Employees training and development programs are essential to organizations and/or staffs; it is the method through which new entrants are oriented and nurtured. To old staffs, it assist them learn new personal and organizational skills that leads to increased productivity and employees satisfaction.
When staffs are motivated and satisfied, the rate of staff turnover is reduced; moreover, supervisors have lesser task since their subordinates are skills and knowledge required to undertake their tasks, the net effects are increased profits.
Training nurture talents, invention, and innovativeness among employees; it creates an environment of “thinking outside the box” where new approaches and strategies are learnt.
Organizations that embark and invest in continuous staffs training programs, have knowledgeable staffs who adjust fast to business cycle changes; with fast adjustment, a company is able to take advantage of business opportunities and litigate against any loss form business trend changes.
When skills have been adopted, an organization becomes competitive as it has knowledgeable employees who can produce goods and services more effective than the rate produced by their competitors. With such moves, an organization is able to fill efficiency gaps created by the system (Jackson & Mathis, 2007).
Reference
Jackson, J. & Mathis, R.(2007). Human Resource Management. New York: Cengage Learning.