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Overview of Training

Training and development are important for organizations to stay competitive in a changing business environment. Training involves increasing an employee's skills and knowledge to perform their current job, while development helps employees grow in their career. The training process involves assessing needs, setting objectives, designing and implementing programs, and evaluating results. Learning occurs through different theories like conditioning, social learning, and experiential learning. Both personal factors like motivation and environmental factors like training methods and group dynamics influence an individual's learning.

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Overview of Training

Training and development are important for organizations to stay competitive in a changing business environment. Training involves increasing an employee's skills and knowledge to perform their current job, while development helps employees grow in their career. The training process involves assessing needs, setting objectives, designing and implementing programs, and evaluating results. Learning occurs through different theories like conditioning, social learning, and experiential learning. Both personal factors like motivation and environmental factors like training methods and group dynamics influence an individual's learning.

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Training & Development

Why Training?

Technological Changes Greater Productivity Increased Quality Consciousness Stable Workforce Increased Safety Better Management

What is Training?

Training is an act of increasing knowledge, skill and attitude of an employee for improving his performance on the job. The aim of training is to develop potential knowledge & skills of the trainees to carry out defined tasks and responsibilities.

Training & Education


TRAINING

Limited Scope. Specific & Structured Short-term Perspective. Concerned with immediate future. Transfer of learning can be monitored & assessed Societal forces do not play a significant role

EDUCATION

Broad scope. Not targeted towards specific behaviour Long-term Perspective Transfer of learning cannot easily be monitored and assessed Strong role of societal forces

Training & Development


TRAINING

DEVELOPMENT

Training means learning skills and knowledge for doing a particular job. It increases job skills. The term training is generally used to denote imparting specific skills among operative workers and employees.

Development means the growth of an employee in all respects. It shapes attitudes. The term development is associated with the overall growth of the executives and managers.

Training & Development

Training is concerned with maintaining and improving current job performance. Thus, it has a short term perspective. Training is job-centred in nature. The role of trainer or supervisor is very important in training.

Executive development seeks to develop competence and skills for future performance. Thus, it has a longterm perspective. Development is careercentred in nature. All development is selfdevelopment. The executive has to be internally motivated for self-development.

The Training Process

The Training Process


Organizational Vision & Perspective Plans Mission Strategies Objectives Assessment of Training Needs Setting Training Objectives & Developing Training Policy & Plan Designing Training Programmes Implementation of Training Programmes Evaluation of Results & Feedback for Action

Training & Learning

Training & Learning

Learning is a relatively permanent change in behaviour that occurs as a result of practice or experience. Training is also a kind of learning experience in that it also seeks to induce some changes for improvement in our knowledge, skills, attitude and behaviour.

Theories of Learning

Conditioning Theory Social Learning Theory Trial & Error Theory Insight Theory Experiential Learning Theory (Learning by Doing)

Learning Principles

Knowledge of Result or Feedback Learning Curve Massed Vs Distributed Practice Transfer of Learning Part Vs Whole Learning Sequential Learning Role of Motivation

Key Attributes of Learning Process in Training


Learning is an evolutionary process Learning is a product of collaboration Learning also takes place at the subconscious level Learning has intellectual and emotional elements Learning does not progress at uniform pace

Ways of Learning

Affirmation or endorsement of existing learning Building on present level of competencies Development of new knowledge and competencies Learning after going through a process of unlearning

Methods of Learning in a Training Programme


Direct input by the trainers Learning through sharing within the training group Learning through practice & exercise Formal or informal methods of observation Out of session exchanges with participants and trainers

Factors Influencing the Learning Process

Personal Factors

Desire for personal growth & development Participants learning style & skills Incentives or benefits of learning Previous training experience Consistency between the personal and the programme objective

Factors Influencing the Learning Process

Environmental Factors

Programme Contents / Topics Training Strategies, Methods & Techniques Trainer General Learning Environment Relationship with other members of the group and the trainer Composition of the training group and duration of the training programme

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