Understanding Training vs. Development: How Do They Impact Influence and Power in Organizations?

Hi,

What is the difference between training vs. development? What are the programs of Management Development about? Is Training & Development for influencing and power in an organization?

Please advise.

Thank you.

Cheers,
Rachel

Hi,

The main difference between training and development is that training is for a short period, while development is a continuous process. Training is mainly related to technical knowledge, whereas development is based on theoretical and philosophical aspects. Training is typically conducted by middle managers, while development activities are usually overseen by top management.

Training aims to improve an employee's knowledge, skills, abilities, and attitude, whereas development goes beyond these aspects to teach employees how to handle various situations. Despite these distinctions, all elements of training are encompassed within development, making them interrelated, correlated, and integrated.

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Hi,

Training is to provide the knowledge and improve technical skills. It is easy to acquire and measure, while development is to cultivate competency. It is a long-term and fairly difficult process to master, making it not easy to measure.

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Rachel, training is focused on the employee's current job to give them the knowledge, skills and attitude to perform well. Training can include technical, interpersonal, management and leadership skills, depending upon the person's current job. For example, a customer service officer may need training on the technical aspects of the products he/she is supporting as well as the interpersonal aspects of dealing with customers.

Development, on the other hand, is more focused on the person's career progression and so looks to the future. Development activities may include classroom training, temporary reassignment, coaching and mentoring, reading books and journals and participating in networking events and seminars.

I'm not sure where your question about influence and power is coming from. Can you explain what you mean?

As for management development programs, these are designed to develop management skills in current and upcoming managers. These can be a combination of classroom training, team building events, psychological profiling and workplace-based projects.

Vicki Heath