Training is the process of increasing the knowledge and skills of an employee for doing particular jobs. It is an organised activity designed to create a change in the thinking and behaviour of people to enable them do their jobs in a more efficient manner.
Training plays an important role in human resource management development and raises the skills of employees, supervisory staff and managers and creates confidence and ability to perform the job efficiently.
Development is a long term process of improving skills, beliefs, attitudes and future job challenges. Both training and development are important because they contribute significantly to the process of improving the performances of the organisation.
Objectives of training
• To raise efficiency and productivity of employees and the organisation as a whole
• To create a pool of well trained, capable and loyal employees at all levels and thereby to make arrangements to meet the future needs of an organisation.
• To provide opportunities of growth and self development to employees and thereby to motivate them for promotion and other monetary benefits
• To avoid accidents and wastages of all kinds
• To meet the challenges posed by new developments in the field of science and technology
• To develop cordial labour-management relations and thereby to improve the organisational environment
• To develop positive attitude and behaviour pattern required by an employee in order to perform tasks efficiently
TRAINING AND EDUCATION
Training is any process by which the aptitudes, skills and abilities of employees to perform specific jobs are increased while Education is the process of increasing the general knowledge and understanding of total environment.
Training is job oriented having a more immediate utilitarian objective than education. The major burden of training falls upon the employers while the