Training, Development and Careers in Global Context

  Introduction Government sector undertakings can be explained as the organization which provides public services and ownership belongs to the government. In Sri Lanka, Ministries, departments, corporations, courts, and many more can be considered public sector organizations. Training and development in the government sector can be defined as a process of improving skills, knowledge, and attitudes in government employees for the purpose of increasing the effectiveness of their current position and preparing them for future positions. Training & development is very important in both the private and the public sector equally to gain competitive advantage, high profitability, growth of the organization as well as employee retention and satisfaction. Importance of Training & Development in the Public Sector Undertakings Most government organizations do not have a profit motive and few have a profit motive and they face a high competition between private sectors. They prov...

  Introduction Continuous Professional Development is an ongoing process of improving, maintaining, and documenting the skills of professionals such as doctors, engineers, teachers, accountants, nurses, lawyers, HR, Marketing, and IT professionals (SkillsYouNeed, 2017). Further, CPD can be explained as a process of tracing and recording the skills, knowledge, and experience those professionals obtain both formally and informally as they work, beyond their basic training (Johnstone, 2019). Some professions are required to formally complete their CPD and record it on an annual basis when renewing their membership from a professional body or taking a license to perform in the field. In other areas, CPD is considered informal and professionals themselves are committed to learning and improving their skills in a professional capacity. Importance of CPD The world is changing every day, especially in economy, society, knowledge, and technology. To face these challenges, professi...

  Introduction Covid 19 pandemic is the most significant health issue faced by the world during this century (International Labour Organization, 2021). Covid 19 pandemic due to coronavirus has begun in early 2020 and badly impacted basically economy and society including health services, the economy, the education, employment, agriculture, tourism, training and development, and every sector. The government has declared a curfew, lockdowns, and other rules and regulations to avoid the high spread of the coronavirus and the high mortality rate. Because of this, style of the life and employment have drastically changed. The implication of COVID 19 to Employment The COVID-19 pandemic has affected economies and societies all around the world and affected a fall in economic activities, lost working hours and employment income, and an increase in unemployment and underemployment (International Labour Organization, 2021). Further due to the continuous lockdowns and social distance regu...

  Introduction In the recent past, the nature of the jobs has changed significantly due to the rapid change in the business environment and competitive international market. Therefore, the survival of the job depends not only because of the technical knowledge but also to have a few soft skills to understand business objectives and adapt to existing resources (Satpathy and Patnaik, 2014). Organizations require to have more soft skills in employees like interpersonal skills, project management skills, time management skills, leadership skills, and many more. Employees are the key success factor in any organization. They are mainly responsible for customer feedback, customer satisfaction, quality of products and services and thus maintaining the brand image of the company, utilizing other resources efficiently and effectively, etc. Training and development play a significant role in improving the technical and soft skills of the employees. Outbound training (OBT) is one method ...

  Training can be defined as improving the employees’ skills and abilities to full fill current requirements of the job. It will help employees to do their current jobs most efficient and effective manner (Lynton and Pareek, 2011). Development can be defined as improving the abilities and skills of employees for future job opportunities or carrier enhancement.   This will help employees to take promotions or improve themselves to the next level of the organization (Lynton and Pareek 2011). Training and development have a significant impact to organizational culture. All of the training and development programmes should be planned with the cultural objectives of the organization are also kept in mind (Chris, 2019) What is organizational culture? Organizational culture is the collection of values, expectations, and practices that help to guide and inform the actions of all the team members. Culture is created through constant and reliable behaviour of the workers and it is r...