Importance of Training and Development in the work Place

Importance of Training for Employee

Training is crucial for organizational development and success. It is fruitful to both employers and employees of an organization. An employee will become more efficient and productive if he is trained well.

Training is given on four basic grounds

1.     New candidates who join an organization are given training. This training familiarizes them with the organizational mission, vision, rules and regulations and the working conditions.

2.     The existing employees are trained to refresh and enhance their knowledge.

3.     If any update and amendments take place in technology, training is given to cope up with those changes. For instance, purchasing new equipment, changes in technique of production, computer implantment. The employees are trained about use of new equipment and work methods.

4.     When promotion and career growth becomes important. Training is given so that employees are prepared to share the responsibilities of the higher level job

  Benefits of Training and Development 

I.             Help in addressing employee weaknesses

       Most workers have certain weaknesses in their workplace, which hinder them from giving the best services. Training assists in eliminating these weaknesses, by strengthening workers skills. A well organized development program helps employees gain similar skills and knowledge, thus bringing them all to a higher uniform level. This simply means that the whole workforce is reliable, so the company or organization doesn’t have to rely only on specific employees.

II.              Improvement in workers performance:

 A properly trained employee becomes more informed about procedures for various tasks. The worker confidence is also boosted by training and development. This confidence comes from the fact that the employee is fully aware of his/her roles and responsibilities. It helps the worker carry out the duties in better way and even find new ideas to incorporate in the daily execution of duty.

III.             Consistency in duty performance
  

        A well organized training and development program gives the workers constant knowledge and experience. Consistency is very vital when it comes to an organization or company’s procedures and policies. This mostly includes administrative procedures and ethics during execution of duty.

IV.            Ensuring worker satisfaction

        Training and development makes the employee also feel satisfied with the role they play in the company or organization. This is driven by the great ability they gain to execute their duties. They feel they belong to the company or the organization that they work for and the only way to reward it is giving the best services they can.

V.               Increased productivity

Through training and development the employee acquires all the knowledge and skills needed in their day to day tasks. Workers can perform at a faster rate and with efficiency thus increasing overall productivity of the company. They also gain new tactics of overcoming challenges when they face them.

VI.             Improved quality of services and products

       Employees gain standard methods to use in their tasks. They are also able to maintain uniformity in the output they give. This results with a company that gives satisfying services or goods.

VII.         Reduced cost

    
     Training and development results with optimal utilization of resources in a company or organization. There is no wastage of resources, which may cause extra expenses. Accidents are also reduced during working. All the machines and resources are used economically, reducing expenditure

VIII.      Reduction in supervision 


       The moment they gain the necessary skills and knowledge, employees will become more confident. They will become self reliant and require only little guidance as they perform their tasks. The supervisor can depend on the employee’s decision to give quality output. This relieves supervisors the burden of constantly having to give directives on what should be done.

Reference

• Raheja, K. (2018). Innovative Journal of Business and Management. [online] Innovativejournal.in. Available at: http://www.innovativejournal.in/ijbm/index.php/ijbm [Accessed 29 May 2018]

• Juneja, P. (2018). Training of Employees - Need and Importance of Training. [online] Managementstudyguide.com. Available at: https://www.managementstudyguide.com/training-of-employees.htm [Accessed 29 May 2018].