TRAINING DESIGN PROCESS STEP 2 (EMPLOYEE READINESS FOR TRAINING)

READINESS FOR TRAINING

• Employees have personal characteristics (ability, attitude,belief and motivation) necessary to learn program content and apply to the job.
• Motivation to learn is the desire of the trainee to learn the content of training program.
• Self efficacy is the employees belief that they can successfully learn the training program.

Managers can increase self efficacy of employees by

• Let employees know that the purpose of training is to increase performance rather than identifying the areas that employees are incompetent.
• Creating knowledge about the purpose of training program.
• Showing employees the training success of peers who were in the similar program.
• Providing employees with feedback that learning is under their control and they have ability to responsibility to overcome the difficulties through the experience in the program.