Impact of E-Learning on the Training of Employees
Submitted By :
Tamanna
Assistant Professor
Baddi University of Emerging Sciences & Technologies
Baddi , H.P.
Table of Contents
1 Abstract
2 Introduction
3 Literature Review
4 Objectives
5 Hypothesis
6 Limitations
7 Methods and Methodology
8 Refrences
ABSTRACT
Information technology (IT) has become an indispensable part of contemporary world while human resource management globally is equally being affected in a number of ways through its adoption and application.
Developments in information and communication technology create the spread of education and economic opportunities. E-learning is one of them. For companies in the banking sector, web-based training is a new opportunity to create a harmonious labor force with new technology and to increase the efficiency of business productivity. E-learning with practice of these new technologies, offers bank employees individual learning, regardless of time and space. Nowadays, because e-learning provides opportunities for learning without interfering with the flow of work for the staff working at the appropriate time and space, an economic advantage is provided to both the bank as company and its employees. Therefore, spending on education decreases. However, the level of benefit that bank staff gains from educational opportunities changes on the basis of certain demographic characteristics. This situation is an important variable with regard to the effect
This essay will discuss how my use of online information has grown from being merely a consumer, to now being able to critically evaluate online sources for credibility and suitability for use in academic work. My role in producing an online informational resource has been enhanced by both the readings, and the experience gained in the collaborative process involved in working as a team. This is my first experience at online collaboration and I will examine the challenges encountered using this medium of communication, how I dealt with them, the lessons learned, and what I would do differently during future collaborative work.
Information Technology has grown in popularity and has advanced over the years. Information Technology is used in a wide number of different fields, one of which includes Human Resource Management. As of 2017, all the information we’ve ever needed or wanted to know can be searched and found online. With all of this information at our fingertips, we as a society have become more advanced. However, Information Technology has its opportunities and challenges. The opportunities of Information Technology include: having the access to various jobs portals and job boards, communication is made easier, and decision making is made easier. The challenges of Information
The aim of this unit is to reflect upon, justify and evaluate my own assessment methods and decisions in my specialist area, which is Employability Skills.
Technology is evolving more and more every day, making it nearly impossible to be employed without at least some knowledge of technology such as cell phones, computers, and the internet. As a result of the consistent increase in technology, human resource management (HRM) is evolving into a technology based function in many organizations. Several HRM services have been made available through the use of technology, changing the face of HR from a person to a portal. The practice of human resource management has drastically changed as companies provide universal access to HR services through technology and web based applications. The term E-HR refers to the use of web-based technology for human resource service delivery (Johnson, 2011).
In the modern and changing global business environment, human resources management (HRM) has been linked to the heart of business success and high performance of organizations (Haslinda, 2007). High demand for innovation, customer satisfaction and increased sales volume in the search and internet industry and finance industry has forced organizations such as Google Inc and Absa to incorporate human resources practices in their business strategy. Various human resources practices has been adopted at Google Inc Company and ABSA Group Limited, which include recruitment and selection, training and development, compensation, just to mention a few (Google Inc, 2012 ;Best employers, 2011). Despite sporadic arguments over the
Assessment is essential in teaching throughout any subject or course in practical and theory work. First initial assessment is used to ensure students are on the correct course. Once learning starts differentiated formative assessments are carried out throughout ending with summative assessment which usually warrants a grade or a pass.
Training holds a prevalence for the individual employee and the employer alike. Some of the advantages for employees include the following (Shaw et al. 2009).
Following a review of the Vark Questionnaire and Analysis, it has been determined that preferred learning style is multimodal.
Technology is taking over our lives and how we live it. Many things change as technology evolves, for example the requirements to be hired for a job have now changed because of technology and other factors like financial and legal global conditions shift. Financial and legal conditions as well as technology are important when it comes to hiring, training, and evaluating employees. In order to bring out the best in their employees Human Resources professionals and managers need to work together to create business approaches. Positive and constructive feedback to enables employees to enhance their job performance.
E-learning has grown tremendously over the past several years as technology has been integrated into education and training. “E-learning” may be defined as instruction delivered electronically via the Internet, Intranets, or multimedia platforms such as CD-ROM or DVD. Since many users today have access to direct Internet connections, e-learning is often identified with web-based learning.
In today’s society when technology and management come together to better an organization’s performance, improvement is always supported by technology. There is new HR technology applications that come into the market place. When it comes to the new introduction of technology, it always means change, like simple applications that can solve one problem, and complex applications that cam fix multiple challenges.
The article, " Why Your Employee Training Is A Waste Of Time And Money -- And What To Do About It" , by Christo Popov seeks to address how training of employees is expensive and worthless to the company and how it does not increase performance. The research problem being addressed is whether employee training is a waste of time and money and if the company is selecting the right personnel in the critical skills for the business`s stage of development and what are the shortfalls of the program.
Today’s economic technology revolution has changed Human Resource Management (HRM) and the view of HR as an expense and not as an inarguable part of the company (Gueutal & Stone, 2005). Gone are the days of old-economy brick-and-mortar firms. The growth of the internet has introduced web-based business-to-business transaction processes (Torres & Arias, 2005). Web based business transactions such as buying and selling via the internet, supply chain integration, and internal and external real-time information sharing have improved access to information as well as lowering transaction costs. These economic changes not only changed the way business is handled with other companies but also has driven the need of an intranet for internal integration within the organization (Torres & Arias, 2005) creating the need for Human Resource Information Systems.
Human Resource Information system (HRIMS), also referred to as Human Resources Management System (HRMS), is a series of integrated systems that is utilized to gather, organize, and analyze information regarding human resources in an organization. This assists in the automation and simplification of an organization’s tasks, but most fundamentally, it aids in the laying down of a framework on which the management of human resource policies can be formulated. Thus, a suitable HRIS ought to comprise of the functions of the entire stakeholders of an organization including managers, employees, and human resource.
This research focuses on the impact of training and development on employees’ performance in the banking industry using Zenith bank plc as a case study.