Management Training Methods



Management Training Methods

Introduction

In the corporate world, training of employees plays an essential role in improving the performance of employees. The major training methods used by the organizations aim at acquiring knowledge, sharpening the skills and improving the attitudes and behaviors of employees. Various cognitive and behavioral training methods can be used by trainers to boost up the performance of employees. It is important for the trainers to decide the training methods, depending on the organization culture and skill level of the employees.

Cognitive Training Methods

These methods mostly involve the theoretical training provided to the employees. During the training sessions, the employees are provided with the instructions on how to do something. These instructions may be verbal or written. Various concepts and the relationship between concepts are explained to the employees. The common training methods that belong from this category include:

Lectures and Demonstrations

Discussions

Computer based training

Virtual Reality

Intelligent Tutorial Systems

Lectures and demonstrations have been the oldest methods used for providing quality trainings to the employees. The lecture creates the understanding of particular topic, or influences the behavior of the employees effectively (Ivancevich and Konopaske, 2012). Training is often considered as incomplete, without including lecture part in the training program. For example, the trainer starts the training session by (lecture) discussing that what are the goals and objectives of training, or what methods would be used during the training program.

Demonstrations refer to the methods which the trainer uses in order to make the trainees visualize that how to do something. When the demonstrations and lecture methods are used along with each other, the training session becomes more effective. In order to conduct an effective demonstration, trainer should split the goals and tasks into smaller modules; this will help to make the training session organized.

Discussions enhance the learning of the trainees ...