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c) Difference between coaching and training

I. Coaching is usually done on a one-to-one basis. Training may

be also on a one-to-one basis or may be by one trainer to a

class of students.

II. Coaching usually deals with ability to do a specific task, while

training may deal also with other perspectives relating to the

work, its linkages with other jobs in the system and with the

goats of the organisation.

III. A coach exercises a close watch on the ward's learning while a

trainer may, while dealing with concepts or with a class, not

be able to exercise such a close watch. A mentor is concerned

with the entire person of his ward, including his career.

7. Evaluation of training

Training programmes cost money. A natural question to ask is about the

benefits of incurring that cost. Evaluation by the participants at the end of a

training session is not entirely reliable. Such evaluations tend to reflect the