Exploring the role of training and development in creating innovative work behaviors and accomplishing non-routine cognitive jobs for organizational effectiveness

Abstract

Innovation is the buzz word in today's organizational context. If the employees' thoughts and actions are creative and innovative then there comes innovation. The need for innovation arises when one tries to carry out the non-routine cognitive jobs. Learning & development is vital among the various HRM practices which helps employees to keep them update with the requisite knowledge, skills and attitudes (KSAs) necessary for innovation. It is necessary for the organizations to focus on eliciting innovative behaviors among its employees to make innovation possible. Non-routine cognitive jobs help employees to be innovative and to understand the importance of being innovative and to learn the skills that are prerequisite for innovative behavior. This conceptual paper tries to explore how non-routine cognitive jobs are done effectively through innovative work behavior.