The most frequently used method in smaller organizations that is on the job training. This method oftraining uses more knowledgeable, experienced and skilled employees, such as mangers, supervisors to give training to less knowledgeable, skilled, and experienced employees.
Training is defined as an organised procedure by which people learn knowledge/skill for a definite purpose. Thus, training improves, shapes and increases an employee’s knowledge, skill, behaviour, attitude and aptitude towards the requirements of the job and the organisation.
Training Methods 1. On the Job Training * Internship * Job rotation * Coaching method * Job instruction training * Committee assignments
2. Off the Job Training
On the Job Training 1. Internship
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Generally, the internship works as an exchange of services for experience between the student and his or her employer. Students exchange their cheap or free labor to gain experience in a particular field. They can also use an internship to determine if they have an interest in a particular career, create a network of contacts, or gain school credit. Some interns also find permanent, paid employment with the companies in which they interned. Thus, employers also benefit as experienced interns need little or no training when they begin full-time regular employment.
It is estimated that 20-25% of newly hired employees come from internship programs.
Interns are generally looking for real life experience that will utilize their skills and offer challenging work.
For an internship program to be successful, it requires designated resources, a formal structure and management process for recruiting prospective interns and managing current interns. Most often this will be in the second or third year of the graduation/pg period. The placement can be from 2 months to one full school year. During this period the student is expected to use the things he/she has learned and put them