Slide 4 Flashcards
What is training?
It is the formal procedures that an organization utilizes to facilitate learning so that the resultant behavior contributes to the attainment of organizational goals and objectives.
What are some reasons for training and development?
- to bring about improvement in skills and in performance
- to be abreast with the times and changing situations
- to socialize new employees
What is training needs analysis?
This refers to determining the training needs of an organization, that means identifying the needs according to individual, group or organizational level
What are the important steps to take when creating a training plan?
- assessing training needs
- setting training objectives
- choosing the appropriate method
- designing training itself
- training delivery
- training evaluation
What are the importance of training needs analysis?
- to determine whether training is necessary
- helps in identifying how training would be designed delivered and evaluated
- helps in selecting who to train
- helps in getting to choose the method
- it also aids in training evaluation
What are the basic levels of training needs analysis?
- organizational analysis
- task(role) analysis
- person analysis
What is organizational analysis?
This is done to understand the role of a particular training in the whole organizational system.
What is task analysis?
This involves identifying which tasks in a job should be targeted for improved performance
What is person analysis?
this involves identifying employees who need training
What are training objectives?
A statement of
what the employee is expected to do (performance
or outcome)
the quality or level of performance that is
acceptable (criterion)
the conditions under which trainee is expected to perform the desired outcome
What is learning?
Relatively permanent change in behavior that occur
as a result of experience or practice
What is transfer of training?
The extent to which material, skills, or procedures learned in training are taken back to the job and used by the trainee in some regular fashion
What is the importance of transfer of training?
- helps trainees acquire specific information more easily
- helps trainees function effectively in situations for which they have no previously acquires information
- it enables trainees to solve problems they have never seen before
What is training evaluation?
It refers to the assessment of the degree to which trainees achieved the anticipated gains in job competencies from training, and effectively applied these gains to the actual job.
What are the benefits of training to the individual?
- develop series of skills
- gets to enhance promotion opportunities
- moves between jobs and organization
- works faster and professionally
What are the benefits of organization?
- enjoy increased productivity
- safer working environment
- improved employee wellbeing
- lower levels of absenteeism and turnover
What are on-site techniques for training?
These are techniques that occurs on the same job site where the trainee will be performing after training
What are the variations of on-site training?
- on-the-job training
- job rotation
- mentoring
What is on-the-job training?
New trainees are placed with experienced workers to learn job tasks through observation and limitation.
What are the advantages of on the job training?
- relatively inexpensive
- no special training space required
- . it increases the likelihood of positive transfer
What are the disadvantages of on the job training?
- trainer may lack training skills
2. there maybe tension between trainer and trainee
What is job-rotation?
The trainee goes through series of job assignments in various parts of the organization so that the trainee is exposed to different positions and departments.
what are the advantages of job rotation?
- increasing employee awareness
- it allows for both lateral transfers
- there is greater flexibility in replacing absent workers
- it reduces boredom
what are the advantages of job rotation?
- increasing employee awareness
- it allows for both lateral transfers
- there is greater flexibility in replacing absent workers
- it reduces boredom
What is mentoring?
here, a senior, experienced, influential person provides guidance and support in a protégé’s career development , or takes a personal interest in another individual’s development.
What are the advantages of mentoring?
It has direct constant contact
What are the disadvantages of mentoring?
It brings about one-way thinking
What is the disadvantage of off-site techniques?
It is difficult for transfer of training
What is classroom lecture?
It is a semiformal discourse for facts, concepts, series on events etc to be presented
What are the advantages of a classroom lecture?
A larger group of trainees at a time
What are the disadvantages of a classroom lecture?
The little interaction due to one-way communication
