Literature Review on Training and Development
CHAPTER ONE
INTRODUCTION
Background of the study
The workplace today is in the state of metamorphosis with contemporary issues such as customer satisfaction, competitive advantage, revenue and expenditures, organizational culture, technological advancement, global market, diverse customer demands and need for effective work force with a global mind set, penetrating every aspect of the organization. Effective workforce is therefore crucial as it is the organization’s primary player in accomplishing goals and delivering service
In order for any organization to be more competitive and successful in achieving its goals, it would have to synergize all its resources which includes the human resources (HR) and their training and development structure that can work well and blend together.
The stress on human resource training and development (HR T&D) to provide strategic and cost efficient training services for employees has never been higher.Employee performance expectation keeps rising while the economic recession has caused training budget to shrink causing the Human Resource Training and Development unit to do more with less.
Training and Development helps in optimizing the utilization of human resource that further helps the employee to achieve the organizational goals as well as their individual goals and also helps to provide an opportunity and broad structure for the development of human resources' technical and behavioral skills in an organization.
In addition it also helps the employees in attaining personal growth. Training and Development helps in increasing the job knowledge and skills of employee at each level. It helps to expand the horizons of human intellect and an overall personality of the employees.Training and Development importantly increases the productivity of the employees that helps the organization
INTRODUCTION
Background of the study
The workplace today is in the state of metamorphosis with contemporary issues such as customer satisfaction, competitive advantage, revenue and expenditures, organizational culture, technological advancement, global market, diverse customer demands and need for effective work force with a global mind set, penetrating every aspect of the organization. Effective workforce is therefore crucial as it is the organization’s primary player in accomplishing goals and delivering service
In order for any organization to be more competitive and successful in achieving its goals, it would have to synergize all its resources which includes the human resources (HR) and their training and development structure that can work well and blend together.
The stress on human resource training and development (HR T&D) to provide strategic and cost efficient training services for employees has never been higher.Employee performance expectation keeps rising while the economic recession has caused training budget to shrink causing the Human Resource Training and Development unit to do more with less.
Training and Development helps in optimizing the utilization of human resource that further helps the employee to achieve the organizational goals as well as their individual goals and also helps to provide an opportunity and broad structure for the development of human resources' technical and behavioral skills in an organization.
In addition it also helps the employees in attaining personal growth. Training and Development helps in increasing the job knowledge and skills of employee at each level. It helps to expand the horizons of human intellect and an overall personality of the employees.Training and Development importantly increases the productivity of the employees that helps the organization
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