shrestha Capacity Building Specialist, Enhanced Skills for Sustainable and Rewarding Employment, Helvetas Swiss Intercooperation

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.3126/jtd.v2i0.15438

Keywords:

Job market, training need analysis, curriculum development, training design and technical training providers

Abstract

In my understanding, Rapid Market Appraisal (RMA) is a comprehensive study of an employment status in the specific occupational area at the particular local level. At the cross road of my job career, I came to know that the development of this process grew out of a frustration with lengthy, costly and intensive formal market survey. I argue that this process provides a quick, flexible and effective way of collecting, processing, and analyzing information and data about labour markets. It explores information about the vocational-technical training institutions working effectively in the respective field. It also supplies detailed information like occupational opportunities, training needs, individual needs, and future prospective in the work of world at local level. Based on my practical experiences, I claim it as one of the effective tools for assessing the training needs for training design for the under-developing countries.

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Published

2016-08-11

How to Cite

Shrestha, R. B. (2016). Reflecting Rapid Market Appraisal: A Practical Tool for Training Needs Analysis. Journal of Training and Development, 2, 50–56. https://doi.org/10.3126/jtd.v2i0.15438

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Vol. 2 (2016)

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