Professional development needs of academics of the Faculty of Health Sciences: A preliminary study

Training and development programmes should form an important part of human resource management functions within all organisations. Such programmes are needed whenever organisational goals and objectives can be furthered by improved employee performance. In order to provide suitable content within these programmes, precise information about the training needs of staff must be obtained. In this study a survey instrument was developed and used for the determination of professional development needs of staff in a higher education institution undergoing major organisational change.