Professional Training Of Employees Research Articles

Management of the Professional Training of the Personnel and the Process of Evaluating the Training Activity at the Level of the Economic Entities

The rapid pace of technology development in all fields of activity contributes to updating the knowledge of employees through continuous training and learning. The standard of knowledge that a trained person must possess changes from one period of time to another, in ever shorter time intervals. Thus, in order to become competitive, economic entities must invest in human resources, the main resource that brings added value over time. The purpose of the training and professional development of the personnel is to help the economic entity, in continuous development, to achieve its objectives by increasing the human and intellectual potential of the employees. Through the professional training of employees, the economic entity will contribute to the development of skills and competencies in order to increase professional performances, as well as their development, so that the future needs of the labor force for the economic entity are met, as much as possible, from within it. Presently, the issue of making investments in the intellectual potential of the staff and evaluating their efficiency is current and requires a detailed study. Thus, in order to determine the economic contribution of the training activity, the economic entities are to carry out the evaluation of the activities carried out in order to identify to what extent this activity led to the achievement of the planned objectives and the justification of the investments made by the economic entity.

Professional Training of Employees in Media Organizations in Serbia and Its Implications on Career Development

This paper examines the existence of the need and willingness of media companies in Serbia to organize professional training for their employees, with the aim of improving their knowledge and skills and for the sake of their career growth, analyzed in the context of business sustainability, as well as the sustainability of human resources in a very competitive media industry. The main purpose of the paper is to determine the relationship between professional training for media professionals and their career growth. It looks into the subjective assessment of the need for training, the subjective assessment of the usefulness of training, and organizational support related to training and development in order for media professionals to achieve career growth. A correlation study was conducted on a sample of 150 media professionals using three scales of a job training and job satisfaction survey questionnaire to determine the subjective assessment of the need for professional training, the subjective assessment of the usefulness of professional training and organizational support to training, while a modified organizational career growth scales questionnaire was used to determine career growth. Research results confirmed that employees believe that additional training has an impact on the development of their career, as well as that attending additional training has a positive effect on their career growth. This paper provides useful guidelines for company management regarding professional training and its implications on career growth, theoretical and practical implications, as well as suggestions for future research.

Формирование гражданской позиции будущих сотрудников органов внутренних дел: к поиску результативных методов

Introduction. Current trends in the professional training of employees of the internal affairs bodies imply the formation of an employee's personality, which is distinguished not only by a combination of professional competencies, but also by a civic position, a high level of morality and civil value orientations. The civil position of future employees of the internal affairs bodies in the article is considered as an integrative characteristic of the individual, structurally represented by a number of components: civil competence, attitude to civil society and its place in it, civic activity. The purpose of the work is to study the level of formation of the civic position of future employees of the internal affairs bodies. The empirical study involved 117 1st year cadets of the Faculty of Law of the Voronezh Institute of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Russia. Methodology and methods: the study used the questionnaire «Citizenship and Patriotism» (E.G. Galyanskaya, N.A. Getman, E.N. Kotenko), modified in accordance with the purpose and features of the study sample; questionnaire «Assessment of the level of formation of civil identity among students» (T.V. Bolotina). Results of the study and their discussion: the results demonstrated that among the levels of civil position formation (cognitive, emotional, activity) of future employees of the internal affairs bodies identified in the study, most of them have medium and low levels of civil position formation, and its activity component is the weakest. This actualizes the need to develop a pedagogical program for the formation of a civic position of future law enforcement officers, one of the key methods of implementation of which is the example method, which involves the orientation of students to patterns of behavior of law enforcement officers, as well as subjects of the educational process of a departmental educational organization. The formation of the civic position of future specialists of the internal affairs bodies is an integral component of the education of personnel in the spirit of devotion to their Fatherland, contributing to the maintenance of positive and adjustment of negative actions elected by future specialists of the internal affairs bodies in the performance of official duties in the course of educational and professional activities.

