Week 3 Discussion

Training and Developing Employees

A lot of work has gone into interviewing and carefully selecting employees for a new start, career, or as human resource management (HRM) call it, “onboarding”. Those who you think are wonderful and ideal selections to join your team do not guarantee that they will perform effectively. The key to success is having a proper orientation/onboarding training and development.

Employee Orientation

A psychological contract in the onset, human resource (HR) managers need to display caring and compassion, along with providing the (honest) information (employee handbook) to springboard the candidates to the culture and philosophy of the organization. If a company has had issues in the past, such as downsizing, cultural/diversity issues, lack of vision/focus, etc., it should be explained. A good orientation process is the best medicine.

Various Orientation Training Options

There are several excellent processes for orientation training. Research some of these to gain a better understanding and opinion. The key to the success of training is to select the appropriate training mechanisms related to the job being trained, in order to assess and validate the training analysis and employee’s job performance success. This leads to succession planning.

Know the Law

HR managers should understand the legal implications of their training-related decisions. With respect to discrimination, Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 and related legislation require that the employer avoids discriminatory actions in all aspects of its HRM process, and that applies to selecting which employees to train.

In my experience, when an employer fails to train adequately and an employee subsequently does harm to third parties, the court will �nd the employer liable. Among other things, the employer should con�rm the applicant/employee’s claims of skill and experience, provide adequate training (particularly where employees work with dangerous equipment), and evaluate the training to ensure that it is actually reducing risks.

Links to Resources

From the South University Online Library, review the following links.

An Evaluation of a Fault-�nding Training Course for Re�nery Process Operators  

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Who Is at Fault When Employees Don't Care, Asks Harrison Monarth  

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Employer Liability for Non-employee Discrimination  

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Wisconsin Supreme Court Finds Attorney Is Liable to Third Parties for Tort  

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Additional Materials

From your course textbook, Human Resource Management, review the following chapter:

Training and Developing Employees

From the South University Online Library, review the following articles:

Developing Employees: Why Talented People Don’t Use Their Strengths (https://www.thecampuscommon.com/library/ezproxy/ticketdemocs.asp? sch=suo&turl=http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx? direct=true&db=bth&AN=129857249&site=eds-live)

Developing Employee Skills in Challenging Times (https://www.thecampuscommon.com/library/ezproxy/ticketdemocs.asp? sch=suo&turl=http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx? direct=true&db=bth&AN=123389545&site=eds-live)

Why Is Organizing Human Resource Development so Problematic? (https://www.thecampuscommon.com/library/ezproxy/ticketdemocs.asp? sch=suo&turl=http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx? direct=true&db=edb&AN=124739436&site=eds-live)

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