Hi. My name is David Ndungu, Training and Development
specialist at David Consult.
I am going to talk about Staff training in a
globalized business environment. Training and development is no longer a nice
to do but a must do business strategy. Research by various scholars has shown
that organizations that have effective staff training systems have consistently
outperformed those that do not. Noe (2010) has demonstrated why Southwest
airlines, Seattle city lights, Nokia, Boston pizza among others have performed
well over the years.
Training and continuous learning translate
into personal and professional growth. It is the continuous learning that
allows the employees to acquire the skill and ability to use new technologies
that makes businesses competitive. These employees become more valuable as they
have the requisite skills to meet the changing technological demands in a
globalized business environment.
Organizational training also allows the
organization to focus and align employees to the organization business
strategy. Without effective training employees and different business units
will not understand and appreciate the strategic direction that an organization
is taking. Training ensures the entire organization is pulling in one
direction.
Training can be an approach not only to
develop and enhance talent, but also motivates employees. Organizations that invest
in training their employees have better retention of their high performing
employees. Your organization is better served if it can retain its skilled and
talented employees and keep them highly motivated which can be achieved through
strategic training.
References
Noe, R. A. (2010). Employee Training and
Development (5th ed.). New York: McGraw Hill/Irwin.
Hello David
ReplyDeleteNice elevator speech.
I agree with your comment:
"Training and continuous learning translate into personal and professional growth. It is the continuous learning that allows the employees to acquire the skill and ability to use new technologies that makes businesses competitive. "
Too many times we as humans think that learning stops and sometimes dread the fact that it doesn't as we get older, it just becomes more specific.
Life is just one big schoolhouse that provides you continues training. We as ID just have to keep reminding management and other of this fact.
Thanks
Sandra
Thanks Sandra for your comments. It’s true the world is a big school house where we continuously learn every day. As ID specialists our role will be to direct and develop focused learning experiences that will leverage our learners and the organizations they work for.
DeleteDavid,
ReplyDeleteI was unable to watch your you tube video, it stated the video was private. Please repost link. Your presentation was very well written. Good way to start presentation by mentioned successful companies that rely on training. You made an excellent point that employees become more valuable as they develop the requisite skills needed to meet the changing demands of a global economy. I also liked the idea of pointing out to the CEO that training helps ensure that the entire organization understands and appreciates the company's strategic direction.
Mike
David,
ReplyDeleteI watched your video. Good selection of graphics. Very well done.
Mike