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Internal Training for Employees

Introduction - The purpose of internal training is to create a motivated, skilled and

effective workforce through which organizational goals are achieved. Internal training has
certain advantages over learning through external provision and formal qualifications,
including job relevance and cost. The employees, though, might find it is less transferable to
other employment if it is too specific.

Findings
1. Improved Productivity - The key purpose of any training is to improve effectiveness
and productivity. Everyone needs training to do their jobs well. Internal training
begins with an induction program, enabling the employee to learn how to do the job,
its purpose and how it fits into the corporate strategies. Ongoing support training is
essential to keep up with changes to the working and corporate environment.
2. Relevance - By training staff internally, an organization can customize the learning to
fit business needs exactly, adapting some elements and omitting any considered
unnecessary for the job.
3. Employee Motivation and Retention - Training as a reward is an effective
motivator, and happy employees are more productive and less likely to think about
leaving.
4. Costs - Internal training can be a lot less expensive to develop than training from
external providers.

Conclusions
Internal training and development leaps the huge barriers that encumber external
training. Internal training reflects a solid knowledge of the organization's culture.
Internal training uses real life examples, problems and challenges that participants
encounter every day at work.
It also prepares employees for success in their next job.

Recommendations
1. Use the Performance Development Planning Process to lay out a plan for the internal
development of an employee. This is specific job-related training that results in a
successful, developing employee.
2. Invite the employee to contribute to department or company-wide decisions and
planning.
3. Provide the employee access to higher level, more strategic, meetings.
4. Enable the employee to establish goals, priorities, and measurements.
5. Provide the opportunity for the employee to cross-train in other roles and
responsibilities.