Learning & Development Flashcards
Training provided to employees at the work site utilizing demonstration and performance of job tasks.
On-the-job training (OJT)
Related to technical skills training; often a partnership between employers and unions.
Apprenticeship
People who learn best by relying on their sense of hearing.
Auditory learners
Process of broadening a job’s scope by adding different tasks to the job.
Job enlargement
Document that guides employees toward their goals for professional development and growth.
Individual development plan (IDP)
Assessment tools that present prospective leaders with sample situations and problems they might encounter in a work environment.
Situation judgment tests (SJTs)
System that holds course content information and has the capability of tracking and managing employee course registrations, career development, and other employee development activities.
Learning management system (LMS)
Electronic media delivery of educational and training materials, processes, and programs.
E-learning
Ability to influence, guide, inspire, or motivate a group or person to achieve their goals.
Leadership
Training and professional development programs targeted at assisting management- and executive-level employees in developing the skills, abilities, and flexibility required to deal with a variety of situations
Leader development
Instructional systems design framework consisting of five steps that guide the design and development of learning programs.
ADDIE model
Activities that focus on preparing employees for future responsibilities while increasing their capacity to perform their current jobs.
Developmental activities
People who learn best by relying on their sense of sight.
Visual learners
Acquisition and/or transfer of knowledge within an organization through activities or processes that may occur at several organizational levels; ability of an organization to learn from its mistakes and adjust its strategy accordingly.
Organizational learning
Progression through a series of employment stages characterized by relatively unique issues, themes, and tasks.
Career development
Relationship in which one person helps guide another’s development.
Mentoring
Form of webconferencing where a presenter facilitates communication of material or information to an audience in real time.
Webinar
Career development programs that identify meaningful career paths for professional and technical people outside traditional management roles.
Dual career ladders
Movement between different jobs.
Job rotation
Instructional design model based on concept that training should be tightly focused on specific performance measures that the organization has determined are important.
Action mapping
Instructional design model that works to gain feedback and build models early in the process; generally has three phases: preparation, iterative design, and iterative development.
Successive approximation model (SAM)
Using the Internet to conduct meetings and give presentations to an audience who has joined the meeting remotely.
Webconferencing
Preparing, implementing, and monitoring employees’ career paths, with a primary focus on the goals and needs of the organization.
Career management
Learning/development programs offered initially in a controlled environment with a segment of the target audience.
Pilot programs
