Objectives of Analysis of Training Needs

To ensure that resources reach the right priorities.
To provide a central plank in any effective development plan.
To help individuals and groups perform better, making positive contribution to job satisfaction, morale and motivation.
An appropriate process of analyzing training needs enhances the progress of organization towards investors in people.
Being a natural function of appraisal system it encourages discussions on what skills need to be improved or incorporated and how.
To provide a constructive base for enhancing performance and efficiency.

There are no limitations to the process of analysis of training needs, but it does require:

Time and energy to systematically plan and analyze the results, so that the priority areas can be chalked out and unimportant areas can be eliminated.
Coordination of results by different managers to ensure that the priorities are reflected across the whole company allowing for economies of scale and avoiding duplication of effort.
Full involvement of and discussion with potential trainees to analyze their strengths and weaknesses and that of their departments. This calls for departure from sole reliance on the subjective evaluation of their managers.