Training & Development

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Role of National Culture and Globalization in Planning Organizational and Employee Development Strategies

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Organizational and Employee Development Strategies

Culture is basically the acquired knowledge that people use to interpret experience and generate social behavior . It is important to recognize that culture is learned and helps people in their efforts to interact and communicate with others in the society . When placed in a culture where values and beliefs are different , some people have a great deal of difficulty adjusting . This is particularly true when business

br people are assigned to a foreign country or cultural diversity exits in one organization . Cultural differences must be understood , and managers must be sensitive to them in to be successful in global economy The national culture and globalization have deep rooted effects on organizational and employee development strategies . In the current global business scenario , understanding cultural environments is critical to the success of an organization 's operations . This has been designed to scrutinize various facets of an organization which are closely knitted with the culture and will highlight cultural implications while formulating organizational and employee development strategies

Training and Development

Every organization needs to have well-adjusted , trained , and experienced people to perform the activities that must be done . As jobs in today 's dynamic organizations have become more complex , the importance of employee education has increased . When jobs were simple easy to learn , and influenced to only a small degree of technological changes , there was little need for employees to upgrade or alter their skills . But that situation rarely exists today . Instead , rapid job changes are occurring , requiring employee skills to be transformed and frequently updated , which is called employee training

Training is a learning experience in that it seeks a relatively permanent change in an individual that will improve the ability to perform on the job . Training involves the changing of skills , knowledge attitudes , or behavior . To differentiate between employee training and employee development , we should understand that training is more present day oriented as it focuses on an individual 's current job whereas employee development generally involves personal growth of the employee for handling future jobs in the organization (Cole Cole 1999 , pp 31-32

The most popular training and development methods used by organizations can be classified as either on-the-job training or off-the-job training (Joinson 1995 ,

. 55 . The most widely used training methods take place on the job . The popularity of these methods can be attributed to their simplicity and the impression that they are less costly to operate On-the-job training places the employees in actual work situations . It is learning by doing . One of the drawbacks of on-the-job training can be low productivity while the employees develop their skills . Another drawback can be the errors made by the trainee while they learn Off-the-job training covers a number of techniques like classroom lectures , films , demonstrations , case studies , simulation exercises and programmed instructions

Employee development , by design , is more future oriented and more concerned with education...