Strategic Training and Development

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Employees in the organization played a vital role to achieve organizational goals and objectives. Hence strategic training and development (ST&D) are helped to enhance the skill and knowledge of the workers in order to achieve the desired goals and objectives of the organization.

As per (Walton.J, 1999) Strategic learning and development is introducing, eliminating, modifying, directing, and guiding processes in such how that each one individuals and teams are equipped with the abilities, knowledge, and competences they require to undertake current and future tasks required by the organization.

 Most of the famous companies in the world have enjoyed the benefits of strategic training and development and they played high attention to it. As per the corporate communication manager at Amazan.com, they have been trained employees to take ownership of products and services that impact all customers. It has helped them pioneer a career at Amazon and for the facility provided an intensive, month-long training and leadership program before to hire facility prepays 95% of tuition for workers at fulfillment centers to take courses in in-demand fields (Thottam.I, 2020).
Source: (Gregg Learning, 2019) YouTube

ST&D practiced by Sri Lankan companies as well. Maga committed to providing opportunities for continuous learning, career progression, and personal growth for all employees in the company. Several formal and informal learning opportunities including both on-the-job and off-site training are provided by the facility (Maga, 2015).

Completive workforce, Improved company performance, Better workforce collaboration, Higher Employee Morale, Reduced Turnover and Absenteeism, are some of the benefits of the ST&D enjoyed by the facility (Donohoe.A, 2019).

Following are ST&D process with an example of one of the auditing company in Sri Lanka.


Source: Developed by author. 

Companies in the world enjoying massive benefits via ST&D and any company in the world are able to enjoy these benefits by aligning their training and development strategy with company strategies. In Sri Lanka, there are some private companies such as PricewaterhouseCoopers Academy (PWC) are available to help all kinds of companies in the country to help develop own strategic training and development plans in order to achieve their company's goals and objectives.  

References


Donohoe.A, 2019. Bizfluent. [Online]
Available at: https://bizfluent.com/list-6660004-benefits-strategic-training-development-.html
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Gregg Learning, 2019. YouTube. [Online]
Available at: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xOQukvibkYU
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Maga, 2015. Maga. [Online]
Available at: https://www.maga.lk/people/training-development/
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Thottam.I, 2020. Monster. [Online]
Available at: https://www.monster.com/career-advice/article/companies-with-awesome-training-development-programs
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Walton.J, 1999. In: Strategic human resource development. Harlow: Prentice-Hall.


Comments

  1. Nirman EkanayakeMay 8, 2020 at 9:33 PM

    Hi Thilina,
    Appreciate your topic and the article, all organizations having the training and developments but it should be qualitative , if can measure the stranded of the training development programme organization can improve the stranded like amazon does , I have seen a challenge as existing budget for standard training and development

    ReplyDelete

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