HR Management

Session 5:

Training and Development

Training and Development

Training Definition Orienting Employees Training Techniques Managerial Development

Training and Development

Training Definition:

The methods used to give new or present employees the skills they need to perform their jobs.

Training and Development

Orienting Employees

Employee orientation provides new employees with the basic background information they need to perform their jobs satisfactorily e.g. information about company rules and regulations.

Training and Development

Orienting Employees

- The new employee should feel welcome.

- The new employee should understand the organisation in a broad sense.

- The new employees should be clear about what is expected of them in terms of work and behaviour.

- The new employee should begin the process of becoming socialised into the company’s traditional ways of acting and doing things.

Training and Development

Training Techniques

- On-the-job training

- Job rotation

- Distance learning (video conferencing)

- Training via the Internet

Training and Development

Managerial Development

- Outside seminars

- Management games

- University related programmes