HRT 350 Lecture Notes - Lecture 6: Organizational Culture, Performance Management, Job Performance
19 Nov 2018
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Employee orientations and training: the primary objective of orientation programs is to assimilate new employees into the organization, general orientations are often conducted by training managers or hr managers. Organizational goals (manage change before training: organizational goals and changes, mission and vision, culture: new corporate values, structures: departmental structure, coordination, span of control, reporting relationships, tasks, decision-making procedures, technologies: new systems and methods. Hr department"s responsibilities: guardian of workplace training budget allocations, advising executives on the cost/benefit analysis of training needs, focus on learning gaps", initializing training only when it is necessary and a proven need exists, based on needs analysis/assessment. Training costs: us businesses spend approx billion a year on training, 68% of training costs is spent on salaries of training personnel, training methods, 73% of training is classroom based, remainder is computer based or self-directed. The training cycle: develop & conduct needs assessment, conducts needs assessment, determines whether or not a training problem exists in an organization.
