Training Policy - Management Duniya

Training Policy

A Company’s training policy represents the commitment of its top management to training and is expressed in the rules and procedures, which govern or influence the standard and scope of training in the organization.

Training policies are must for the following reasons:

 

• To highlight the firm’s approach to the training function, provide guidance for design and execution, and to provide information regarding programs to all employees.


• Formulation of policy helps in identification of priority areas in training, and since resources are scarce, they are prioritized according to felt needs.

• A training policy document helps to communicate the firm’s intent regarding an employee’s career planning, and also gives the employee the opportunity to better his prospects through training

 

Definition of Training and Development 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 and development is determined by the employee’s performance deficiency, computed as follows:

Training and Development need =Standard performance-Actual performance.

 We can make a distinction among Training, Education and Development. such distinction enables us to acquire a better perspective about the meaning of the terms. Training, as was stated earlier, refers to the process of imparting specific skills. Education, on the other hand, is confined to theoretical learning in classrooms.

      Though training and education differ in nature and orientation, they are complementary. An employee who undergoes training is presumed to have had some formal education. No training is complete without an element of education. In fact, the distinction between training and education is getting increasingly blurred nowadays. As more and more employees are called upon to exercise judgment and to choose alternative solutions to the job problem, training programs seek to broaden and develop the individual through education. For instance, employees in well paid jobs and /or employees in the service industry may be required to make independent decisions regarding their work and their relationships with clients. Hence, organizations must consider elements of both education and training while planning their training programs.

 Development refers to those learning opportunities designed to help employees grow. Development is not primarily skills-oriented. Instead, it provides general knowledge and attitudes, which will be helpful to employees in higher positions. Efforts towards development often depend on personal drive and ambition. Development activities, such as those supplied by management developmental programs, are generally voluntary.

 To bring the distinction among training, education and development into sharp focus, it may be stated that training is offered to operatives, whereas developmental programs are meant for employees in higher positions. Education however is common to all the employees, there grades notwithstanding.

Source: OB Books & Notes

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By: Management Duniya