This self-assessment audit sets out to answer questions like these for your organisation's T&D function:

• Does the T&D process meet current business needs and deliver the company's vision/goals?
• Does the T&D function set clear performance improvement goals and measure its results?
• How well is T&D managed and run?
• How is the T&D process perceived by the rest of the organisation?
• Is the T&D process cost-effective?
• Do T&D plans and policies respond quickly and effectively to changing business needs?

The audit works like this:

First, survey perceptions about the role, organisation and impact of T&D in your business.

Next, use the checklists, interviews and questionnaires to gather objective data about every aspect of the T&D function and its activities.

Finally, identify any weaknesses or gaps between intention and reality - then deliver recommendations for future T&D organisation, planning and delivery.

Run correctly, the audit will:

• Ensure that all T&D activities have maximum impact on individual, team and company performance.
• Integrate the T&D function more closely into the rest of the organisation.
• Enable the T&D function to measure and monitor performance improvement more effectively.
• Give senior management a clear measure of the cost-effectiveness of resources it allocates to T&D.