Sunday, July 18, 2010

Human resource development: Types of training and development programs

Organizations must develop their people. Organizations must provide training and development programs to groom the next generation of leaders. Without training and development programs, organizations will lose talent. The bottom line will suffer.

There are seven types of training and development programs.

The first type of training and development program is technical training. Technical training can take place in the classroom. However, most technical training sessions are practical training. On-the-job training is part of the technical training.

The benefits of providing technical training is to improve on work performance. Many organizations provide in-house technical training.

The second type of training and development program is quality training. Quality training includes customer service training. Quality training in a manufacturing plant involves knowledge of total quality management.

Quality training involves finding solutions to improve processes and products. Quality training is an on-going effort to instill the philosophy of continuous improvement.

The third type of training and development program is skills training. Skills training involves presentation, selling, languages, public speaking, negotiation, and languages.

Many organizations realize the potential of soft-skills training. They spend money to develop in-house soft-skills training program. They want their employees to develop creative-thinking skills, communication skills, and other skills essential to the long-term survival of the organization.

The fourth type of training and development program is the professional training. Organizations needs professionals in various departments. However, organizations generally do not have the expertise to provide professional training. They send their employees for courses to obtain professional qualifications.

The fifth type of training and development program is functional training. Functional training can take place as part of on-the-job training. Functional training includes diplomas or degrees in the respective field of expertise.

For example, a diploma program in purchasing and material management is a part time academic program.

The sixth type of training and development program is team-bonding activity. The organization pays money to engage employees in team-bonding activities. The purpose of this training is to develop leadership and teamwork. Team-bonding activity usually took place outdoor. Organizations use rock climbing, canoeing, and other outdoor activities as part of a team-bonding program.

The last type of training and development program is managerial training. Some organizations encourage their managers to attend expensive seminars as part of managerial training.

The purpose of managerial training is to learn from the best practices in the industry. The organizations want their managers to widen their networks, and steal ideas from the associates.

Organizations usually apply a top-down approach in administration of training and development program. Organizations do not encourage staff to use the company's resources to learn about cooking or other self-improvement programs.



SOURCE:
http://www.helium.com/items/1548575-training-and-development-human-resource-development

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