Management and Organizational Studies 1021A/B Lecture Notes - Lecture 4: Learning Management System, Snowflake, High Fidelity

• School: Western University
• Department: Management and Organizational Studies
• Course: Management and Organizational Studies 1021A/B
• Professor: Sarah Ross

Document Summary

Employee development = the combination of formal education, job experiences, relationships, and assessment of personality and abilities to help employees prepare for the future of their careers. Training, learning, and development inked to organizational needs and strategy: trying to make sure everybody is on the same page, i. e. snow flake example - unclear with instructions and therefore every student (employee) performed differently. Instructional design = a process if systematically developing training to meet specified needs. Learning management system (lms) = a computer application that automates the administration, development, and delivery, of training and development programs. Steps of training - what is needs assessment. Needs assessment = process of determining the training needs for the organization. In addition, we also need time, money and the space to train. Readiness for training = a combination of employee characteristics and positive work environment that permit training. Self-efficacy = sense of personal control and being able to masters one"s environment.