Learning and development are essential for the effectiveness and efficiency of the firm and the employee in today's volatile business environment. Employees have the opportunity to be knowledgeable through learning. The primary goal of learning is to increase an organization's capacity to meet its short- and long-term objectives through enhancing its human resources. Learning and development have a significant role in improving an employee's performance (Majeed & Shakeel, 2017). Organizations require high and suitable levels of knowledge, competence, and ability. The business process adapts to acquire these necessities needs to be with the understanding of business strategic imperatives and aid in the accomplishment of its objectives. But for employees to develop and thrive, Organizations must also consider their personal needs. Learning and development are advantageous and create a fulfilling and desirable working environment (Armstrong, 2014).
The heart of the company is its
workforce. The performance of the organization's employees determines the
effectiveness of the establishment (Mwema
& Gachunga, 2014). A business's bottom line is impacted by employee
performance. Because of this, Management must understand the significance of
training and development's effect on employee performance and assessment.
Employee development helps the organization and people to achieve diverse goals
(Rodriguez and Walters , 2017).
Organizational learning and development help employees in decreasing their anxiety or stress encountered in the working environment (Elnaga & Imran, 2013 cited in Rodriguez and Walters , 2017). If the given tasks aren’t completed up to the standards established, the expectations won't be achieved, and staff may feel de-motivated to continue (Asim, 2013). Employees who are incapable of perform their duties to the expected standards may compelled to resign due to the de-motivation created by lack of contribution from their side to the organization. Employee learning and development is a tool that improves the skills necessary to accomplish a job. But it helps people to feel more confident with their performance as well. Improved competencies result in high efficiency and retention (Rodriguez and Walters , 2017)
Figure 01: Individual and organizational benefits of training and development programs.
source : (Jehanzeb & Bashir, 2013)
According to Jehanzeb & Bashir (2013) learning and development help individuals to learn soft, functional, and technical skills to carry out their duties. Employee job satisfaction improves because they feel it’s a part of individual progress. Staff members understand the significance of their job role and loyalty toward the organization increases. Employees commit more towards achieving the bottom line for the organization. Furthermore, employees start to actively seek out opportunities to learn novel abilities, take on a wide range of duties and responsibilities, and pursue further personal and professional growth. These impulses boost their self-assurance, self-worth, and satisfaction at work. Learning and development aid businesses to grow their market share, enhancement of the organizational performance and Improve Employee retention.
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Agree with learning and development are essential for the effectiveness and efficiency of an organization and its employees in today's volatile business environment. Nassazi (2013) states Training is planned and systematic activities which are focused on enhancing the level of skills, knowledge, and competency. According to Business Dictionary (training, n.d.), training is an “organized activity aimed at imparting information and/or instructions to improve the recipient's performance or to help his or her attain a required level of knowledge or skill.”
ReplyDeleteHi Indrajith, according to Harrison (2005) the phrase "training and development" is a frequently used term, especially in official publications. However, training is simply one method of development, and emphasizing it in this way risks giving it a harmful level of significance. It may imply that formal, planned learning activities are the only things that truly matter in a company or even a nation.
ReplyDeleteYes Shiran, Also According to Lee and Bruford (in Kurniawan, 2012) Human resource development has a vital role in efforts to direct, encourage, and motivate the improvement/ development of the capabilities and skills of employees who are implemented in their work to achieve the effectiveness of human resources in the organization."
ReplyDeleteI strongly agree with you isuri, according to Harbison (1993) Human resources are not capital, neither income nor material resources constitutes the ultimate basis for the wealth of a nation. Highly skilled human resources is a pre-requisite for overall economic and national development. Security of qualified personnel has impeded the economic growth and development.
ReplyDeleteInteresting article. Learning and development is an essential area foe the development of the organization as well as the employees. Levine and Alaina (2017) mentions that constantly providing training to employees in accordance with current technologies will not only assist upskill the personnel, but will also provide them with substantial talents that they can use to their regular job. With suitable training modules, one may encourage new workers to work harder and communicate more effectively.
ReplyDeleteThanks for your valuable comment Aruna, As mentioned by Odor (2018), technological innovation, process enhancement, and product improvement are outcomes of organizational learning. Organizational learning is thought to be the key to long-term organizational success and growth and will increase competitiveness. It has been proven that organizational learning and organizational instability both have a favorable association. So, the more the external environment of a business organization changes, the more organizational learning is required. Lack of organizational learning will result in stagnation and the inability of the company to adapt to environmental changes.
ReplyDeleteI agree with you Shiran; according to Falola,Osibanjo,Ojo(2014), Training is essential when considering the need for improvement and expansion in the job. However, organizations usually concentrate on job enlargement and enrichment to increase employees' morale, motivation and satisfaction. But the actual performance issue lies in employee training needs and development. Therefore, organizations should identify employees' training needs and design training programs to help them utilize their workforce to complete the organization's goal optimally.
ReplyDeleteI totally agree with you Asitha, as mentioned by Saadat & Saadat (2016), "The aim of learning is not only enhancing employee's knowledge and skills but also developing and growth of the organization and building flexible dynamic learning organization."
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