Six Types of Training and Development Techniques

1. On-the-job training and lectures

The two most common types of training on-the-job training and lectures, though little research indicates the effectiveness of either. Normally it is impossible to teach someone what they need to know in a place outside the workplace. Thus, on-the-job training is often a complement to other forms of training, eg, classroom, or off-site training, but on-the-job training is often the only form of training. It is usuallyinformally, which unfortunately means that the coach does not concentrate on training as much as they should, and the coach can not have a well-formulated picture of what the novice needs to learn.

On-the-job training is not successful, by avoiding to develop a training program, but can also be an effective part of a well coordinated training program.

The lectures are used because of their low cost and its capacity to reach many people. Lectures, the one-way --Communication as an interactive learning declined to have criticized much as a training device.

2. Programmed Instruction (PI)

These devices cause a systematic information to the learner and a response that they use to promote appropriate responses reinforcement principles. When PI was originally developed in the 1950s, believed to be useful only for basic subjects. Today, the method used for qualification as diverse as air traffic control, blueprint reading,and the analysis of tax returns.

3. Computer-Assisted Instruction (CAI)

With CAI, students can learn at their own pace, as in PI. Because the students interact with the computer, it is believed by many to device a more dynamic learning. Educational alternatives can be quickly selected to match the abilities of the students, as well as performance will be monitored continuously. As the teaching goes, the data is collected for monitoring and improving performance.

4.Audiovisual equipment

Both television and films to broaden the range of skills that can be taught and the way information can be displayed. Many systems have electronic boards and slide projection equipment. The combined use of techniques, audio-visual systems such as closed circuit television and telephones, has produced a new term for this type of training, tele-training. The feature of "Sesame Street" shows the development and evaluation of a favorite TVProgram of the children as a training device.

5. Simulations

Training simulations to replicate the essential features of the real world that are necessary to create learning and the transfer of new knowledge and skills to apply settings. Both machines and other types of simulators available. Machine simulators often have a significant degree. physical fidelity, which means putting it in the real world of operational equipment. The main purpose ofHowever, the psychological fidelity simulation is to produce, that is, in the training of these processes that are needed in the labor market, to reproduce. We simulate a number of reasons, including the training environment to control, for safety, feedback and introduce other learning principles and reduce costs.

6. Simulations

They are the direct descendants of the war games that were used to train the officers in combat techniques for hundreds of years.Almost all the early simulations were developed to teach basic entrepreneurial skills, but newer games are also interpersonal skills. Monopoly could be seen as the quintessential business game for young capitalists. It's probably learned the first place young people, the word mortgage, taxes and go to jail.