Introduction
Workplace education is one of the most essential factors that companies must take into consideration when they are to evaluate the different methods for improving their employee’s competency and skills and the company’s competitiveness in the market and its overall quality. By utilizing workplace education practices such as in-house training, seminars, peer to peer learning, online modules, etc., companies are able to attain high training effectiveness for their employees. As mentioned by Noe and Peacock (2008), “training effectiveness refers to the benefits that the company and the trainees receive from training” (p. 134). The training effectiveness benefits apply to both the employee as well as their respective employer. Benefits for the employee may include behavioural changes or even acquiring new skills. For employers, trained employees could provide a more competent team, increased expertise, an increase in productivity, and even higher sales. To optimize the effect that workplace education has on any individual company, companies must be willing to receive and make changes based on feedback and evaluations from both the training and the competencies of the individuals.
Critique of how workplace education was evaluated
From personal experience, it was very seldom that I was asked to provide an evaluation for the education I received while working. I believe that this was due to the fact that most of the training that I had received came in the form of modules. The modules were part of a series of individual self-directed training courses which every new employee was required to complete. I consider that my employer felt that since these training modules had focused on basic knowledge areas such as workplace ...
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For a brief second, put yourself into the mind-set of an employer and think about the day-to-day running of a business. It won’t be long before you realise that training current employees and increasing their knowledge is a great way to improve business operations. Even though many will argue that the drawbacks of expense and time away from work take away from the benefits of job training, the pros tend to outweigh the cons to make job training a viable expenditure.
Training and development are important asset to an organization. A lack of training can have many negative consequences on an organization. Employees are the key component in the success of a business. When employees are unhappy with their job, they are less motivated to be productive. This loss of productivity leads to loss profits and over moral within the company. Employees need to know that their personal values are important to the organization. Their reactions are important when the corporation is in the process of making changes and decisions. In the textbook, Crafting and Executing Strategy, Thompson, Strickland and Gamble (2012) state “No company can hope to perform the activities required for successful strategy execution without attracting and retaining talented managers and employees with suitable skills and intellectual capital” (p.332).
Structured and programmed training venues are designed to equip the employee, supervisor, and manager with the knowledge, skills, and abilities needed to startup, maintain, and improve services and products provided to general public on a global scale. Formal training is generally the focus of most organizations when discussing the return on investment in the form of revenue generation or in the case of governments, efficiency in utilizing citizens taxes in a responsible manner.
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According to Amherst College, training is about preparing and improves the employee knowledge, skills and expertise to carry out the current or the future job. The processes of re-learn and increase an existing knowing and skills, and mainly take time to reflect and ponder the new options can support them to progress their success at work. However, the objectives of this training were to improve the capacity of the students who are transiting into the career as HRM professionals.
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7. Training and Development: A Prominent Determinant for Improving HR Productivity (Hardeep Singh, vol.37 (2012))
The training program for both hourly and management has a vague over all structure but no substantive continuing contribution. Many different learning materials are available but are in disarray and are not standardized into closely related activates. This redund...
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