Bsbwor501 Training And Development

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Section 3 – Training and Development
Part (i)
Training and development of employees is crucial in all business organisations. Training refers to teaching workers the short-term skills that they need to know right now to do their jobs, whereas development refers to teaching employees the kinds of long-term skills that they’ll need as they progress in their careers. (Nelson & Economy, 2005) In many business organisations, employee development is instead knows as career development. The method of employee/ career development that I will discuss in this assignment is mentoring.
The definition of mentoring can be established on the view of a mentor as an accomplished and experienced performer who takes a special, personal interest in helping to …show more content…

Through mentorship, young people have access to other accomplished performers and individuals who take a special, personal interest in them. Mentors offer a one-on-one learning basis and develop a customised strategy to suit each mentee which fosters an inclusive, diverse and collaborative environment. (Gibb, 1994) This benefits all parties in an organisation as new employees feel valued and encouraged to further develop their careers and skills and the organisations are able to take advantages from these developments and experiences, which may contribute to its …show more content…

Mentors and mentees often hold other roles that may from time to time compete and conflict with each other. The senior employee can be both a mentor and an employer to a mentee, while the novice can be both a mentee and an employee. Problems can arise when fulfilling the obligations of one role is incompatible with fulfilling obligations of another. (Stone, 2007) This may have an impact on the organisation as disputes and conflicts may arise.
Failure to give credit………………………………………………………………………….. A mentor can greatly benefit an individual by ensuring that suitable recognition is provided in collaborative work efforts. Given the aforementioned imbalance of power, mentees are vulnerable to having someone in a position of authority take advantage of them. Individuals who are treated unfairly by not receiving proper credit for their contributions can suffer disruption in the progress of their careers. (Stone, 2007) Such actions may result in employees feel unvalued which may negatively impact their productivity and progress in the