Training Employees

Training Employees

1. Methods

   • Presentation
     • Lectures, workbooks, CDs, DVDs, podcasts, websites
       • Uses
         • Conveying facts or comparing alternatives
   • Hands-on
     • On-the-job training, simulations, role-plays, computer games
       • Uses
         • Teaching specific skills; showing how skills are related to job or how to handle interpersonal issues
   • Group-building
     • Group discussions, experiential programs, team training
       • Uses
         • Establishing teams or work groups; managing performance of teams or work groups

2. Definition

   • An organization’s planned efforts to help employees acquire job-related knowledge, skills, abilities, and behaviors, with the goal of applying these on the job (Noe & Hollenbeck, 2011, p.189).

3. Effectiveness