Why is it that open programmes and customised programmes require different approaches in designing?

Design and development of a training programme is both time-consuming and expensive in the absence of professional expertise. The cost of designing a two-day programme may be anything between Rs. 5,000 to Rs.10,000 and the time may be around three to seven days. But the decades of hardcore HRD experience of IHRD professionals in the profession helps them to speed up the work for delivering the programme to their clients at the shortest possible time at affordable cost. Questions 1. Why is it that open programmes and customised programmes require different approaches in designing? What are the major challenges in designing a training programme? What are the competitive advantages of IHRD in training design? 2 3