Personnel Psychology in the Workplace

Developing a training program can lead to better business efficiencies and lower operating cost, or it can lead to no measurable gains and a high level of development and implementation cost. Organizations increasingly are recognizing that formal training is critical not only to the success of the organization and its the employees, but also to the company’s competitive position in the marketplace. Evaluating the organization’s training needs is the first step in the process of developing an effective training program. If training is required, the ability to implement a successful knowledge or skill transfer is tied to the benefits that training can provide to the organization in the short-term and the long-term and the total cost of implementation. The training function must focus on producing sustainable competitive advantages by strategically aligning the training needs to address the overall business goals of the organization