Analyzing the Importance of Training Needs Analysis for Sainsbury's Supermarket Ltd

LEARNING AND DEVELOPMENT
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Table of Contents
Task 1: Analytical Report...........................................................................................................................2
Introduction.................................................................................................................................................2
A critical analysis of the chosen method of training needs analysis............................................................2
Role of the HR Function within Sainsbury..................................................................................................3
Critically analysis how training intervention would provide an example of how HR can support an
organization.................................................................................................................................................3
Application of the needs analysis................................................................................................................3
A critical analysis of the skills/knowledge gap that you have identified......................................................4
A rationale for why the skills/knowledge gaps exist....................................................................................4
The challenges faced by the Sainsbury over the next five years and the impact..........................................5
Conclusion...................................................................................................................................................6
References...................................................................................................................................................7

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Task 1: Analytical Report
Introduction
Sainsbury is the leading supermarket chain organization in the United Kingdom. It was
founded in Holborn, the United Kingdom in 1869 by John James Sainsbury and his wife.
Currently, Sainsbury has 1,423 grocery stores in the UK, in which total 815 were convenience
stores. This paper is highlighting importance of practical training and evaluation of after training
and executing programs of training for the staffs in Sainsbury's supermarket limited, United
Kingdom. The motive of the survey is to find how the effect of the training is improving training
is skill, knowledge and behavior. The project also facilitates the company to understand better
how the field training is important to improve and lead training programs to grab the opportunity
of present and post-training. The main objective of Sainsbury’s is to meet customer needs and
give an opportunity to all the employee's to develop their skills.
A critical analysis of the chosen method of training needs analysis
Many organization fails to define the training value to improve their competitiveness. A
Training Needs Analysis (TNA) is a procedure which an organization’s human resource
development (HRD) wants are identified and expressed. The process can identify:
 The target of a Sainsbury and its impact in reaching those targets.
 Difference between the skill of an employee's and the skills needed for
positive performance for a current job as well as perform successfully in the future job.
TNA provides clear direction to identify training needs as well as helps to analyze how
previous training was effective. The two results of TNA are the non-training need and a training
need. Performance gap has to be disclosed through training need. The organization applies this
process when an employee has a lack of knowledge and attitudes towards work and does not
know how to do the job. Sainsbury’s introduced diversity management at a workplace to inspire
all employees to perform better for a positive result (Chkanikova and Mont, 2015). Diversity
policy has been used by the organization to provide training to all the employees and give a
written paper to guide the managers on equal opportunities for gaining more awareness of the
customer needs. Sainsbury started using a new way of learning is ‘Disability confident’ that
proves to be beneficial to all the employees in stores ahead disability awareness to become