The relationship of Kirkpatrick Training Evaluation Model towards the successful of training among middle level management at Dewan Bandaraya Kuching Utara (DBKU)

This study was conducted to determine the relationship of KirkPatrick training evaluation model towards the successful of training among middle level management at Dewan Bandaraya Kuching Utara (DBKU). Additionally, the study was attempted to determine which element of KirkPatrick training evaluation model towards that contribute the most towards successful of training among the middle level management at Dewan Bandaraya Kuching Utara (DBKU). The scope of the study was the middle level management at Dewan Bandaraya Kuching Utara (DBKU). The populations of this research were all the employees who work in Dewan Bandaraya Kuching Utara which consists of ten departments. It was identified that currently there were 54 of middle staff management employees around Dewan Bandaraya Kuching Utara (DBKU). The main instruments used for this study is the questionnaire and it was distributed to the middle level management individually. The questionnaire was tested for face and content validity. For face validity, it was checked by Miss Nur Diyana bt Ramli, supervisor for the research project and also Professor Halimaton bt Khalid, a lecturer of Research subject, both are from Faculty Business Management from UiTM Samarahan. Meanwhile, for content validity was checked by Mr. Holis from Human Resource department at DBKU and Miss Suryana bt Mohd Shawaluddin, English Teacher from Pusat Tuisyen Intelligensia, Kuala Lumpur. The questionnaires were personally distributed to all the respondents in ten departments in DBKU and specific time was given for them to answer the questionnaire. The return rate of the questionnaire is 49 or 91%.