Ensuring that workers are capable of fulfilling job responsibilities contributing to the organization's success
Significant expenditure
Ever-changing business environment
Orientation (Onboarding)
Planned introduction of new employees to their jobs, coworkers, and the organization
Orientation (Onboarding)
Establishes a favorable impression of the organization
Provides organization and job information
Enhances interpersonal acceptance by coworkers
Accelerates socialization and integration
Ensures that employee performance and productivity begin more quickly
Elements of Effective Onboarding
Source: Adapted from Dan Steer, "Onboard with It All," T+D, November 2013, pp. 26–29; Carmen Nobel, "First Minutes Are Critical in New-Employee Orientation," HBS Working Knowledge, April 1, 2013, http://hbswk.hbs.edu/item/7193.html.
Training
Process whereby people acquire capabilities to perform jobs
Organizational Strategy and Training
Strategic training
Investing in training
Organizational competitiveness
Global competitiveness
Training
Lower employee turnover
Improve effectiveness and productivity
Reduce costs
Improve quality and customer service
Increase human capital
CFO: 'WHAT HAPPENS IF WE INVEST IN DEVELOPING OUR PEOPLE, AND THEN THEY LEAVE US?'
CEO: 'WHAT HAPPENS IF THEY DON'T, AND THEY STAY?'
Intercultural Competence Training
Linking Strategies and Training
Development (of human resources)
Efforts to improve employees' abilities to handle a variety of assignments
Cultivate employees' capabilities beyond those required by the current job
Long-term purposes
Development versus Training
Lack of individual T&D (according to the performance appraisal)
Changes of objectives – internal changes
Environmental changes – external changes
Generations
Veterans / Builders – 1925-1945
Baby Boomers – 1946-1964
Generation X – 1965-1979
Generation Y (Millennials) – 1980-1995
Generation Z (Net Gen) – 1996-2010
Generation α – 2011-
Instructional Design Process
1. Assessment
2. Design
3. Development
4. Implementation / Delivery
5. Evaluation
ADDIE model
Instructional Design Process
Training Needs Assessment
Is there really a need for the training?
Who needs to be trained?
Who will do the training?
What form will the training take?
How will knowledge be transferred to the job?
How will the training be evaluated?
Gap analysis
Indicates the distance between current and desired employee capabilities
Types of Training Objectives
Attitude
Knowledge
Skill
Learner Characteristics 1
Ability to learn
Motivation to learn
Self-efficacy
Perceived utility/value
Learning styles, andragogy
Andragogy
Ways in which adults learn differently than do younger people
Adult Learning
Need to know why they are learning something
Need to be self-directed
Bring more work-related experiences into the process
Employ a problem-centered approach to learning
Are motivated by both extrinsic and intrinsic factors
Instructional Strategies 1
Learner Practice & Feedback
Overlearning
Instructional Strategies 2
Behavioral modeling
Error-based examples
Instructional Strategies 3
Reinforcement
Immediate confirmation
Transfer of training
Occurs when trainees actually use on the job what they learned and maintain use of the learned material over time
Training Transfer
Offer trainees an overview of training content and process and how it links to the strategy of the organization
Ensure that the training mirrors the job context
Training Delivery Variables
Nature of Training
Subject Matter
Number of Trainees
Individual versus Team
Self-Paced versus Guided
Training Resources/Costs
E-Learning versus Traditional Learning
Geographic Locations Involved
Time Allotted
Completion Time
Training Delivery Options
Internal Training
External Training
Combination Training Approaches
Internal Training
Training that takes place inside the organization
Internal Training 1
Specific to the organization and its jobs
Saves the cost of sending employees away or paying outside instructors
Types of Internal Training
Informal training
Formal training
On-the-job training (OJT)
Informal training
Training that occurs through interactions and feedback among employees
Formal training
A deliberately planned process of learning activities
On-the-job training (OJT)
The most common training because it is flexible and relevant
On-the-Job Training
Problems with OJT: Poorly-qualified, rushed, or indifferent trainers
Disruption of regular work
Bad habits or incorrect information passed on
Cross-training
Training people to do more than one job
Cross-training
Increases flexibility and development
Challenges: Not favored by employees (more work?)
Threatens unions with loss of job jurisdiction and broadening of jobs