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Unit 8: Training Methods

Notes
Table 8.1: Merits and Demerits of On the Job Training
Merits Demerits
1. Trainee learn fast through practice and 1. The trainee should be as good as a
observation trainer
2. It is economical 2. The trainee while learning may damage
equipment waste material and causes
accidents.
3. Trainee gains confidence quickly as he does 3. Experienced workers cannot use
the work himself in actual setting with help machinery while it is being used for
from supervisor. trainee.
4. It is most suitable for unskilled and semi
skilled jobs were the job operation are
simple and easy.

8.3.2 Job Rotation

For the executive, job rotation takes on different perspectives. The executive is usually not
simply going to another department.

Example: In some vertically integrated organisations, where the supplier is actually
part of same organisation or subsidiary, job rotation might be to the supplier to see how the
business operates from the supplier point of view.
Learning how the organisation is perceived from the outside broadens the executive’s outlook
on the process of the organisation. Or the rotation might be to a foreign office to provide a
global perspective.
For managers being developed for executive roles, rotation to different functions in the company
is regular carried out.

This approach allows the manger to operate in diverse roles and understand the different issues
that crop up. If someone is to be a corporate leader, they must have this type of training. A recent
study indicated that the single most significant factor that leads to leader’s achievement was the
variety of experiences in different departments, business units, cities, and countries.

An organized and helpful way to develop talent for the management or executive level of the
organisation is job rotation. It is the process of preparing employees at a lower level to replace
someone at the next higher level. It is generally done for the designations that are crucial for the
effective and efficient functioning of the organisation.

Benefits of Job Rotation

Some of the major benefits of job rotation are:
 It provides the employees with opportunities to broaden the horizon of knowledge,
skills, and abilities by working in different departments, business units, functions, and
countries.

 Identification of Knowledge, skills, and attitudes (KSAs) required.
 It determines the areas where improvement is required.
 Assessment of the employees who have the potential and calibre for filling the position.

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