Training And Career Development Program for BRC

Name

Institutional affiliation

Training description

The training is intended: To inculcate the new employees to the organizational culture, To educate them on what is expected of them and the skills to

employ in order to achieve the company’s goals. To remind the existing employees and the new ones about the

company’s mission statement

Training objectives

By the end of the training session:

All the new employees should be familiar with the organizational

culture of the British Retail Consortium

The programmers and developers know the software provided for

their tasks

All the employees be aware of the British Retail Consortium

mission.

Training methods

Role play will be used to train the new employees.

Advantage

The new employees get involved in their roles as new members of the British

Retail Consortium

Disadvantage

They may fear to practice their roles under supervision

Training methods cont.. Videotape

Display the information

Advantage

Clearly display the mission statement of the company for all employees

Disadvantage

No evidence for the new employees in case they fail, compared to a written copy

where each of them would get a copy

Training methods cont.

Display the information concerning the mission statement for all the

employees to see and make notes concerning the British Retail Consortium

This training method would encourage the new employees to clearly

display the mission statement of the company.

No evidence for the new employees in case they fail, compared to a written

copy where each of them would get a copy

Training methods cont..

Paired discussion

The employees get into groups to share on the company culture

Advantage

The veteran employees train the new ones on the do’s and don'ts of the

company as they interact freely

Disadvantage

The employees might underestimate each other

Introduce the participants to the training session

Group the employees into groups according to their skill titles.

Familiarize employees with the mission statement of the company.

Content Description

Support materials

A workbook or brochure that contains:

The job (skill) title

When the skill is required

Who undertakes the job

Instructions for the job

End results

Estimated Time

Assembling to the venue- 2 hours

Introduction - 15minutes

Defining objectives- 15 minutes

Training methods- 2 hours

Content description- 10 minutes

Evaluation- during the working time of the employees after the training

Evaluation

Monitoring and evaluation.

Employees fill an evaluation form

Employer fill an evaluation form

Assess the implementation of the skills trained

Assess the importance of the training

Make correction

Effective Design

Describe the training purpose to create a positive perception to the

employees

Objectives enable both the trainer and the employee to what they ought to

attain at the end

Training method leads to gathering of the required material

Content description ensures employee participation and the materials

required

Effective Design continuation

Training method enables the BRC to make arrangements for the materials

required

Evaluation ensures what was trained is implemented

Career Progression

All the seven steps are of equal importance in the British Retail Consortium

All the steps depend on each other to make the training program successful.

The British Retail Consortium company would require to train the employees

frequently, and developing a training program would be of great importance in

the long-run survival of the company

 

References

Chan, J. F. (2010). Designing and developing training programs. San

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Combs, W. L., & Davis, B. M. (2010). Demystifying Technical Training:

Partnership, Strategy, and Execution. New York, NY: John Wiley &

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Valerio, A., Parton, B., & Robb, A. (2014). Entrepreneurship education

and training programs around the world: Dimensions for success.