Sign Up Now
Get instant access to over 1 million+ study documents
OR
Already registered? click here to login
By creating your account, you agree to our terms of service, privacy policy and student honor code.
¶ … Training
Effective and Ineffective Employee Training
Few features define an organization as directly and as fully as its personnel. The knowledge, dedication and ability required to afford a company success must all be encapsulated in said company's employees. While recruitment and screening will play a significant part in ensuring that personnel are an adequate fit to contribute these qualities to a company, it is also critical that the hiring company employ training strategies both for initiation into the company and for ongoing advancement of skills.
As the discussion hereafter will demonstrate, training is necessitated by a combination of the specific procedures, practices and expectations within a specific company and by the various ways in which objectives, companies and industries will undergo change. As the text provided by eCornell (2010) denotes,
"the many challenges associated with the changing nature of work and the workplace environment are very real for every...
Rapid change requires a skilled, knowledgeable workforce with employees who are adaptive, flexible and focused on the future." (eCornell, p. 1) It is for this reason that it is invaluable for an employing firm to provide its employees with a clear, streamlined and proven method of training.
It does bear noting though that there are a wide array of training methods and that some are more effective than others. It would benefit an organization to account for the method likeliest to be effective in its given context. Some traditional methods of training may well fall short of their intended goal for lack of suitability to the given setting. For instance, the text by Noe (2009) indicates that such frequently employed methods as the lecture may not achieve the desired effect in all settings. While this is a mode of instruction often used in more discursive learning environments, Noe warns that this approach might not be practical in more hands-on settings. Accordingly, the text tells that "lectures…
Works Cited:
eCornell. (2010). Best Practices in Employee Development. www.ecornell.com/enterprise
Noe, R. (2009). Employee Training and Development, 5th Edition. McGraw-Hill Primis Custom Publishing.
A very important point is that online learning can be done individually or in groups (for example video conferences). 6. In general, in order to make a career choice one should be informed about the world of professions. Information about the profession that appears the most interesting and appropriate should be gathered. If possible, it would be important to read interviews or talk to people with similar jobs for a
Training and Development Background of the Organization Customer support is the heart and soul of any business. Excellent customer support helps the business to retain the business of old customers, and gain the business of new customers through word of mouth. Offering excellent customer service is the key to business growth and stability. In the area of customer support the importance of training and development cannot be overemphasized. Customer support is directly
Training (HR) Human Resources Training Methods There are various training methods in the field of Human Resources. As expected, and also depending on the individual in question, some of these methods work better than others do. The paragraphs that follow will attempt to discuss what each method encompasses in its theoretic definition, and what each method's overall effectiveness is in practical terms. on-the-job training, which is the first method, demonstrates what its name
Ineffective Public Policy -- No Child Left Behind One of the most widely criticized educational policies of recent years was / is No Child Left Behind. It is widely referred to an ineffective policy (or legislation). Despite high hopes and bipartisan support, the policy has not worked out as planned. This paper delves into the problems with No Child Left Behind -- and will present the changes that could make it
Training In today's global environment, training is an essential component for overall development. Organizations now require a diverse skill set in order to handle multiple tasks and obligations. As such, adequate training will become a more integral part of an individual's career development. Training methods however have come under intense scrutiny. Corporations and individuals are now becoming more skeptical regarding training methods and there apparent benefits. Training has now developed from
Employee Development In a recent trade magazine an article appeared that states "the training and development world remains largely stuck in dated thinking practices and programs that are increasingly ineffective and often irrelevant" (Bell, Majer, 2011, p. 62). According to the article work in America is no longer just focused on manufacturing goods, with the new global economy, work is also about "coordinating with others both inside and outside of a