Learning and Development

Learning and Development

Introduction

The field of human resource development has enthused from being a completely traditional field to now becoming an innovative field in the context of professional environment. With the focus of several organizations towards the aspect of core competency, productivity, achievement of high standards of living, and the need for organizations to recruit most talented set of employees. In order to achieve the goal of successfully recruiting most talented set of employees, numerous organizations are now looking to implement the contemporary essence of human resource development. Without the implementation of human resource development, it would be largely impossible for organizations to fulfil their human resource needs.

The professional world is transforming to a great extent with the various inadequacies and changing market trends. Many organizations have now incorporated the aspect of contemporary human resource development as a way to diversify their operations. With the emergence of recession and other economic calamities, the field of human resource development has significantly changes its stance. The 4 pertinent factors involved in contemporary human resource development are integrity, quality, flexibility or adaptability and commitment.

Discussion

The changing nature of economic conditions has significantly transformed the nature of human resource development as many organizations look to adopt the intricacies of contemporary human resource management. Traditional practices are now being shunned by many organizations in the case of human resource development as they have been largely ineffective in the context of operational efficiency for organizations. The economic conditions and the implications arising out of recession have greatly increased the uncertainty for organizations and thus it is now becoming imperative that they incorporate the essence of contemporary human resource development (Armstrong, 2003).

Another area that has shaped the rapid changes in the context of human resource development have been rising levels of unemployment, very high labour costs, lack of appropriate investment towards improvement of employee's skills and the rising implementation of new and innovative technologies. All such factors have led towards several changes in the field of human resource, and are even expected to change in the future.

A combination of these factors has greatly shaped the transformation of the contemporary human resource development mechanism. Most of the contemporary organizations have failed to great extent in enhancing their core competency through the implementation of traditional human resource practices. As a result, the demand for contemporary human resource development has risen to a great extent.

Considering the case, the employees are being given off the job training to meet the requirements of their job, and so that they could work at the optimum level of efficiency. The five week training helps in assuring the skills to meet the technical requirements of the processes. The main purpose of this training is to enhance the accent, and get aware of the organizational culture which is immense importance for the employees. This would further allow them to adjust and accept in the organizational culture, and to understand the norms and values at the firm. The employees are provided technical training and ...