Training and Development
Training and Development
Training is an educational process that conveys relevant and useful information that
inform participants and develop skills and behaviors that can be transferred back to the
workplace. The goal of training is to create an impact that lasts beyond the end time of
the training itself and the focus is on creating specific action steps and commitments that
focus people’s attention on incorporating their new skills and ideas back at work.
Generally, in organizations training is offered as skill development means for individuals
and groups. Similarly, the concept of employee development is closely related to
employee training. Training involves an expert working with learners to transfer to them
certain areas of knowledge or skills to improve in their current jobs.
Benefits of Training
1. Training improves the quantity and quality of the workforce. It increases the skills
and knowledge base of the employees.
2. It improves upon the time and money required to reach the company’s goals. For e.g.
Trained salesmen achieve and exceed their targets faster than inexperienced and
untrained salesmen.
3. Training helps to identify the highly skilled and talented employees and the company
can give them jobs of higher responsibilities.
Benefits of Development
1. Exposes executives to the latest techniques and trends in their professional fields.
2. Ensures that the company has an adequate number of managers with knowledge and
skill at any given point.
4. Creates an effective team of managers who can handle the company issues without
fail.
5. Ensures that the employees utilize their managerial and leadership skills in particular
to the fullest