Glossary
Training and Development Manager Terms & Vocabulary
15 essential training and development manager terms with plain-English definitions: the vocabulary you’ll hear in training and on day one.
Key training and development manager vocabulary
These 15 terms come up constantly in training and development manager training, on the job and in interviews. Knowing them helps you follow instructions, document accurately and sound prepared.
- ADDIE
- Analyze, design, develop, implement, evaluate.
- Blended learning
- Mixed formats.
- Competency model
- Required skills for a role.
- E-learning
- Online training.
- Facilitator
- Session leader.
- Kirkpatrick model
- Four levels of training evaluation.
- L&D
- Learning and development.
- Leadership development
- Training future leaders.
- Learning objective
- What learners will do.
- LMS
- Learning management system.
- Microlearning
- Short learning bursts.
- Needs analysis
- Finding skill gaps.
- Onboarding
- New hire training.
- ROI of training
- Return on training spend.
- SME
- Subject matter expert.
Practice these terms
Test yourself with the free Training and Development Manager practice test: it includes vocabulary questions built from this list. For a complete course, see Training and Development Manager training.
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