Lesson 10&12 Flashcards
Training
Lesson 12
- A planned effort by an organization to facilitate the learning of job-related behavior
- systematic acquisition of skills, rules, concepts, or attitudes that result in improved performance
Organizational Analysis
The process of determining the organizational factors that will either facilitate or inhibit training effectiveness.
Task Analysis
- Use job analysis methods to identify the tasks performed by each employee, the conditions under which these tasks are performed, and the competencies (knowledge, skills, abilities) needed to perform the tasks under the identified conditions.
- determine how employees learn to perform each task or obtain each competency
Person Analysis
The process of identifying the employees who need training and determining the areas in which each individual employee needs to be trained.
Performance Appraisal Scores
A rating representing some aspect of an employee’s work performance.
Surveys
Questionnaires asking employees about the areas in which they feel they need training
Interviews
Interviews are not used as extensively as surveys, but they can yield even more in-depth answers to questions about training needs
Skills Test
A test that measures an employee’s level of some job related skill
Knowledge test
A test that measures the level of an employee’s knowledge about a job related topic.
Critical Incidents
the critical incidents are sorted into dimensions and separated into examples of good and poor performance. Dimensions with many examples of poor performance are considered to be areas in which many employees are performing poorly and in which additional training is indicated.
Training goals and objectives should concretely state the following (Mager, 1997)
- What learners are expected to do
- The conditions under which they are expected to do it
- The level at which they are expected to do it
Case study
A training technique in which employees, usually in a group, are presented with a real or hypothetical workplace problem and are asked to propose the best solution
Simulation
An exercise designed to place an applicant in a situation that is similar to the one that will be encountered on the job.
Asynchronous technologies
Distance learning programs in which employees can complete the training at their own pace and at a time of their choosing.
Synchronous technologies
Distance learning programs that require employees to complete the training at the same time and at the same pace although they may be in different physical locations.
Interactive Video
A training technique in which an employee is presented with a videotaped situation and is asked to respond to the situation and then receives feedback based on the response
Programmed instruction
A training method in which employees learn information at their own pace.
Webinar
Short for “web seminar,” an interactive training method in which training is transmitted over the Internet.
Webcast
A noninteractive training method in which the trainer transmits training information over the Internet.
Blog
A website in which the **host regularly posts commentaries **on a topic that readers can respond to
Wiki
A collection of web pages in which users can create web pages on a topic and readers can freely edit those pages
Listserv
A program that automatically distributes e-mail messages to a group of people who have a common interest
Modeling
Learning through watching and imitating the behavior of others
Job rotation
A system in which employees are given the opportunity to perform several different jobs in an organization
Cross-training
Teaching employees how to perform tasks traditionally performed by other employ
Apprentice training
A training program, usually found in the craft and building trades, in which employees combine formal coursework with formal on-the-job training
Coaching
another popular method of training new employees and typically takes one of two forms: experienced employees working with new employees and professional coaches who work with all employees.
Pass-through programs
4. Delivering the Training Program
A formal method of coaching in which excellent employees spend a period of time in the training department learning training techniques and training employees.
Mentor
4. Delivering the Training Program
An experienced employee who advises and looks out for a new employee
Skill-based Pay
5. Motivating Employees to Learn During Training
Compensating an employee who participates in a training program designed to increase a particular job-related skill