Staff training and development with john Lewis partnership
In a competitive and unstable economic training and development is utmost important and critical for success of organisation both nationally and globally. Training and development is the mechanism that increases efficiency and allow development inside the organisation and prevent external factors to effect employees in John Lewis. This allows John Lewis to have strong bond which allows it to be competitive throughout the market.
According to the Michel Armstrong, “Training is systematic development of the knowledge, skills and attitudes required by an individual to perform adequately a given task or job”. (Source: A Handbook of Human Resource Management Practice, Kogan Page, 8th Ed.,2001). According to the Edwin B Flippo, “Training is the act of increasing knowledge and skills of an employee for doing a particular job.” (Source: Personnel Management, McGraw Hill; 6th Edition, 1984) The term ‘training’ indicates the process involved in improving the aptitudes, skills and abilities of the employees to perform specific jobs. Training helps in updating old talents and developing new ones. ‘Successful candidates placed on the jobs need training to perform their duties effectively’. (Source: Aswathappa, K. Human resource and Personnel Management, New Delhi: Tata Mcgraw-Hill Publishing CompanyLimited,2000, p.189)
The principal objective of training is to make sure the availability of a skilled and willing workforce to the organization. In addition to that, there are four other objectives: Individual, Organizational, Functional, and Social.
• Individual Objectives – These objectives are helpful to employees in achieving their personal goals, which in turn, enhances the individual contribution to the organization.
• Organizational Objectives – Organizational objectives assists the organization with its primary objective by bringing individual effectiveness.
• Functional