What are the advantages of training to the individual and to the organisation?
Training is any process by which the aptitudes, skills and abilities of employees to perform specific jobs are increased. It is a process of learning new skills and application of knowledge possessed.
Following are the advantages of training to the individual:
- Better career opportunities: Improved skills and knowledge due to training leads to better careers for the individual.
- Earn more: Increased performance by the individual helps him to earn more.
- Less accident prone: Training makes the employee more efficient to handle machines, thus, less prone to accidents.
- Increase morale: Training increases the satisfaction and morale of employees.
Following are the advantages of training to the organisation:
- Less wastage: Training is a systematic learning, always better than hit and trial methods, which leads to wastage of efforts and money.
- Higher profit: It enhances employee productivity both in terms of quantity and quality and leading to higher profits.
- Managerial efficiency: Training helps the manager to handle the challenging situation effectively. And it also equips the future manager, who can take over in case of emergency.
- Reduced absenteeism: Training increases employee morale, reduces absenteeism and employee turnover.
- Effective response: It helps in obtaining effective response to a fast changing environment.
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