TRAINING
• A process whereby people acquire capabilities to aid in the achievement of organizational
goals.
• Training tries to improve a specific skill related to the job.
Importance of Training
• It helps to control the attrition rate.
• It helps in motivating people to stay on, acquire new skill and remain continually useful to the
organization.
it helps in increasing the job knowledge and skills of employee at each level.
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Benefits to the business Benefits to the Employees
1.Trained workers can work more efficiently. Training makes employee more useful to a firm.
2. They use machines, tools, materials in proper . They can produce more with minimum effort
way.
3. Training improve the knowledge of They can realize their career goals comfortably.
employees regarding the use of machines and
equipment therefore accidents are less.
4. Trained employee could be more productive . He can be more mobile and pursue career goals
actively.
5. Training makes employees more loyal to the They will be more satisfied on their job
organisation
Types of Training
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1. Skill Training
2. Refresher Training
3. Cross-functional Training
4. Team Training
5. Creativity Training
6. Diversity Training
7. Literacy Training
8. Orientation Training
Skill Training
The need of training in basic skill (such as reading, writing, computing, speaking, listening,
problem solving, managing oneself, working as a part of team) is identified through
assessment. Several methods are used for imparting these basic skills such lectures,
apprenticeship, on-the-job, coaching etc. as
Refresher Training
Due to rapid change in technology every company organizing short-term courses to up-to-
date their employee and ready to take on emerging challenges. It may conduct at regular
interval or may be conduct as per required
Cross-functional Training: - Cross-functional Training
involves training employees to perform operation in areas other than their assigned job.
Department can exchange personnel for a certain period so that each employee understand
how other departments are functioning.
Team Training: - It cover two areas; Content task & group
processes. Content task specify the team's goal such as cost control & problem solving.
Group processes reflects the way member function as a team. In short, we can say this
training is for team Belding and cohesiveness among the employee
Creative Training: - "Think unconventionally, break the
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rules, take risks, go out of the box & devise unexpected solution".
It focuses on three things.
1. Breaking away: - Identify dominant ideas, defines boundaries, out into the open &
challenge everything.
2. Generate new Ideas: - look the problem from all possible angles & list as many
alternative approaches as possible.
3. Delaying Judgment: - to promote creative thinking trainee should not try to kill off ideas
to quickly. It gives the moral support to the employee to think new ideas.
4. Diversity Training: - Diversity training consider all of the diverse dimension in the work
place like as race, gender, age, disabilities, life style, culture to make fruitful working
relationships among employee in work place.
5. Literacy Training: - functional illiteracy (low skill level in
particular area) may be a serious impediment to a firm's productivity & competitiveness.
6. Orientation Training: - This training is for new assigned employee that how the work is
carried out & how get along with colleagues. It is especially important in helping new
employees adjust in the company.
Need of training
Training is needed in an organization to strengthen team members and bring up their
knowledge.
Training is the process of enhancing the skills of an employee
Training process moulds the thinking of employees and leads the quality performance
of employee...
An employee can become more efficient and productive if he is trained well.
THE BENEFITS OF TRAINING CAN BE.
■ Improves morale of employees
■ Less supervision
■ Fewer accident
■ Chances of promotion
■ Increased productivity
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TRAINING IS GIVEN TO
New candidates who join an organization
he existing employees are trained to refresh and enhance their knowledge.
When promotion and career growth become important
If any updating take place in technology. training is given to cope up with those
changes
There are fore objectives of training
1. Individual Objectives.
2. Organizational Objective.
3. Functional Objective.
4. Societal Objective.
Methods of Training
Broadly training methods are classified into two categories.
On-the-job training methods.
Off-the-job training methods.
On-the-job training method
• Job Instruction training
a. Present overview.
b. Demonstrate and show the way.
c. Copy and handle the job independently.
d. Follow-up.
Coaching
Mentoring
On-the-job training method cont...
Job rotation
Apprenticeship training
Committee Assignments
Off-the-Job Method
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Vestibule training
Role playing
Lecture method
Conference/discussion approach
Programmed instruction
Virtual Organisations and E-Learning
Behaviourally Experienced training.
