Discussion Topic: Chapter 7

Concept and Brief Description

Readiness for training requires a combination of employee characteristics and positive work environment that permits training. This means that the candidate must have the cognitive ability to learn the material or information, but managers needs to promote an environment that allows an employee to be open to being trained.

Emotional Hook

Imagine being hired for a position where no training, encouragement, or feedback was offered. You were simply expected to show up for work and learn the job by observation. This would be an environment where expectations are unclear and directionless. Lack of feedback would leave you uncertain as to whether or not you were performing the job as expected.

Key Points

Employee readiness characteristics: Includes cognitive ability to use written and spoken language, solve math problems, and use logic to solve problems.

Work Environment: the organization’s people encourage training, give trainees praise and encouraging words, expressing positive attitudes towards the training programs.

Facilitative Question

Would Pre-tests, Pre-training, Prep documents, and e-learning modules can help ensure readiness for training? Why?