Applying Adult Learning Principles to Employee Training: The Employees Perspective of Effectiveness - Softcover

McEwan, Bruce

Softcover

ISBN 10: 3639086309 ISBN 13: 9783639086300

Verlag: VDM Verlag Dr. Müller, 2008

Inhaltsangabe

The purpose of training employees is to increase
their knowledge and improve productivity. It is in
the best interest of both employees and employers to
make the training process as effective as possible.
This study applied the principles of Knowles s
Andragogical Theory to the employee training in the
company studied and identified those principles that
were most effective in improving the training
results from the employees perspective. The
principles of the Andragogical Theory are (1) adults
are motivated to learn as they experience needs and
interests that learning will satisfy , (2) adults
orientation to learning is life-centered, (3)
experience is the richest resource for adult
learning, (4) adults have a deep need to be self-
directing, and (5) individual differences among
people increase with age.
All companies have some form of employee training,
so the results of this study are applicable to any
company interested in improving the effectiveness of
employee training. Leaders of organizations, as well
as trainers, should be able to make use of what this
study has to offer.

Details zur Ausgabe

• Verlag: VDM Verlag Dr. Müller
• Erscheinungsdatum: 2008
• Sprache: Englisch
• ISBN 10: 3639086309
• ISBN 13: 9783639086300
• Einband: Taschenbuch
• Anzahl der Seiten: 140
• Kontakt zum Hersteller: Nicht verfügbar
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