Exam 7: Training and Development

E-learning tends to be efficient and cost effective because it allows a firm to bring the training to employees.

Apprenticeship programs originated in

By some estimates __________ of employee learning occurs via on the job training.

The goal of training is to contribute to an organization's overall strategic goals.

Lako Systems studied the performance of 15 line workers who attended a training program and compared their performance with a control group of 15 workers who received OTJ training. The purpose of this comparison is to evaluate the training program on the criterion of

Management at Lako Systems has called for an overhaul of the training program. It has created a task force to study the environment, strategies, and resources the firm faces in order to determine what training should be emphasized. This task force is conducting an organization analysis.

As Ralph takes on new tasks, his manager provides a continuing flow of instructions, comments, and suggestions to him. They are engaging in what type of on-the-job training?

Explain the PROPER method of on-the-job training.

Encouragement is most effective when it is given after a long period of time after a trainee successfully accomplishes a certain task so that the employee knows that management has not forgotten his/her contributions.

A football coach has the team watch game tapes to see their errors, and then follows that up with instructions on how to correct them. This is an example of a case study.

Trainees should not practice their job tasks until after the training program is complete.

Sam learns best through pictures, diagrams, and demonstrations. Sam is a visual learner.

Although on-the-job training is the most common means of facilitating learning at the workplace, it is sometimes poorly implemented.

Performance-centered objectives might include all of the following phrases EXCEPT