Asweknow,itisveryimportantthatafirmshouldpayattentiontothetrainingofitsstaffasthereexistmanyweakpartsinitsvariousdepartments.Stafftrainingmusthaveapurpose,whichisdefinedwhenafirmconsidersitstrainingneeds,whichareinturnbasedonjobdescriptionsandjobspecifications.
Ajobdescriptionshouldgivedetailsoftheperformancethatisrequiredforaparticularjob,andajobspecificationshouldgiveinformationaboutthebehavior,knowledgeandskillsthatareexpectedofanemployeewhoworksinit.Whenallofthishasbeencollected,itispossibletomakeatrainingspecification.ThisspecifieswhattheTrainingDepartmentmustteachforthesuccessfulperformanceofthejob,andalsothebestmethodstouseinthetrainingperiod.
Therearemanydifferenttrainingmethods,andthereareadvantagesanddisadvantagesofallofthem.Successfultrainingprogrammesdependonanunderstandingofthedifferencebetweenlearningaboutskillsandtraininginusingthem.Itisfrequentlysaidthatlearningaboutskillstakesplace"offthejob"intheclassroom,buttraininginusingtheseskillstakesplace"onthejob",bymeansofsuchactivitiesaspracticeintheworkshop.
Itisalwaysdifficulttoevaluatethecostsandsavingsofatrainingprogramme.Thesuccessofsuchaprogrammedependsnotonlyonthemethodsusedbutalsoonthequalityofthestaffwhodothetraining.Acompanycanoftencheckohsavingsintimeandcostbyexaminingtheworkperformedbytheworkersandtechnicianswhohavecompletedatrainingprogramme.Theevaluationofmanagementtrainingismuchmorecomplexthanthat.
21.Tobesuccessfulinourtrainingprogrammes,wemustunderstandthedifferencebetween______.
A.ajobdescriptionandajobspecification
B.whatistaughtandhowitistaught
C.learningaboutskillsandtraininginusingthem
D.thesavingsintimeandthesavingsincost
22.Thesuccessofatrainingprogrammedependson_________.
A.theplaceswherethetrainingtakesplace
B.thecorrectevaluationofthecostsandsavingsoftheprogramme
C.theperformanceoftheworkersandtechnicianstrainedintheprogramme
D.thetrainingmethodsandthequalityofthetrainingstaff
23.Atrainingspecificationspecifies_______.
A.theperformancerequiredforacertainjob
B.thebehavior,knowledge,andskillsexpectedofanemployee
C.thetrainingcontentsandmethods
D.thecostsandsavingsoftheprogramme
24.Accordingtothepassage,whichofthefollowingstatementsisNOTtrue?
A.Asthereexistweakpartsindifferentdepartmentsofafirm,thetrainingofitsstaffishighlynecessary.
B.Atrainingspecificationisbasedontheinformationcollectedfromajobdescriptionandajobspecification.
C.Traininginusingskillsandlearningaboutskillsusuallydonothappenatthesameplace.
D.Itiseasiertoevaluatemanagementtrainingthantoevaluatethetrainingofworkersandtechnicians.
25.Thebesttitleforthispassagemightbe_______.
A.ASuccessfulTrainingProgramme
B.HowtoDescribeandSpecifyaJob
D.TheImportanceofTrainingWorkersandTechnicians
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