In The Changing Nature of Organizations, Work, and Workplace, Judith Heerwagen of JH Heerwagen & Associates and Kevin Kelly and Kevin Kampschroer of the US General Service Administration note that…
The content focuses on theory rather than practical application.
Overly general unit examples that are difficult for participants to translate and apply to their own work situations.
Ineffective training methods, such as B. Dominance of lectures with PowerPoint.
Lack of useful work aids.
The wrong people were given the training, in part due to the need to ensure a sufficient number of butts in the seats.
Inconvenient scheduling.
The time required and the high registration and travel costs for external courses.
Bad content, either outdated or irrelevant to actual job needs.
Poor trainers who lack effective presentation skills and/or classroom management skills.
No follow-up by supervisors to reinforce learning.
A lack of support for the implementation of new learning.
As I design and deliver classroom training, I would like to believe that it is not the classroom training itself that respondents rate so negatively - just poor curriculum design,…
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