TRAINING AND DEVELOPMENT

Training and development refers to educational activities within a company created to enhance the knowledge and skills of employees while providing information and instruction on how to better perform specific tasks.

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Stages of the Training Process. Effective training begins well before a trainer delivers an individual training session and continues after that training session is complete. Training can be viewed as a process comprised of five related stages or activities: assessment, motivation, design, delivery, and evaluation.

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Here are the four elements your job training program must have.

• 1) Comprehensive Orientation. ...

• 2) Classroom Instruction. ...

• 3) Position-Specific Information. ...

• 4) Verification, Monitoring & Continuous Improvement.

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When undertaken properly, an effective training process enhances the skill levels of a workforce, raises morale, and increases the versatility and adaptability of employees. The four phases in the HR training process are assessment, development, delivery, and evaluation.

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Training helps learners gain new knowledge and skill. The most effective training also helps learners apply this information to their workplace, a process known as transfer of learning or simply learning transfer. Training effectiveness refers to how well your training supports learning and learning transfer.