“Some learning opportunities are designed and delivered to improve skills and abilities of employees, whereas some others are designed to help in the growth of the individuals in all respects”. Identify and explain the two concepts explained above.
(i) ‘Some learning opportunities are designed and delivered to improve skills and abilities of employees’. — This statement is related with Training.
Training: It refers to a process designed to maintain and improve current job performance. Under it, an effort is made to make an employee expert at doing a particular job.
(ii) ‘Some others are designed to help in the growth of individuals in all respects’. — This statement is related with Development.
Development: It refers to a process designed to develop skills necessary for future work activities. Under it, an effort is made to make the employee expert in all fields.