TRAINING AND DEVELOPMENT

TRAINING

Definitions.
• It is any attempt to improve current or
future employee performance by
increasing an employee’s ability to
perform through learning or increasing
skill and knowledge.

• Training is an organized procedure for

increasing the skill and knowledge of
people for a definite purpose.

• Training is the formal and systematic

modification of behaviour through
learning, which occurs as a result of
education, instruction, and development
and planned experience.

Objectives of training

• To develop the skill and competences of

employees and to improve their
performance.

• To help people to grow within

organization in order that as far as
possible its future needs for human
resource can be met from within.

• To reduce the learning time for

employees starting in a new jobs on
appointment, transfer or promotion and
 ensure that they become fully competent
as quickly and economically as possible.

• To increase productivity and profitability.

• To go for better quality and quantity.

• To improve the culture of the

organization.

• To prevent obsolescence.

• To initiate personal growth and

development.

INDENTIFICATION OF TRAINING NEEDS

• Collect the corporate strategies and

policies.

• Identify mandatory requirement.

• Identify business needs.

• Identify departmental needs.

• Identify individual needs.

• Identify skill and training required for

each job.

Determining training need----

• Identify specific problem.

• Forecasting.
• Recommendation.
 • Interviewing and personal observation.
• Performance evaluation.
• Check list.
• Test of interpersonal skill.
• Morale survey.

TRAINING METHODS

On the job

• Job instruction training.

• Vestibule training.

• Training by supervisors.

• Demonstrations.

• Simulation.

• Apprenticeship.

• Training by experienced workmen.

Off the job

• Lecture.

• Conference.

• Group Discussion.

• Case studies.

• Role playing.
 • T-Group training.

EVALUATION OF TRAINING PROGRAMMES.

Training evaluation is necessary to enhance the

effectiveness of training systems. Training
programmes can be evaluated by following ways.

• Written or oral test.

• Performance test.

• Evaluation sheets.

• Structured interviews.

• Questionnaire.

• Pre and post training comparison.