NATURE OF TRAINING AND DEVELOPMENT In simple terms‚ training and development refers to the imparting of specific skills‚ abilities and knowledge to an employee. A formal definition of training & development is… it is any attempt to improve current or future employee performance by increasing an employee’s ability to perform through learning‚ usually by changing the employee’s attitude or increasing his or her skills and knowledge. The need for training & development is determined by the employee’s
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accredited‚ and tend to occur outside the workplace. A core purpose of an education system is to provide and improve general skills. Training: There is no standard definition of training. However‚ it is generally expressed in behavioural terms‚ and refers to the planned acquisition of knowledge‚ skills and attitudes required to perform a role or job effectively. The purpose of training is to improve skills or abilities that will hopefully result in better work performance. Learning: Learning is
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INTRODUCTION TRAINING AND DEVELOPMENT Training and development is the field concerned with organizational activity aimed at bettering the performance of individuals and groups in organizational settings. It has been known by several names‚ including employee development‚ human resource development‚ learning and development. An organization which aspires to grow must be in tune with the changing needs of the society. Training become relevant in the context since it is only through training that the
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1 THE IMPACT OF TRAINING AND DEVELOPMENT OF HUMAN RESOURCE AS A CRITICAL FACTOR IN THE BANKING SECTOR (A CASE STUDY OF FIRST BANK OF NIGERIA PLC MAIN BRANCH ENUGU). BY IDORENYIN OKON IKPUT BA/2009/265 DEPARTMENT OF BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION FACULTY OF MANAGEMENT AND SOCIAL SCIENCES CARITAS UNIVERSITY‚ AMORJI–NIKE‚ ENUGU AUGUST 2013 2 TITLE PAGE THE PACT OF TRAINING AND DEVELOPMENT OF HUMAN RESOURCES AS A CRITICAL FACTOR IN THE BANKING SECTOR (A CASE STUDY OF FIRST BANK NIGERIA PLC MAIN BRANCH
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Pfizer - Development and Training Pfizer is the world’s largest research-based biomedical and pharmaceutical company (Pfizer 2009‚ p.2). To ensure continuous improvement in all areas of the organization‚ leadership believes in the effectiveness of proper training. Having training based programs allows employees to gain new knowledge‚ exchange ideas‚ and search for answers to his or her concerns or issues. According to McGlynn (1998)‚ Pfizer is a knowledge business. It is not enough to just discover
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The term ‘training’ indicates the process involved in improving the aptitudes‚ skills and abilities of the employees to perform specific jobs. Training helps in updating old talents and developing new ones. ‘Successful candidates placed on the jobs need training to perform their duties effectively’. (Aswathappa‚ 2000). “Training is systematic development of the knowledge‚ skills and attitudes required by an individual to perform adequately a given task or job” (Michel Armstrong‚ 2001 and Olaniyan
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Assignment 1: Training and Development in Small Businesses Today’s business world is very competitive. This can be attributed to more organizations entering the market and the current economic climate. This has many companies thinking of ways to increase productivity and gain a competitive advantage. In order to successfully continue to operate and grow‚ organizations often have to change strategies and better develop employees. This applies to any size organization. However‚ small businesses
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Training can be introduced simply as a process of assisting a person for enhancing his efficiency and effectiveness to a particular work area by getting more knowledge and practices. Also training is important to establish specific skills‚ abilities and knowledge to an employee. For an organization‚ training and development are important as well as organizational growth‚ because the organizational growth and profit are also dependent on the training. But the training is not a core of organizational
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Training and Development Methods 1. Classroom Lecture Method: This is the most commonly used‚ simple‚ cost effective and conventional method. It is timesaving because it covers maximum number of people in a short period of time. It involves a speech by the instructor with very limited discussions. Clear and direct methods of presentation. Weaknesses of the method are that‚ lecture time is more than the normal human attention span of fifteen minutes and the contents of the lecture could be easily
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TRAINING INITIATIVES AT PUNJAB NATIONAL BANK Submitted To: Dr. Debashish Sen Gupta Area Chairperson Human Resource Alliance Business School Submitted By: Aakanksha Agnihotri Registration No: 08PG143 Punjab National Bank Profile Since its humble beginning in 1895 with the distinction of being the first Indian bank to have been started with Indian capital‚ PNB has achieved significant growth in business which at the end of March 2009 amounted to Rs 3‚64‚463 crore. Today‚ with assets of more than Rs
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