Performance
Review
Link
employee WEP participation with their performance reviews to
show that basic skills training is part of the overall corporate
strategy. Management's commitment to improving
the skills of the entire workforce will strengthen and support
individual employees' own personal commitment to learning.
Connecting employee training and the resulting improvement in
performance shows that the company takes a comprehensive
approach to improving performance and productivity.
By building skills into jobs,
employers can work with employees, adult educators, and others
to identify and enhance the skills component of jobs. When these
learned or improved skills are incorporated into employees'
jobs, there is justification for and value in assessing the
impact of these new or improved skills on employee performance
and productivity.
Associating
employee WEP participation and individual performance reviews
acts as a check or balance to the training system.
If employees know that their training is expected to yield
positive results, in the form of increased productivity or some
other measurement, they will be more likely to actively
participate in the training. WEP participation, then, acts
as both an incentive and a reward for employees to put forth
their best efforts toward learning.
This article on how Chief
Learning Officers shows how CLOs are delivering--greater
retention, more career guidance, and training that is more
closely coordinated with business needs.
URL: http://www.workforce.com/section/11/feature/23/35/98/index.html
This report helps
instructors to support adult learners through performance-based
assessment. The key characteristics of this type of
assessment, which gives a comprehensive, valid picture of
student / worker achievement, are discussed.
URL: http://www.nifl.gov/lincs/collections/eff/ananda_eff.pdf
Bacal &
Associates provide consulting services to help design and
implement better performance management systems, and also
provides free articles and other materials for managers and HR
departments.
URL: http://www.work911.com/performance/
Here is a sample Performance
Review template for workers (non-exempt) that measures
productivity, initiative and other areas. Training and
application of learning can also form part of the review.
URL: http://www.workforce.com/archive/feature/22/28/68/223997.php
HR can create skills
and competency management systems, and can also encourage
employees to use them. Educate employees about the benefits of
improved skills to show their importance for self-appraisal,
career development, and other processes.
URL:
http://www.workforce.com/archive/feature/22/29/92/223613.php
Developing systems
that track employee skills is an absolute necessity in an
increasingly specialized business world. Regular and ongoing
analysis of clients' needs and surveys of employee skills and
competencies can help to fill gaps through hiring and training.
URL:
http://www.workforce.com/archive/feature/22/29/92/index.php
This article on Personnel
Skill Testing makes the case for measuring the skill level
of employees. Without a reliable personnel test, it remains
difficult for managers to make accurate assessments of
employees' abilities.
URL:
http://testingservices.articleinsider.com/79049_personnel_skill_testing.html
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