Strategic issues for training

Abstract

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Minimum and preferred entry qualifications and training provision for North Australian workers

“…Whereas the overall total number of employers who provide training is quite high, the job categories that receive the most training after employment are managers/administrators – senior, middle and first levels and entry‐level clerical/ service workers. So as Pollit (1999) argues, organizations can up‐skill by buying skills and knowledge through external recruitment or they can build competences and knowledge by investing in the existing workforce. In the firms in this study, they have used both mechanisms in an effort to reduce the total cost of creating a skilled workforce.…”

“…Pollit (1999) maintains that organizations can up‐skill through several mechanisms. For example, to gain skills and competences, many firms may ‘borrow’ competences rather than develop them in‐house, most often by using consultants or short‐term contract labour.…”

Human resource development in a challenging financial environment: the case of a Greek bank

“…It is not only a means that will help banks overcome the skill and capability gap, in the short run, by keeping their force up to date and adaptable but is also a way of creating the necessary environment to further create the conditions for the establishment of a life-long learning organization (Pollitt 1999;Bushardt et al 1994). Although management education and training are important components in a developmental strategy, the ever-changing process where managers often learn through informal, unplanned experiences is also considerable.…”

Συμβολή Της Επιμόρφωσης Στην Επίτευξη Των Στόχων Στους Οργανισμούς Και Επιχειρήσεις

“…Οη ειιεληθέο ηξάπεδεο δίλνπλ πιένλ ηδηαίηεξε έκθαζε ζηε ζπλερή επηκφξθσζε ηνπ πξνζσπηθνχ ηνπο, ε νπνία απνξξέεη απφ ηηο αιιαγέο πνπ ζεκεηψλνληαη ζε γεληθφ επίπεδν φζν θαη απφ ην λέν δηεπξπκέλν ξφιν πνπ έρεη αλαιάβεη ζήκεξα ν ηξαπεδηθφο ππάιιεινο (Νηφβνινο, 1999). Οη ζπγρσλεχζεηο θαη ε δεκηνπξγία ηξαπεδηθψλ νκίισλ εληείλνπλ -φπσο είλαη θπζηθφηηο πξνζπάζεηεο ησλ ηξαπεδηθψλ νκίισλ γηα νκνγελνπνίεζε ηνπ πξνζσπηθνχ θαη αιιαγή θνπιηνχξαο (Pollitt, 1999, Fowler, 1993a, Heyes, 1991. Δπίζεο ε ρξήζε λέσλ ηερλνινγηψλ, ε δεκηνπξγία θαη ε ζπλερήο εηζαγσγή λέσλ πξντφλησλ αιιά θαη ε επέθηαζε ζε λέεο αγνξέο εληζρχνπλ ην ξφιν θαη ηελ αλαγθαηφηεηα ηεο ζπλερνχο επηκφξθσζεο (Σζηκνγηάλλε, 1999;Pollitt, 1999;Reeve, 1994).…”

“…Οη ζπγρσλεχζεηο θαη ε δεκηνπξγία ηξαπεδηθψλ νκίισλ εληείλνπλ -φπσο είλαη θπζηθφηηο πξνζπάζεηεο ησλ ηξαπεδηθψλ νκίισλ γηα νκνγελνπνίεζε ηνπ πξνζσπηθνχ θαη αιιαγή θνπιηνχξαο (Pollitt, 1999, Fowler, 1993a, Heyes, 1991. Δπίζεο ε ρξήζε λέσλ ηερλνινγηψλ, ε δεκηνπξγία θαη ε ζπλερήο εηζαγσγή λέσλ πξντφλησλ αιιά θαη ε επέθηαζε ζε λέεο αγνξέο εληζρχνπλ ην ξφιν θαη ηελ αλαγθαηφηεηα ηεο ζπλερνχο επηκφξθσζεο (Σζηκνγηάλλε, 1999;Pollitt, 1999;Reeve, 1994). πλνςίδνληαο ηα παξαπάλσ κπνξνχκε λα ζπκπεξάλνπκε φηη ν πειαηνθεληξηθφο πξνζαλαηνιηζκφ θαη ε αιιαγή ζηελ θνπιηνχξα, ε αλάγθε γηα θάιπςε θελψλ γλψζεο ιφγσ ησλ αιιαγψλ, ηα λέα πξνζφληα πνπ απαηηνχληαη θαη ν λένο ξφινο ησλ εξγαδνκέλσλ ζηελ ηξάπεδα αιιά θαη ε έκθαζε ζηελ ππνθίλεζε, ζηελ ηθαλνπνίεζε θαη δέζκεπζε ησλ εξγαδνκέλσλ είλαη νη θπξηφηεξνη παξάγνληεο πνπ ψζεζαλ ηηο ηξάπεδεο ζηε ζπλερή επηκφξθσζε ηνπ πξνζσπηθνχ ηνπο (Weaver, 1996;Kiriazidis and Tzanidakkis, 1994;Dick and Basu, 1994;Austrin, 1991).…”