The Trainees

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The Trainees

• Good, Bad, and Ugly

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Key Concepts

• Trainee differences trainees vary in ability
  and disposition to learn
• Consultation determine through consultation
  need for training with trainees and develop
  motivation for training
• Selection select trainees carefully taking into
  consideration levels of ability

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Key Concepts

• Interaction with trainees develop a style that
  fits the trainees and the training objectives
• Cliques and pressure groups informal groups
  will emerge. Trainers need to work with groups
  positively
• Follow-up assist with on-the-job application of
  training

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Trainees

• Good motivated and have ability to acquire new
  knowledge or skill
• Bad motivated but do not have the ability
• Ugly uninterested and may be antagonistic
  toward training

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Before the Training Program

• Consulting Devote training to real need
• Selecting Five factors
• Supervisors attitude
• Employees ability
• Employees level of motivation
• Employees need for training
• Employees opportunity to apply learning

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Answers to Questions

• What happens if answers to items 2, 3, or 4 are
  negative?
• What happens if answers to items 1 or 5 are
  negative?

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Sources of Useful Information

• Personal Contact
• Job Knowledge
• Performance Records
• Training Records
• Work Sample or Standardized Ability Tests

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Before the Training Program (cont.)

• A Decision
• Preprogram Contact
• Invitations to attend
• Administrative details
• Preprogram study requirements
• Develop training programs that are enjoyable and
  practical with elements of challenge. Develop
  reputation of good training so employees will
  want.

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During the Training Program

• Problem Interacting with Trainees
• know trainees, adapt training to suit them
• Problem Different Levels of Ability
• individualize where possible
• challenge advanced, adapt to average trainee,
  provide less difficult experience for novice.
• Problem Coping with Cliques and Pressure Groups

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During the Training Program

• Problem What to Do with Trainees Thrust Upon
  You
• Supervisors force trainees to be trained without
  motivation or needs analysis
• Solutions Maintain close relations with
  supervisors, individuals where appropriate,
  counsel negative employees into other options.

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After the Training Program

• Single most important factor in the whole
  learning process is the LEARNER.
• Follow-up activities to assist the transfer of
  training to on-the -job applications

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Summary

• Trainees are the most important factor in
  training.
• Three types of trainees good, bad, and ugly
• Before training activities
• During training activities
• After training activities