The Role of Assessment and Evaluation in Training Human Relations Professionals

This article considers the role and nature of evaluation in training human relations professionals and some core elements of the assessment process, defined here as an inter-subjective, contractual, and negotiated pro-cess aimed at promoting growth. The author also considers ethics in relation to evaluation processes and the role trust plays in protect-ing the relational bond. ______ In training human relations professionals, evaluation includes assessing the learner’s learn-ing as well as estimating the contribution, posi-tively or negatively, of the curriculum conten