Evaluating the effectiveness of educational program focused on business skills in an international company

The thesis deals with the human resources development and education of employees in an international company, preparation and conduct of a particular educational program and especially its evaluation. Thesis consists of theoretical, methodological and practical part. The theoretical part focuses on the benefits of employees' training for the company. It shows the system of business education and his creation. Furthermore, it analyzes all 4 phases of development of the educational system and concentrates mainly on the last stage of the system, the evaluation. Evaluating the effectiveness of education in the company can be accomplished by using a variety of methods. These are the supporting points for the analytical part and the actual evaluation. Methodological section describes the methods which were used for research, the survey sample and data collection. Moreover, the hypotheses are set here. Their validity is verified by analyzing outcomes of the investigation at the end of the thesis. The practical part introduces Komerční banka a.s. as a company and the Human resources department as a major creative element of educational system in the organization. It gives an idea of the process of creating specific training in the KB, its progress and participant's feed-back on it. In the analytical part, here comes the rare evaluation of outputs gained from mystery shopping method and on-line questionnaire. Based on the previous results, the validity of hypotheses is determined and positive and negative aspects of the educational events identified. Following stand the recommendations and suggestions raised by the author.