ADM 2337 Lecture Notes - Lecture 7: Krypto, Relate, Web Conferencing
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Training: more narrowly focused and oriented towards short-term performance concerns. Development: more oriented toward broadening an individual"s skills for future responsibilities: investments in training. Type of training given employees range from simple, on-the-job instruction to sophisticated skills training conducted on multimillion-dollars simulators. Canadian businesses spend about per employee on training: a strategic approach to training. Goal of training: contribute to the organization"s overall goals. Imitating what the competition can be harmful and waste money. Not all of a firm"s strategic initiatives can be accomplished by training. No programs will be a strategic imperative for a firm. Strategic approach to maximize impact: 4 steps. Chief learning officer: high-ranking manager directly responsible for fostering employee learning and development within the organization. Need assessments within an organization must be conducting using: ***due to costs, done 50% of the time: organization analysis. Organization analysis: examination of the environment, strategies, and resources of the organization to determine where training emphasis should be placed.