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Article: Training methods and programs.
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- Supervision
- Article date:
- January 1, 2000
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In the early years of an organization or company, training and developing people is carried out almost exclusively on the job. There is no training staff, When new people are hired, their immediate supervisors are required to train them in whatever skills they need on the job. In some organizations, this situation continues even as they grow much larger.
Yet, most companies of any size eventually reach the point where management recognizes it would be an economical move to provide a staff to help line managers train and develop their people. The limitations of on-the-job training are apparent when a company is growing rapidly or turnover is high; most line ...