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How Training and Development Impact on Employee Engagement.

An organization shall not only recruit the right person for the job. They have to keep them attracted and retain them in the organization. Therefore it is a responsibility of the organization to create such environment. Effective training and development enhance employee’s attitude and capabilities. The employee will positively contribute and engaged more in order to achieve the organization’s objectives while developing the personal knowledge (Lee a , Lee b and Wu, 2010) . A research conducted by Manuel (2014) indicates the relationship between training and development and employee engagement is strong. The employees feel valued and how important they are to the organization, when the individual is being trained. As a result the employees engage more with the organization (Manuel, 2014). It is important to understand about employee engagement. “Engagement happens when people are committed to their work and the organization and are motivated to achieve high levels of performance...
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Common Learning and Development Methods

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Common Learning and Development Methods Learning styles are influenced by factors such as individual experiences, different intelligence and personality factors such as preference for learning alone or in a group (Sreenidi and Helena, 2017) . Training programs have several learning objectives rather than focusing one particular area. So trainer will need to combine several training methods to integrate the whole training experience (Blanchard and Thaker 1999). Therefore organizations follow common training methods mentioned below; ·          Action Learning – A learning process and a tool which allows groups and individuals to learn while solving issues and implementing actions (Cho, 2013) . ·          Blended Learning- Is a mixed learning method combines traditional class room theory training with e-learning (Trapp, No date) . ·          Case studies- A n...
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Recognize and Incorporate Learning and Development in the Organization.

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Organizations use unique learning and development styles. Like as individuals, organizations do their learning with accordance to the current business environment through their choices (Kolb, Osland and Rubin, 1995) .   Therefore it is important to recognize the ideal learning method in the organization. Employer may assume that learning is only a matter of training that given to the employees to get the job done. But this assumption can be entirely inaccurate and may be risky when in facing the increasing competition in the market (Garvin, Edmondson and Gino, 2008) . Learning organizations shall be careful when creating such environment to use their own models and assumptions before they take actions (Schein 1992). In order to establish it, the trainer and the trainee should have a mutual understand when training is conducted. The access to the associated departments of his working environment should be given to the trainee. This connection is created by the trainer (Schein ...
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A Learning organization and key learning principles.

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In order to gain the correct benefit from training and development, a learning culture should be created within the company. Learning organizations are different to other organizations. The decision making is a collective and creative. “The motivation is vastly recognized of an employee   in a learning organization, as it is a fundamental asset of the employee, The shared vision and the commitment to that vision, they will motivate them self to learn” (Braham, 1995). Figure 01: what is a learning organization? Source: (Sprouts, 2017).  “The organization itself cannot be held responsible in creating a learning culture in the working environment. There is an equal responsibility of the employee too, of having an eager to gather knowledge on what he has been specialized or being responsible of executing the task given by the employer. But there is a difference of the weight of responsibility both the employer and employee holds” (Braham, 1995). (Braham, 1995) expl...
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