Technological Essentials for Managers

This report discusses the key learnings and challenges faced by training managers in training new recruits in organizations. The key learnings include productivity and economy in time and resources, while the challenges include inconsistency in training and global workforce and multiculturalism. The report provides solutions and an execution plan for training managers to effectively train new recruits.

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Introduction
The purpose of the report is to discuss the learning summary as well as the
implementation plan that should be followed by the training manager to train the freshly
arrived trainee in the organization. It concerns with the key learnings needed by the recruits
and challenges they face during the training and development program offered by the training
and development management of the respective organization (Wu, Straub and Liang 2015).
The management has been divided into two categories, the key learnings and the challenges
faced by the recruit, is to be covered the training manager. Two of the key learnings and the
challenges each have been discussed concerning the improvement of set of skills according
the required skill set to be met. Productivity and economy in time and resource were chosen
to be the two the two key learnings. On the other hand, “inconsistency in the workforce” and
“global workforce and multiculturalism” were the challenges that have to be dealt with for
having a successful and effective training session.

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Learnings for the new recruits
Training is an important part of the curriculum of an organization that should be done
in a workplace as it gives the opportunity for the trainee to know about the work and get
familiar with the environment. Learning is the key to every growing personalities (Kale
2014). They need to be trained to know how everything works in an organization and what
their roles are. The key learnings which are found to be significant are discussed below:
Learning one: Productivity
Productivity can be defined as the capability of generating more output with the
limited amount of resource and within a period of time. It should be kept in mind that one
should never negotiate with their quality and safety to become more productive. Safety
should be favored first as it is more vital for the team followed by the quality they give (Gill,
Prowse and Vlassopoulos 2013). It is futile to rush in quest of productivity by risking their
safety and quality of the production. Being new to the organization, it is impossible for the
trainee to get complete knowledge about the objective and work ethics of the organization for
business (Samnani and Singh 2014). Therefore, it is very important to let the trainees be
given time to know about how the company works and the ethics they follow.
Many techniques will be taught to them to be more productive and practice tasks will
be provided to polish their skills within a relatively lesser period of time. Irrespective of the
previous experience of the trainee, it will help in modifying the skill set in accordance with
the work. If the recruits are left to do the job at the very first day, they will not perform the
task with perfection and the outcome would be more erroneous. It is certain that freshly
recruited team often get worried and anxious about their skills after perceiving that their skills
do not meet the skill set that are required for their job role (Marchewka 2014). This problem
is overcome by the training program to polish their skills and become more productive within

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a relatively shorter period of time. Hence, the company needs to train them to make them
learn the required skill sets and get to know about their role in the respective organization.
Learning two: Economy in time and resources
Those who are fresh to the working culture, take a longer time to complete a task as
compared to those who are working there for a period of time. Every employee should be
trained after joining to know about each and every aspects of the business performed by the
company. Failing in it leads to a severe loss of both time and money. Company will be
providing orientation program or induction to the new ones while the older ones indicate
what can or should be done by doing it first. Providing all those information from the first
day will be very helpful for making them aware of the aim and purpose of the company.
Training is very helpful in getting familiar and comfortable with the environment in order to
adapt in the field they will be working. Above all, they should know that they are doing.
Challenges faced by the recruits
There are a lots of challenges faced by the training manager as well as the recruits
while the training program. They deal with challenges like training inconsistencies, style of
training and flexibility in the workforce. Two of the challenges have been discussed.
Challenge 1: Inconsistency in training
Training programs are being organized to develop and polish the skills to meet the
needs required by the organization. It is difficult for an organization to maintain the training
session and to be consistent while providing training to the freshly recruited graduates if the
organization has spread over a number of placed around the globe having different locations.
Inconsistency is threat to the multinational companies as they have multiple number of
locations and have to arrange the training program for each location separately (Herzig and
Paredis 2014). The trainee should in engaged in the training session with proper focus and

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curiosity to learn. It is hampered due to many causes. It may be the irrelevance of the training
and lack of understanding of the topic. They may not put effort in training leading to unp.
They may differ in their level of knowledge, style of teaching and way of interacting with the
trainees. It is undeniable that managing an organization with employees working in multiple
number of shifts and fields is very difficult.
It is difficult to have training programs for two different locations of the organization
as the trainer has to go to two different locations that doubles the cost for travel and
accommodation provided by the organization. These expenses are not found to be economical
as it uses the resources that could have been saved (Noe et al. 2017). This is one of the major
challenge for the manager to deal with. Eventually, this leads to result in many other
challenges like training cost. The training cost and accommodation is the main issue
concerned with the economical usage of the limited resources for the training session. The
sustainable development comes to be the one that needs attention. It should be kept in mind
that the company bear such expenditure that has to be efficient.
Challenge 2: Global workforce and multiculturalism
Working in a multinational company brings challenges that are faced by the trainee
and training manager that is caused by the diverse workforce and multiculturalism.
Multiculturalism is nothing but the equal opportunity that is acquired by people of different
culture (DeLancey 2013). In case of diversity, there is a need of integrity and unity among the
people of diverse culture (Davel and Ghadiri 2013). It should also be taken into consideration
that different styles of learning are preferred in different part of the world (Latham 2014).
Eventually, it will be very difficult for a training session to be absolutely successful during
the training program. Taking into consideration of the learning audience, they are not only
multicultural but also multilingual (Demangeot et al. 2013). There should be interaction

