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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. 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.

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Book category Knihy po anglicky Society & social sciences Education

• Full title: Applying Adult Learning Principles to Employee Training
• Author: Bruce McEwan
• Language: English
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 140
• EAN: 9783639086300
• ISBN: 3639086309
• ID: 06817797
• Publisher: VDM Verlag
• Weight: 195 g
• Dimensions: 229 × 152 × 8 mm
• Date of publishing: 06. November 2008

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