The First-Time Trainer: A Step-by-Step Quick Guide for Managers, Supervisors, and New Training Professionals

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American Management Association

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Introduction

About Training

Let’s look at the purpose of training in today’s organizations—

both for- and not-for-profi t—and why training continues to be so

important.

The Purpose of Training

Training exists to facilitate the process of making organizations,

and the people within them, more effective. For organizations to

thrive, the function of training must be implemented to its fullest.

Employee talent must be developed—and enhanced—to the great-

est extent possible. Training must move and fl ow. It works best

when it becomes an integral part of the organizational process, from

strategic planning (e.g., including training as a fundamental part of

ongoing organizational development) to reviewing t