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between people of different culture by cross cultural communication to avoid the differences
and work as a team with integrity irrespective of their cultures (Vance and Paik 2015).
Learning 1: Productivity
Articles
 https://courses.lumenlearning.com/boundless-management/chapter/managing-
productivity/
 https://for-managers.com/productivity-management/
 https://www.scmsnoida.ac.in/assets/pdf/journal/vol1Issue2/07%20Sateesh
%20Kumar%20Ojha.pdf
YouTube links
 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MqOKkDQr0yc
 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4h04mCYvj3Q
 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2paoNvG5Nmo
Learning 2: Economy in time and resources
Articles link
 http://edz.bib.uni-mannheim.de/daten/edz-bn/gdu/00/binswanger.pdf
 https://books.google.co.in/books?
hl=en&lr=&id=RezcDgAAQBAJ&oi=fnd&pg=PP1&dq=resource+and+time+manag
ement&ots=bZvxa5t4sf&sig=IU_cryXLadJV98bx7tTaPoXsQiw#v=onepage&q=reso
urce%20and%20time%20management&f=false
 http://www.projectcoordinator.net/en/blog/resource-management-for-optimal-
resource-utilization

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Challenge 1: Inconsistency in training
Article links
 https://trainingindustry.com/content/uploads/2017/10/
TTA_Research_Report_Consistency_of_Training.pdf
 https://www.tlnt.com/6-ways-your-inconsistent-leadership-is-impacting-your-
employees/
 https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/danger-inconsistent-training-don-green
You Tube link
 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5CBXjZnz8Qw
 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j72ofovvrX0
 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=369iQJNLWRc

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Mind Map
Figure 1: Mind map of the challenges and learning for a new employee
(Source: Created by the author)
The mind shown above, gives the idea of the report developed on the basis of the
technological essentials for managers. For the summary of this mind map, the focus will be
on either one of the two learnings or challenges described in the report. As one of the above
must to be taken, Productivity is picked. Productivity is nothing but the output the team is
capable of generating with the limited amount of resource. The thing that should be kept in
mind is that one should never compromise their quality and safety to become more
productive. Safety should be preferred first as it is important for the team followed by the
quality they give. It is futile to rush in quest of productivity by risking their safety and
quality. As the recruits are new to the organization, it is quite difficult for them to get familiar
with all the things. The tasks assigned to them may fail and become deficient in productivity
as they do not meet the requirement. The recruits must be aware of their role and objective.

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They should know about the work and ethics of the company. Freshly recruited team
may get anxious and concerned about their skills after observing that their skills do not meet
the skill set that are required for their job role. This problem is overcome by the training
program given to them to polish their skills and become more productive within a short
period of time. If they are left to do the job at the very first day, they will not perform the task
with perfection. Hence, the company needs to train them to make them learn the required
skill set and get to know about their role in the respective organization.
Execution Plan
Learning is important for both the trainees as well as the trainer in any workplace.
Hence, it is beneficial for both of them to take into consideration that learning is the key for
improving the skills and grow in the career. Synchronizing the needs of the recruits with the
company can be more effective as it gives more confidence to the trainee to work with focus.
A learning with proper direction and care can be helpful in providing the superiority to a
business to get success where others might fail to achieve, and to encourage a positive and
supportive vibe in the workplace. Some of the main learnings and training challenges are
emphasized that are faced by the fresh recruits in an organization. It is observed that all of
them can be attained and overcome easily and are manageable.
The solutions to such challenges faced by the recruits are consistency, flexibility and
the capability of how much the recruits are able to follow the training program by
understanding the rationality, rules and regulation and working ethics of the company. It is
found that the recruits themselves appear to be a challenge to the training manager but it
should not be taken like a problem as sometimes it provides the best results while tackling
this challenge. Based on the two learnings that is productivity and economy in time as
resources, it has been analyzed that above all the learnings these two parameters are the most

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significant and should be taken care of seriously. The fresh recruits should be focused on
improving their skills as their previous skill sets cannot be enough to match the required skill
set. Recruits cannot provide the desired productivity from the very first day. Therefore, their
training should be handled with care and make them learn everything with their pace so that
they can learn effectively without wasting time on futile efforts to struggle on unnecessary
things that are better to be avoided. Emphasis should be given on the quality rather than the
productivity as there will be time needed for improvements in the skill set. Training program
can be arranged by the help of e-learning services in order to avoid inconsistency in training.
E-learning is capable of connecting the trainer with trainees of different location at the same
time that can cut down the expenses of training by eliminating extra allowance and
accommodation. This reduction of expenses is quite helpful in good economical result for
resources used and the time invested.

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