Q.What is training? Explain any four features of training.

Training is the process organisations use to close the gap between what a newly selected employee already knows and what their specific job actually requires.

Training is a planned, systematic process by which an organisation improves an employee's knowledge, skills and attitude so that they can perform their present job more efficiently, safely and confidently.

Four features of training:

1. Planned and systematic — training follows a designed programme with a defined objective, rather than being casual or accidental.
2. Job-specific and present-oriented — it aims at improving performance on the job the employee currently holds, not preparing them for a different future role.
3. Mutually beneficial — the employee gains confidence, competence and better prospects, while the employer gains a more productive and safer workforce.
4. An ongoing process — training is needed not only when an employee is new, but repeatedly whenever technology, procedures or products change.

Describing training as something given only once, right after an employee joins — training is repeated throughout an employee's career whenever job requirements change.