Can training catch up with technology?
Article Abstract:
Technological change necessitates training not only of employees, but also supervisors, managers, maintenance personnel, and even engineers. Change of this type brings with it changes in social relationships as well: higher and lower personnel work with each other as team players instead of as bosses and workers. A system of continuous training will ultimately be necessary, as equipment and processes become obsolescent. A seemingly contradictory phenomenon will occur: as the workers become more autonomous in their functions they will become more interdependent as a group. Training will be conducted both in-house and upon demand from equipment vendors. Also available will be local community vocational schools. The personnel department should monitor and direct the new continuous training motif of technological innovation.
Publication Name: Personnel Journal
Subject: Human resources and labor relations
ISSN: 0031-5745
Year: 1988
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CalComp reshapes HR for the future
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CalComp Inc, a $450 million computer graphics firm with 2,700 employees, implemented new personnel procedures which have helped to improve productivity and employee morale. Successful results have been achieved because personnel professionals at the firm developed an effective human relations corporate plan called 'World Class Human Resources' which emphasized the importance of goal-setting and team-work training. Other successful personnel efforts have included: developing a new customer focus; helping departments set organizational goals; and establishing the means for measuring accountability.
Publication Name: Personnel Journal
Subject: Human resources and labor relations
ISSN: 0031-5745
Year: 1990
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