Training

Training can be defined as the process of providing opportunities for workers to acquire employment-related skills and knowledge

Induction training

It is training aimed at introducing new employees to the organization. Such as training programme may require a new recruit to:

Meet key personnel, such as the employee´s line manager and departmental team members

Tour the premises including the recruit’s main work space or area

Induction training

Learn about their new job role and other relevant duties and procedures

Look at the company policies and practices, such as the health and safety policy and fire evacuation procedure of the firm

On-the-job-training

It refers to training carried out whilst at the workplace. For example: the training can be delivered by a head of departmenrt or other specialist

Off-the-job-trainming

It refers to training carried out off-site, such as at a tertiary college or hotel conference room

Dismisal and redundancy

Dismissal: means the termination of a worker’s employment due to incompetence (unsatisfactory perfomance)

Incompetence : The employee may lack ability, qualifictions

Misconduct: The employee may exhibit unacceptable behabiour, such as being constantly late for work

Gross misconduct: Bad behaviour

Dismisal and redundancy

Redundancy: occurs when the employer can no longer afford to employ the worker or when the job ceases to exist. For example: many retail workers are hired temporaly during the busy trading period prior to Christmas but after laid-off (made redundant).

Voluntary and Compulsory redundancy

Changing employment patterns and practices In modern societes, there have been

a number of observable changes in employment patterns and work practices, such as the increase in the number of people working from home

Flexible work structures

Handy´s theory of the shamrock organization suggest that business will increasingly use fewer core staff in order to improve their flexibility, For example; forms are increasing , using consultants and outsourcing projects

Flexible working patterns will have many consequences for workforce planning, recruitment and training, including:

Organizational restructuring

Flexible work structures

Changing recruitment practices; firms shift to hiring more flexible workers

Retention of core staff: key employees of an organization will need to be recruited for their outstanding skills and experience

Training: forms will be less likely to invest in training, except for the core staff. However, there will be preassures for staff to be constantly updating their skills

Flexible work structures

Teleworking: refers to working away from the employers or customers by using electronic forms of communication, such as telephone, fax and email. It has come popular in the USA, CANADA; UK etc.

Home working is the category of teleworking which refers to people actually working from their own home

Homework

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