Discussion:
1: These are all good points Brhianna, management must have some type of feedback to see what their staff is thinking. How does the staff feel about the job they are doing and the opportunities that they may have before them. Meetings are good but only if you can really be honest without fear. Developing teams can be a good way to accomplish things and to have employees become apart of something that is beyond just a paycheck. It is a very competitive business environment. Companies must make profits and have to have the best employees while offering something more than just a job to keep and acquire the best talent, and maximize the ability of that talent once acquired while all along cutting cost. Not easy to do.
2: Roger,Often training needs are recognized when deficiencies exists. How can this be accomplished without tying these to deficiencies as much as development to take on more responsibility?
3: Dr. Woodlin,
In order to begin the design for a training module for someone in the automotive field I would first need to research the most important components of the automotive field. After research, I would pinpoint the main learning objectives. Since there are a significant number of different automobile manufacturers and designs, I would have to narrow the training down to basic fixes and diagnosis of common issues. For a field like automotive, videos would be a great start to the learning process but there will be a great need for a ton of hands on learning in order to ensure the employees are able to implement the training and knowledge that has been provided to them.
4: Good Point I like this as well. Another way I like is to have some type of interactive learning and role playing. Perhaps some type of computerized training program that is then reinforced with team activity and role playing. Then the employee can take what he or she has learned and transfer it to their particular job. I also believe there should be some time of reinforcement during this process to allow the employee to know how they are coming along, obviously positive reinforcement is the way to go but allowing the employee to learn at their own pace as we all have different thresholds.