HR Training and development methods

where it takes time for results to show up back on the job. One also does not know how long the impact will last.

Basic background information is provided. The history of the organization, culture and the basics of various HR subjects are covered.

• Employee Orientation (Onboarding)

• Job Instruction

• Coaching (Understudy Method)

• Informal Learning (The Buddy System)

The aim is to make the employee feel welcome, provide a general understanding of the organization, and start to socialize them with regard to the policies and procedures (how one should act)

• Mentoring

• Employee Orientation (Onboarding)

• Coaching

• Job Instruction

The trainer explains the job in its proper sequence and demonstrates how it should be done. The trainee tries to replicate the methods, and receives feedback from the trainer.

• Coaching

• Apprenticeship

• Job Instruction

• Employee Orientation (Onboarding)

On a day-to-day basis the manager notes what the employee is doing properly and improperly. The trainer should provide advice on how the trainee can do his/her job more easily and effectively.

• Coaching (Understudy Method)

• Project Teams

• Mentoring

• Apprenticeship

Employees learn much from peers. Surveys have found as much as 80% of what employees learn on the job, they learn informally

• Informal Learning (The Buddy System)

• Mentoring

• Project Teams

• Coaching

A temporary team, often consisting of people from different areas or functions, that works on real projects

• Coaching (Understudy Method)

• Informal Learning (The Buddy System)

• Project Teams (Action Learning)

• Apprenticeship

(The Buddy System)

• Coaching

• Apprenticeship

• Mentoring

• Informal Learning

(Understudy Method)

• Informal Learning

• Project Teams

• Coaching

• Case Studies

A figure who is often 8 to 15 years older, and 2 or 3 levels above provides career advice, hints on how to tackle problems, and demonstrates interpersonal/political skills by example.

• Apprenticeship

• Coaching

• Mentoring

• In-basket Exercises