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Amit Kumar Sharma, Lovely Professional University Unit 1: Introduction to Training and Development

Unit 1: Introduction to Training and Development Notes

CONTENTS
Objectives
Introduction

1.1 Training – Meaning and Scope
1.2 Objectives and Beneficiaries of Training
1.2.1 Beneficiaries of Training

1.3 Snapshot of Training Practices
1.3.1 Stakeholders in Training and Development
1.3.2 Role of Trainee in Transfer of Training
1.4 Problems and Future Trends in Training
1.5 Summary

1.6 Keywords
1.7 Review Questions
1.8 Further Readings

Objectives

After studying this unit, you will be able to:
 Recognize the meaning and scope of training
 Describe the forces influencing working and learning
 Explain aspects about training practices

 Discuss the problems and future trends in training

Introduction

India is passing through convulsive changes due to advancement in science and technology but,
at the same time, over 1,100 million people of this country are caught in the twilight zone of
development and under-development. Despite the fact of viewing human resource as an asset,
there is a gloomy side to this issue. An element which has surfaced in the warning signal of the
World Bank as related to India is that by the turn of this century, India has nearly three-fourths
of the world’s illiterate population. On one side we have an abundance of human resource, the
brain trust of a nation, and on the other side, we are in a state of emergency to convert the human
recycling of human resource through formal, informal and non-formal education involving
training and retraining.

1.1 Training – Meaning and Scope

Training is an organised procedure which brings about a semi-permanent change in behaviour,
for a definite purpose. The three main areas involved are skills, knowledge and attitudes
(sometimes called social skills) but always with a definite purpose in mind. It differs from

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