Training and development program for Bank of America NT and SA, Manila branch

This paper establishes a Training and Development Program for the Bank of America NT & SA, Manila Branch to prepare prospective officers for the assumption of executive responsibilities. For the purpose of accomplishing this paper, the following methods were employed: 1. Personal interviews conducted among training officers of various commercial banks to determine the frequency of training/development activities/programs and the policies related thereto. 2. An attitude and morale survey conducted among employees of the Bank of America personal interviews among officers and selected employees. 3. Secondary sources of information such as books and other relevant publications. Target population are those belonging to the highest grade level of the non-official staff, namely the Grade 6 employees of the Bank. Employees in the lower levels may also be considered depending on the need and availability of potential employees. The proposed Management Development Program is basically a set of planned and controlled experiences aimed at developing latent potential abilities so that they may be released for the mutual benefit of the employee and the Bank. This proposal is composed of phases/stages, each accompanied by a specific training plan. The conclusion of the paper stated that as the Bank of America ventures into a new time dimension, it encounters a need to overcome the inertia of the past and the weight of the status quo. The pulse of the future is already present. What it is now and what it is going to be still depends, to a large extent, on the quality of its managerial staff. It is this quality more than anything else that defines the extent of its corporate capabilities. For whatever an organization does, how well it performs, and the results that it achieves, depend upon the adequacy of its management. The strength of any organization is no better than the performance of its human resources, their ability to work together as a team, their attitude and their skills, and in directing and motivating the kind o