LEARNING AND DEVELOPMENT
As a part of organizational development, employee development is an important part of the organization's HR initiatives. The tools available for learning and development include induction training, OJT (on the job training), workshop and courses that can be both internal and offered by a third party.
An organization that desires to be a success will focus its time and effort to ensure that their staff has the necessary skills and domain knowledge to meet the company’s goal and objectives. This results in an ongoing focus and obligation to Learning and Development. Learning and Development is frequently referred to as Training and Development also. To be a successful organization has to make sure that its employees are current on their skills and technologies, these are necessary for the organization to maintain it’s competitiveness in the marketplace.
Learning and development, or as it is now commonly referred to; training and development or human resource development, encompasses a range of on-the-job and off-the-job methods for acquiring necessary knowledge, skills, and behaviors.
Training and Development is necessary for employers to ensure that their employees acquire new skills, new behaviors, enhanced attitudes so that they can meet the needs of an evolving marketplace, and that they can continue to perform their jobs with the changing business environment.
What are the Benefits of Learning and Development?
There are numerous benefits of Learning and Development for both the employee and employer. Some of the key benefits are
· to provide a competitive edge in the evolving business scenario
· to improve an employee’s basic skill set such as email writing, written and verbal communication, basic financial skills such as reading a balance sheet etc.
· Skill the employee to be able to adhere to compliance with regards to HR rules and regulations, GST etc.
· Re-enforcing the companies Vission, Mission, Goals, and Objectives
· Employee motivation and retention
· Employee skilling for larger roles and promotions
Prior to any Learning and Development strategy it is important to align it to the business objectives that are to be met, and should be also aligned to the values, culture and mission and vision of the organization.
Prior to embarking on the journey of Learning and Development that organization needs to do a needs analyses study to pinpoint the Training and Development needs of the Individual employee, the department or the organization as a whole.
There are numerous benefits of Learning and Development for both the employee and employer. Some of the key benefits are
· to provide a competitive edge in the evolving business scenario
· to improve an employee’s basic skill set such as email writing, written and verbal communication, basic financial skills such as reading a balance sheet etc.
· Skill the employee to be able to adhere to compliance with regards to HR rules and regulations, GST etc.
· Re-enforcing the companies Vission, Mission, Goals, and Objectives
· Employee motivation and retention
· Employee skilling for larger roles and promotions
Prior to any Learning and Development strategy it is important to align it to the business objectives that are to be met, and should be also aligned to the values, culture and mission and vision of the organization.
Prior to embarking on the journey of Learning and Development that organization needs to do a needs analyses study to pinpoint the Training and Development needs of the Individual employee, the department or the organization as a whole.
Improved employee performance – the employers who provide necessary training employees who are able to perform in their job better.. ... Your training programs ensure that you reinforce skills that your employee requires to improve their performance at work. The objective of the development program is to bring your staff to a level that they can perform better at their jobs.