Achivement Motivation Training for Trainee Readiness

Effective training practice requires intervention aiming at preparing the trainee for a future training programme. Research on training management has been advocating the need for better goal orientation, striving for excellence, learning from feedback, self efficacy, and systematic planning behavior for preparing the trainee for an advanced training programme. In this context, achievement motivation training can be useful as it ignites and reinforces achievement behavior such as, striving for excellence, learning from feedback, moderate risk taking, self efficacy, systematic planning, goal setting etc. The author has used AMT instruments (Ring Toss game, Business game, Tower building, and Thematic aptitude test (TAT)) for as a pre training instrument for preparing the trainee for an advance training programme.