Training Versus Development
Although training is often used in conjunction with development, the terms are not synonymous. Training typically focuses on providing employees with specific skills or helping them correct deficiencies in their performance.1 For example, new equipment may require workers to learn new ways of doing the job or a worker may have a deficient understanding of a work process. In both cases, training can be used to correct the skill deficit. In contrast, development (the subject of Chapter 9) is an effort to provide employees with the abilities the organization will need in the future.
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