Effective work place training: A jump starter to organizational competitive advantage through employee development

Abstract

Workplace training programs are usually considered to be an important element of the competitive organization’s corporate strategy. It presents a key avenue to expand the knowledge base of all employees and provides both the company as a whole and the individual employees with benefits that make the cost and time a valuable investment. Most employees have some weak spots in their workplace skills providing them continuous workplace training creates an overall employee development. Further employees who are competent and on top of dynamic industry standards help in overall organizational growth and aids in company to hold a position as a leader and strong competitor within the industry. This paper is broadly categorized in two parts. The first part tries to explore the meaning of workplace Training, Its impact on Organizational Competitive advantage. It also emphasizes how employee development in turn impacts organizational Competitive advantage. This paper suggests model framework in which its main aim is to show how Workplace Training has impact on organizational competitive advantage through Employee development.