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Introduction
Training and development
It is a subsystem of an organization .It ensure that randomness is reduced and learning or behavioral change takes place in structured format
Training and modern approach of training and development
Traditional approach – most of the organizations before never used to believe in training .They were holding the traditional view that managers are born and not made . There were also some views that training is a very costly affair and not worth . Organizations used to believe more in executive pinching . but now the scenario seems to be changing.
The Modern approach of training and development is that Indian organizations have realized the importance of corporate training . Training is now considered as more of retention tool than a cost. The training system in Indian industry has been changed to create a smarter workforce and yield the best results.
Training defined
• It is a learning process that involves the acquisition of knowledge .sharpening of skills, concepts, rules or changing of attitude and behaviors to enhance the performance of employees.
• Training is activity leading to skilled behavior
• It’s not what you want in life . but it’s knowing how to reach it.
• It’s not where you want to go but it’s knowing how to get there.
• It’s not how high you want to rise . but it ‘s knowing how to take off.
• It may not be quite the outcome you were aiming for ,but it will be an outcome.
• It’s not what you dream of doing ,but it’s having the knowledge to do it.
• It ‘s not a set of goals, but it’s more like a vision
• It’s not the goal you set .but it’s what you need to achieve it.
Training is about knowing where you stand ( no more how good or bad the current situation looks) at present and where you will be after some point of time. Training is about the acquisition of knowledge, skills, and abilities (KSA) through professional development.
Importance of training and Development
Optimum utilization of human resources- Training and Development helps in optimizing the utilization of human resources that further helps the employee to achieve the organizational goals as well as their individual goals
• Development of human resources –Training and development helps to provide an opportunity and broad structure for the development of human resources technical and behaviroral skills in an organization . it also helps the employees in attaining personal growth.
• Development of skills of employees- Training and development helps in increasing the job knowledge and skills of employees at each level .It helps to expand the horizons of human intellect and an overall personality of the employees.
• Productivity –training and development helps in increasing the productivity of the employees that helps the organizations further to achieve its long –term goal.
• Team spirit – training and development helps in increasing the sense of team work , team spirit and inter team collaborations. It helps in inculcating the zeal to learn within the employees.
• Organization culture- training and development helps to develop and improve the organization health culture and effectiveness .it helps in creating the learning culture within the organization.
• Organization climate – training and development helps building the positive perception and feeling about the organization. The employees get these feelings from leaders , subordinate and peers.
• Quality – training and development helps in improving upon the quality of work and work-life.
• Healthy work –environment- training and development helps in creating the healthy working environment .it helps to build good employees ,relationship so that individual goals aligns with organizational goal.
• Healthy and safety- training and development helps in improving the health and safety of the organization thus preventing obsolescence.
• Morale –training and development helps in improving the morale of the workforce .
• Image –training and development helps in creating better corporate image.
• Profitability – training and development leads to improve profitability and more positive attitudes towards profit orientation.
• Training and development aids in organizational development i.e. organizations gets more effective decision making and problem solving . it helps in understanding and carrying out organizational policies.
• Training and development helps in developing leadership skills ,motivation ,loyalty, better attitudes, and other aspects that successful workers and managers usually display.
NATURE OF TRAINING AND DEVELOPMENT
• In simple terms training and development refer to imparting of specific skills abilities and knowledge to an employee A formal definition of training and development is
• “ …………it is any attempt to improve current or future employee performance by increasing an employee’s ability to perform through learning ,usually by changing the employees attitude or increasing his or her skills and knowledge The need for training and development is determined by employee’s performance deficiency which is computed as under:
• TRAINING AND DEVELOPMENT NEED=
• Standard performance-Actual performance”
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• According to Edward B. Flippo”Training is the act of increasing the knowledge an skills of an employee for doing a particular job”
• Thus training is an organized activity for increasing the knowledge and skills of people for a definite purpose It involves a systematic procedure for transferring technical know how to the employees so as to increase their knowledge and skills for doing specific jobs with proficiency In other words, the trainees acquire technical knowledge, skills and problem solving ability by undergoing the training programme Training objectives should always be expressed in behavioral terms to remove ambiguity and vagueness e.g. To have more productive workers (vague)
• To increase output by 10%over current levels (behavioral terms)
EDUCATION TRAINING AND DEVELOPMENT: DIFFERENCE
• The processes of training and development are often confused Training means learning of basic skills and knowledge necessary for a particular job or a group of jobs But development on the other hand means growth of the individual in all respects However education is afar broader term in comparison to the above two Its purpose is to develop the individuals It is concerned with increasing the general knowledge and understanding of the environment as a whole Education is more formalized then development and is in general imparted in schools and colleges The distinction between the three can be made as under:
TRAINING VERSUS DEVELOPMENT
• According to Dale Yoder” the use of terms training and development in today’s employment setting is far more appropriate than training alone since human resources can exhibit their full potential only when the learning process goes far beyond the simple routine”