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

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