Training is one of the area which has yet not made its place in many companies. Training is still conducted in many organizations like formalities rather than as a tool which can impact business growth. There are many training programs which happen in a year in an organization but un-fortunately most of them do not make any impact on productivity or profitability. Then the questions comes why can’t management notice it? Why it waste time on activities which do not have any impact?

I feel training fails due to following reasons:

Management fails to understand that training programs can really impact business

Management of company do not take training programs seriously and one of the reasons behind this is failure to understand that training programs can actually impact business. Or, sometime training programs are not directed to business goals.

Management need to understand that in the world of change, employees should also be trained to acquire new competencies and technical knowledge. Training becomes more important in industries which are most likely to change or new technologies comes every year like IT, telecom etc. Company should treat training as investment to get more productivity from existing manpower by enhancing their skill set rather than hiring it from outside which will be costlier and may also create motivational problem in organization. Companies who have understood this, have made a difference in the way they do business. Employees are satisfied as they feel that organization is also committed in their personal growth by training them on modern skill set so that they are ready for new competitive world. It is a WIN WIN deal for both organization and employees. Management should be foresighted to get best out of training programs.


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