Exam 7: Learning and Development

Readiness depends on whether employees are willing to ______ what's being taught in a training program.

______ training is generally very good for consistently transferring knowledge about a topic to many people.

After training,reaction evaluations measure how the individual responds to the actual training process.

Lupita is teaching employees how to use the company's new software needed for their jobs.The knowledge,skills,and abilities they are learning will help them succeed in their work.Lupita is providing ______ to employees.

How can an organization measure the success of training?

Training is the process of teaching employees the skills necessary to perform a job.

Social learning is also called ______ learning.

Acme Global provides its employees with performance appraisals.Twice a year,each employee sits down with the employee's supervisor for feedback and goal setting.Acme Global is developing its employees through ______.

After training,______ evaluations measure how the individual responds to the actual training process.

When Laura started working in the accounting department,she felt like her boss hovered over her all day and constantly double checked her work.As a result,Laura made sure she always did her work exactly as her boss would like and that she double checked everything so her boss would find no errors.Eventually,she found that her boss stopped hovering and double checking her work.What Laura experienced was ______.

In business,learning is any relatively permanent change in behavior that occurs as a result of experience or practice.

______ is the individually perceived sequence of attitudes and behaviors associated with work-related experiences and activities over the span of the person's life.

______ is the process of introducing new employees to the organization and their jobs.

Describe each level in the four-level evaluation method of training: reaction,learning,behaviors,and results.

On-the-job training is a training method that simulates a real-life situation to teach students what actions to take in the event that they encounter a similar situation on the job.

Jenna is looking for a method of training her employees that will allow them to learn at their own pace and will not disrupt the work environment.Jenna's best choice of training method would be ______ training.

The definition of the term career relies heavily on the ______ of the person who is making the judgment concerning success or failure of the career.

______ is ongoing education to improve knowledge and skills for present and future jobs.

After training,Dinesh completed an assessment form that asked him to rate several statements such as "This training was effective" and "I feel competent in the skills covered in this training." Anthony rated each statement on a scale of strongly disagree to strongly agree.Dinesh completed a ______ assessment of training.

______ occurs when an individual feels unchallenged in their current job and has little or no chance of advancement.