Kristi Dean

(Central Michigan University, Global Campus, MI 48037, USA)

 

 

Abstract: Is the business environment training their workforce to become leaner and more competitive? Organizations send their employees off site for training in applications that are not specific to the employees’ actual day to day operations. Often training of this type results in the employee not being able to apply what they have learned. Corporate training should think about shifting their paradigm from instructor led textbook training to personalized programs with employee centered training. Instead of sending the employee to an offsite location to be trained on widgets, bring the trainer on site and develop customized training material centered on the employee actual needs. Colleges and universities cannot keep up with the ever-changing advancements in technology or adapt their curriculum quickly enough to keep in line with the needs of the students. Consequently employees struggle with understanding how to apply what they have learned to complete daily work projects. How will the employee be able to apply the training into functional work processes?

 

 

Key words: training, customized training programs, employee centered training, education, business

technology

 

JEL code: I25, A2