2. According to: WIKIPEDIA
• Training and development
is a function of HUMAN
RESOURCE
MANAGEMENT (HRM)
concerned w/organizational
activity aimed at bettering
the performance of the
individual and groups in
the organizational setting.
3. TRAINING
• Training is an educational process. .
People can learn new information, re-learn
and reinforce existing knowledge and
skills, and most importantly have time to
think and consider what new options can
help them improve their effectiveness at
work.
4. PURPOSE
• The purpose of training is to improve
employee capabilities. When the
organization invests in improving the
knowledge and skills of its employees, the
investment is returned in the form of more
productive and effective employees.
5. PURPOSE
• To promote organizational vitality by
providing progressive training and
development opportunities that support life
long learning and assist individuals in
working effectively together within their
departments and throughout the
organization.
6. TYPICAL REASONS
Training and development can be initiated
for a variety of reasons for an employee or
group of employees
• When a performance appraisal indicates
performance improvement is needed
• To "benchmark" the status of improvement
so far in a performance improvement effort
7. TYPICAL REASONS
• As part of an overall professional
development program
• As part of succession planning to help an
employee be eligible for a planned change
in role in the organization
• To "pilot", or test, the operation of a new
performance management system
• To train about a specific topic
8. counterproductive logic
• It is better not to develop your own
employees, to prevent competitors from
potentially benefitting from the training.
9. • Developing your employees makes them
more attractive to other employers,
potentially making them more likely to
turnover. After they have been developed,
employees are free to leave the
organization to work for another
organization, taking the organization’s
investment in their improved level of
knowledge or skills with them to their new
employer.
10. Benefits of Workforce
Development Training
• Maximize employee performance
• Promote from within
• Develop new capabilities
• Minimize lost work time
• Reduce recruiting costs
• Train for specific skills
• Retain valuable employees
11. HR Policies & Employment Legislation
• Human Rights Legislation
Human rights legislation is put in place
to protect people from discrimination. It
seeks to guarantee people equal treatment
regardless of certain identified
characteristics (called “prohibited grounds
of discrimination”) that have attracted
historical stereotyping or bias in relation to
employment
12. Human rights legislation as it applies to all
practices of employment, including:
• Recruitment ads
• Application forms
• Interviews
• Hiring
• Dismissal/termination
13. Human rights legislation as it applies to all
practices of employment, including:
• Promotion
• Demotion
• Benefits
• Wages
• Workplace harassment
