I The Department of Personnel encourages appointing authorities to insure that this is done. Reinforcement needs to be consistently built in to every program using a variety of tools. I The Department of Personnel encourages appointing authorities to ensure that this is done. The Director of Personnel has relinquished approval of special merit increases to appointing authorities to facilitate achievement of this objective. The Department of Personnel has worked with various departments to develop incentive programs.
Evaluation needs to be built into training design.
An evaluation and impact strategy for current offerings should be developed and used to prioritize investments and improve programs. L Evaluation of training effectiveness is a very difficult task to accomplish. The Department of Personnel is currently reviewing a variety of questionnaires and other devices in attempt to measure training effectiveness. However, a training consultant may be needed to develop effective measurements.