All you need to know about Training and development

 


History

The history of training and development goes back to the days when the world was dealing with the world war II. It started  when the need for skilled workers in the United States started growing fast. Thus in order to overcome this requirement U. S labor movement was established; this movement largely contributed to the rise of employee training and development.

In this particular period , cooperation schools were formed to provide production workers with the needed skills for their task. This was the time that people started to to train people through their personal computers, which  became the foundation  of todays modern training systems.



What is Training and development in HRM?

.Among many definitions, Training & Development process has been also  identified as an action of improving skills, gaining knowledge, clarifying concepts, and changing attitude through structured and planned education. It is also a key element to enhance productivity & performance of employees. By adhering to the accurate process, it eventually helps the organizations to improve their  productivity leading to overall growth 

As Seldon reiterates throughout her book , Human capital; tools and strategies for the public Sector, employers should always consider their employees as their great assets as the success of the organization solely  depends on their performance (Human capital; tools and strategies for the public Sector.)

Training & Development process

Training & development is not limited to single occurrence but a continuous process as the skills, knowledge and quality of work needs constant improvement in parallel to the changes in business.

When its comes to the process the employer should determine the need of training and development for individuals or teams in align with the company's goals and objectives. Training method that we use  for the process can be class room style, coaching and mentoring, E- learning, simulations, role- playing or Reading materials depending on requirement. Subsequent to the finalizing  plans and methods employer should evaluate the output and performance post the training and development sessions. Based on the evaluation , management needs to ascertain that if the training and development program was sufficient for now or more trainings programs would be required.

Importance of training and development

Evidently, the training and development plays a vital role the overall organizational growth, and in   the growth of employees' careers.  As to elaborate more on the subject, this  exercise is identified as an important aspect to many corporate bodies ,which yields the results in forms of : increasing the profitability and bottom line by acquiring new skills; increasing performance, motivation & productivity; enhancing the team spirit ; and improving the brand image by having well trained employees etc. (https://www.mbaskool.com/). Moreover, this is one of the prevalent and key  phenomena behind the almost every successful organizations around the globe reputed for their products & services.


A Testimonial approach

These practices are visible in most of the organizations around the globe. When it comes to
Sri Lanka the prominence of this methods and practices are prevalent within the operations of  Softlogic Life Insurance, which has gained the current momentum in sri lankan insurance industry.

In addition through an innovative manner Softlogic Life has re-established their Training and development department as Life Academy from 2023 onwards, which is to fulfill the training their needs for new recruits as well as for the existing employees. This takes place After the onboarding process ; and these training sessions are categories as follows; Professional Competency Development-1 & 2 basically about company products and processes and procedures during the first month of appointment.  Furthermore, subsequent to a comprehensive evaluation on the performances, the company determines the performing volume of each employee to list them under each training session as per their competencies. ( Back to Track Training programs for low performers)   This practices have been resulted in achieving highest number of MDRT achievers in Sri Lanka.  (Million Dollar Round Table)




Conclusion

This article explores the most crucial areas related to the subject ,ranging from its history through current practices & importance, to  illustrating a testimonial statement of the practices by a selected organization.  The sole idea of drafting this work is to disclose the advantages that could be  cultivated from training & development measures for the organizational growths.

References

Seldon, 2023 -Human capital; tools and strategies for the public Sector.
https://www.mbaskool.com/

Comments

  1. Training and development in HRM are defined as structured and planned education to enhance skills, knowledge, attitudes, and productivity. It's emphasized that this process is continuous and aligned with the organization's goals. The article discusses various training methods, from classroom-style to e-learning, and stresses the importance of evaluating the effectiveness of training programs.

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  2. Training and development is one of the main functions of the human resource management department. in your blog clearly mention it

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  3. The most important aspects of the topic are covered in this article, from its history to contemporary practices and importance to illustrative statements of practices made by a particular institution. This essay's main purpose is to outline the potential benefits of training and development initiatives for organizational development. Good article overall . Try providing us some videos on your next blogs .

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  4. An organization has it's own developed training and development schedule align with company objectives. The importance of training and development for the continuous improvement of the organization is discussed in the blog clearly.

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  5. Training and development is one of most important scopes in HRM as it directly affects in increasing or productivity, creation of future leaders, increasing employees' job satisfaction, reduce human errors, and also to attract best employees to the organization while retaining existing employees.

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  6. The historical background you have shared about training and how training supports organisational growth are indeed interesting.

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  7. Training allows employees to acquire new skills, sharpen existing ones, perform better, increase productivity and be better leaders. Since a company is the sum total of what employees achieve individually, organizations should do everything in their power to ensure that employees perform at their peak.

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