In the contemporary
business world, the apparel industry is
one of the main industries that drive the national economy, therefore
developing employees and aligning their performance towards organizational
strategic goals is critical. It is
important to transform human resources into a sustainable competitive advantage
for organizations and training and development is one effective way to do
this.
Employee training
(ET) identified as a learning
experience that will transform employee’s behavior, attitudes, skills
and abilities while equipping them with techniques and tools as well as
strategies that enhance job performance (Hughey
& Mussnug, 1997). Employee training focuses on career
development of an employee and targets the requirements of future jobs,
encouraging them to acquire and advanced skills and knowledge.
Employee development
developing the knowledge and
skills of employees and preparing them for new
responsibilities and challenges (Snell
& Bohlander, 2010). This involves enhancing an
individual’s skills for future responsibilities.
The Sri Lanka’s
Joint Apparel Association Forum (JAAF) has launched a comprehensive training
manual that encompasses that will help education providers to align their
courses with the requirements of the apparel industry. The contemporary
business world is dynamic and technological advanced, the apparel industry is
also aligning with the world which means that employees must also be brought to
speed.
The non-managerial employees mostly origin from poor economic backgrounds and therefore face many issues within their families and are not interested in developing their career. Therefore, there are many areas to be touched in the form of training and development.
·
The
primary focus on apparel organizations must be on enhancing employees’
motivation and transforming their perspectives on career development.
·
Equipping them with decision making and
problem-solving skills to manage their personal life as well as career life.
·
Engaging them in Information Technology and
English course trainings
· Engaging them in Leadership trainings as well as technical skills.
The success of any organization depends on the motivation, engagement and willingness of the employees to perform within an organization which can be driven by training and development.
References
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Hughey, A. W., &
Mussnug, K. J. (1997). Designing effective employee training programmes.
Training for Quality, 5(2), 52-57. [2].
Snell, S., &
Bohlander, G. W. (2010). Principles of human resource management. South-Western
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Sri Lanka’s Joint
Apparel Association Forum (JAAF), (2020). [Online]. Available at : https://www.srilankaapparel.com/ [Accessed
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The apparel industry has a special place among the sectors that bring foreign exchange to our country. An employee in the apparel industry has a privileged position and Improving employee attitudes, skills and abilities with technology and tools as well as job performance is important to enhance product quality. Proper training can ultimately result in an effective product and service from the employee as well.
ReplyDeleteGood article.
It is very important matter to be discussed about employees trainings in organizations which is one of the most needed for every industry. Discussions make a sense of the need of the concept in interesting manner.
ReplyDeleteUsually In Sri Lanka apperal industry the staff turn over is very high. In Sri Lanka there are Reputed Apperal industries such as Brandix, MAS holdings, Omega line, ect.... Providing high standards of Training skills for their employees.
ReplyDeleteApparel industry is facing high staff turnover and its difficult to recruit people during a limited time its not an easy task. Therefore training and development process will helps HRM
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