期刊名称：International Journal of Contemporary Business Studies
电子版ISSN：2156-7506
出版年度：2012
卷号：3
期号：4
页码：42
出版社：Academy of Knowledge Process
摘要：The purpose of this study was to examine the effectiveness of outward training programmes as a human resource development tool. For this study 11 organizations practising outward bound training were selected and both survey as well as case study approaches was used to collect data. The results revealed that there is clear difference between outward-bound training programmes and the other human resource development programmes in developing expected outcomes of human resource development as these training programmes address different dimensions of human resource development needs. Moreover, the contribution of outward bound training programmes to develop the expected outcomes considered in the study was much higher than the contribution of other human resource development programmes. However, the findings suggest that both outward-bound training and other conventional human resource development programmes can complement each other to improve the expected outcomes of human resource development. Another important finding of this study was that the outcomes of the outwardbound training programmes are not influenced either by demographic factors of the participants or programme related factors. Hence, outward bound training programmes are suitable for a wide target group within an organization irrespective of their education, gender, age, professional qualifications or position in the management hierarchy.
关键词：Outward Bound Training; Human Resource Development; Training Outcomes; Sri;Lanka.
