Human Resource Management 15th Edition by Gary Dessler

Exercise 12

Make the Learning Meaningful Learners are more motivated to learn something that has meaning for them. Therefore:
1. At the start of training, provide a bird's-eye view of the material that you are going to present. For example, show why it's important, and provide an overview.
2. Use familiar examples.
3. Organize the information so you can present it logically, in meaningful units.
4. Use terms and concepts that are already familiar to trainees.
5. Use visual aids.
6. Create a perceived training need in trainees' minds. In one study, pilots who experienced pretraining, accident-related events subsequently learned more from an accident-reduction training program than did those experiencing fewer such events. Similarly, "before the training, managers need to sit down and talk with the trainee about why they are enrolled in the class, what they are expected to learn, and how they can use it on the job."
Explain how you would apply our "motivation points" in developing a lecture, say, on orientation and training.