Fundamentals of Human Resource Management, 5/e

Implementing the Training Program

Learning Objective 4

1. Explain how to use five training techniques.

With objectives set and the program designed and developed, the manager can turn to implementing the training program. This means actually doing the training, using one or more of the following training methods.

On-the-Job Training

On-the-job training (OJT) means having a person learn a job by actually doing it. Every employee, from mailroom clerk to CEO, should get on-the-job training when he or she joins a firm. In many firms, OJT is the only training available. 54

on-the-job training (OJT)

Training a person to learn a job while working on it.

Types of On-the-Job Training

The most familiar on-the-job training is the coaching or understudy ...