Training in Human Resource Management

2008-08-07T22:22:00.000-07:00

TRAINING

Q 1). Define training?

Ans. Training is the process of increasing the knowledge and skills for doing a particular job. It is an organized procedure by which people learn knowledge and skills for a definite purpose. It basically bridges gap between job requirement and present competence of an employee.

Q 2). Differentiate between education and training?

Ans. Training is the process by which aptitude, skills and abilities of an employee to perform a specific job is increased.

On the other hand education is the process of increasing general knowledge and understanding of an employee.

POINT OF COMPARISON TRAINING EDUCATION
1. Scope
Narrow and specific Broad
2. Contents
Job related General
3. Nature
Applied and practical Pure and theoretical
4. Duration
Short Long
5. Result
Quick Delayed

Q3). Differentiate between training and development?

Ans. Training is a short-term process utilizing a systematic and organized procedure. It imparts knowledge, skills and aptitude to perform required job.

On the other hand development is a long term process which includes philosophical and educational concepts.
POINTS OF COMPARISON TRAINING DEVELOPMENT
Contents Technical and mechanical operations. Conceptual and philosophical concepts.
Participants Non-managerial personnel. Managerial personnel.
Time period Short term and one shot affair. Long term continuous process.
Purpose Specific, job related skills. Total personality.

Q 4). What are the needs of training?

Ans. Training is required on account of the following reasons: -

* Job requirement: - Employee selected for a job might lack the qualifications required to perform the job effectiveness.
* Technological changes: - Technology is changing very fast. Now automation and mechanization have are being increasingly applied.
* Organization viability: - In order to survive and grow an organization must continually adopt itself to the changing environment.
* Internal mobility: - Training becomes necessary when an employee moves from one job to another due to promotion and transfer.

Q 5). Why training is important?

Ans. Training is the process of imparting knowledge, skills and aptitude to perform desired job. A well planned and well executed training programme can provide the following advantages: -

* It helps in improving the level of performance and hence results in higher productivity.
* Uniformity of work methods and procedures helps to improve the quality of product or service
* A systematic training programme helps to reduce the time and cost involved in learning.
* Good training helps in economical use of materials and machinery.
* It reduces supervision.
* It lowers the rate of accidents.
* It boosts the morale of employees to perform the task/job efficiently.

Q 6). What benefits do employees get from training?

Ans. Training is useful to employees in the following ways: -

* It helps to improve self confidence of employees.
* Trained employees can perform better and thereby earn more.
* Training helps an employee to use various safety devices.
* It enables an employee to adapt to changes in work procedures and methods.
* Employees develop new skills and knowledge.

7). Give the process of training?

Ans. Process of training: -

* Identifying training needs: - Process of training starts with identifying the need of training.
* Training objectives: - Once the training needs are identified, the next step is to set training objectives in concrete terms and to decide the strategies to be adopted to achieve these objectives.
* Designing training programme: - An appropriate training policy is very important to meet the objectives. It consists of rules and procedures concerning training.
* Imparting training: - Here employees are given training as per their requirements.
* Evaluating: - Here the effectiveness of training is evaluated and see whether it meets all its objectives.