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Training and Development

This document discusses training and development in organizations. It defines training and development as planned activities that improve employees' current or future skills, abilities, and behaviors through learning. The key components are identifying needs, improving skills through learning, and creating behavioral changes. Training is more narrow and job-focused, while development provides broader learning opportunities. The objectives of training and development are to improve performance, develop competencies, and meet future human resource needs from within the organization.

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Training and Development

This document discusses training and development in organizations. It defines training and development as planned activities that improve employees' current or future skills, abilities, and behaviors through learning. The key components are identifying needs, improving skills through learning, and creating behavioral changes. Training is more narrow and job-focused, while development provides broader learning opportunities. The objectives of training and development are to improve performance, develop competencies, and meet future human resource needs from within the organization.

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Introduction to Training and

Development
Dr. Sania Zahra Malik
Training

Training and Development can be defined as all


those planned activities that are targeted to
improve the current or future skills, abilities or
behaviours of the organizational employees
through the process of learning.
Essential components of T&D

 There should be a need identification.

 The improvement in skills, behaviours or abilities, that


should come from the process of learning

 The learning process must lead to a change.


Driving
Driving
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Difference between training and
education

Training Education

Narrow perspective Broad perspective

Application Theoretical definition

Job experience Classroom Learning

Specific tasks General concepts


Difference between Training &
Development

 Development includes all those activities that are


given as learning opportunities to help employees
grow.

 Training is targeted towards a particular job or skill.


Objective of training and
development

 Develop the competencies of employees and


improve their performance.

 Help the employees grow so that the future human


resource needs of the organization can be met from
within the organization.
Objective of training and
development

 Reduce the learning time for employees starting in


new jobs or appointments, transfers or promotions,
and ensure that they become competent as quickly
and economically as possible.
Competitive Advantage

 Basic skills

 Advanced skills

 Understanding the customers’ and your organizations’ purpose

 Self-motivated creativity
Broad perspective training

 High leverage training


 Linked to organization’s goals and objectives

 Uses a training design process to ensure that


training is effective

 Compares or benchmarks
Continuous Learning

A learning system in which employees are required to


understand the entire work system including the
relationships among their jobs, their work units, and the
company. Also, employees are expected to acquire new
skills and knowledge, apply them on the job, and share
this information with fellow workers.
Training design process

 Conducting needs assessment

 Ensuring employees’ readiness for training

 Creating a learning environment

 Ensuring transfer of training

 Developing an evaluation plan

 Selecting training methods

 Evaluating training programs

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