TRAINING AND DEVELOPMENT

“Training is a short term process utilizing a systematic and organized procedure which non-managerial personnel learn technical knowledge and skills for a predetermined objective. Development is a long-haul educational process utilizing a systematic and organized procedure by which managerial personnel learn conceptual and theoretical knowledge for general purpose.”

Training applies primarily to operative employees in the organization such as pri -production, clerical, and maintenance workers who do not supervise the activities of others. Training refers only to instruction in technical and mechanical operations, while “development” refers to philosophical and theoretical educational ideas and concepts. Training is intended for non-managers, while development focuses managerial personnel. Campbell remarked, training courses are typically designed for a short-term, predetermined purpose, while development involves a broader education for long-term purposes” Training and development different in four major ways:1. What is learned, 2. Who is learning, 3. Why such learning takes place, 4. When learning occurs