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12.00 EVALUATION AND CONCLUSION
The basic objective of the training programme is, I quote
"Train transport supervisor for Trucking Operation and give this
trainee a working knowledge of a farm supply distribution centre".
To this end I feel I have achieved the objective of the
program after a detailed coverage of the Land O'Lakes Distribution
department's operations, and working the typical local Co-operatives
who eventually distribute the goods to the farmers. I feel I
covered the chain of distribution right up from supplier and
manufacturers (in some instances) up to the consumers or farmers,
as described in my report.
Beyond the objective as described I felt I ever achieved more.
Apart from the technical working knowledge I gained I felt this
program availed me a chance to widen my horizon, by being exposed
to different types of people with diffe:ent standards of living
outside my country. This sort of cultural exchange helps a lot.
However, I also would recommend that for future participants
in this sort of program that on top of basic training in one
organisation, the participant must be exposed to as amny organisations
as possible, so that he can learn as many techniques as possible. I
do emphasize on this because whatever two organisations you choose,
let us say Uganda Co-operative Transport Union Limited from the
receprent country, and Land O'Lakes from donor country, they are
bound to have some differences. Therefore if one's training is
restricted to one organisation, he may use very little of what he
learns when he returns to his organisation.
I would therefore recommend that the participant visit as
many organisatilons as possible who are in the s me type of operations
as his. In this way he may cov -r various techniques from different
organisations, which he shall apply from time to time as the need
arises. To this end I feel I achieved a lot, in that I learnt as
many ways as possible of handling various sorts of trucking problems
as I could from the variety of organisations I visited. In this way
I have been equipped with as many tools as possible of solving my
daily management problems as possible as well appreciating changes
that may be instituted in my organisation. ..../51