COMPARATIVE ANALYSIS OF THE DIFFERENTIATION OF WAGE RATES IN RUSSIA AND IN THE UNITED STATES

The purpose of this study is a comparative analysis of the factors affecting the differentiation of wage rates in Russia and the United States. The information base for the study was statistical and analytical materials given on the official websites of the Russian Federation and the United States. The article presents an extensive analysis of the wage levels depending on the professional training of employees. Based on statistical data, the authors substantiate why in Russia and the United States the wages of employees with higher professional education are significantly higher than the wages of employees with secondary education, not to mention employees without secondary education. Much attention is paid to the consideration of the differentiation of wage levels with respect to the type of the economic activity. It is shown that in Russia and the United States, despite significant differences in the structure of the economy and economic potentials, the highest earnings prevail in the extractive industries, primarily in the fuel and energy complex. On the other hand, wages in the light and food industries, as well as in agriculture in Russia and the United States are about 20 and 33% of the above-mentioned industries, respectively. The article also examines the differentiation of wages in relation to racial characteristics and gender differences. Citing a number of factual data from Russia and the United States, the authors show that such differentiation in the 21st century should be qualified in terms of labor market imperfections from both scientific and social points of view. The regional aspect of the wage difference in both countries is also analyzed in detail. It is explained why the regional factor has almost no effect on the size of the average wage in the United States contrary to Russia. It is concluded that the most effective mechanism for regulating wage levels is competition in the labor market, which puts the qualifications, skills and experience of employees, as well as working conditions, as the basis for wage differentiation.

Information technologies in corporate training: trends and approaches

Problem and goal. Within the framework of the study, based on the data of the Workplace Learning Report study, specialists from the USA, Canada and other countries, the transformation of corporate training over the past decades was analyzed, the main problems and challenges of companies/enterprises in the process of additional professional training of employees and ways to solve them were identified. The main problems of corporate training at the present time, as in the past, include budget deficit and search for free intervals in the schedules of employees for educational sessions. And the solution was the growth of online training, the use of online platforms, which made it easier to find time in the sche- dule of employees for training, create opportunities for flexible editing of educational content, and for managers it was easier to evaluate additional professional training thanks to the control tools built into online platforms. Methodology. However, it turned out that not all age categories of employees are ready to expand online training: older age workers prefer traditional or mixed training, as opposed to young people. Results. The study found that the degree of digitalization correlates with the size of the company: the comparative effectiveness of digital tools for additional professional education increases with the scale of the system in which they are applied: a deployed digital educational platform requires very few resources to expand to new branches and employees, rather than classical educational formats that require personal participation of teaching staff. Conclusion. The main trends in the development of corporate training in the coming years are described.

Training organization on vocational educational programs with the use of a network form by departmental educational organizations of the penitentiary system

The paper analyzes organizational aspects of higher, further and vocational training implementation using a network form of interaction. The authors have revealed conditions for professional training of employees who were first hired based on the results of questionnaires of employees working at educational organizations of the Federal Penitentiary Service, as well as interviews of employees working at professional and service training departments of the territorial bodies of the penitentiary service system. The analysis of the identified problems showed that at the current stage of network interaction there are two groups of problems: the first group (organizational problems) is the inclusion in the resources of the participating organization of the personnel potential of those responsible for training employees of penitentiary service institutions; the second group (methodical) is the effective use of methods and technologies for organizing synchronous and asynchronous training of young employees who are in the field of prospective professional activity. In the process of summarizing ways to solve the identified problems, the authors have formulated optimal techniques for conducting professional training of employees recruited into the penitentiary system using an online form of educational process; common approaches to organizing work on the use of various forms of students educational activities, current norms for calculating teachers work during lectures and seminars, during current, intermediate and final control, and when they develop educational materials.

The experience of confronting unemployment: vocational training in the region (on the example of the republic of Kalmykia)

Objective changes in the national economy provide sufficient grounds for state authorities to realize the importance of not only professional training of employees but also their retraining and further education. Thus, the widespread introduction of information and electronic technologies in all branches of the national economy systematically requires the availability of specialists with a high level of knowledge, experience, and new competencies in the labour market. Long-term neglect in the development of a uniform model in the training system of the studied categories of individuals has led to the fact that the labour market of regions, including municipalities, has experienced difficulties of a chronic nature. Therefore, the system of training unemployed citizens and socially vulnerable categories of people (parents who are on maternity leave, disabled people, people of pre-retirement age) should have new methods, technologies, and tools that are more effective than those that were

Professional training in the context of the diversity of workplaces: project teams and non-standard forms of employment

This article presents a discussion on the approach to professional training of employees who work in an unusual, non-routine work organisation, which is illustrated by working in project teams, or when people are employed in non-standard forms. The purpose of the study is to indicate what the differences are in approaching professional training of employees working in project teams or while working within the framework of non-standard forms of employment. Both phenomena are a part of the diversity of workplaces in contemporary organisations. Apart from presenting the theoretical approaches, the analysed issues are illustrated by the presentation of the previously conducted quantitative research results and case studies. The first two cases refer to work in project teams, while the third covers employment in non-standard forms.

КАРЬЕРНЫЙ КАПИТАЛ: КОНЦЕПТУАЛЬНЫЕ ПОДХОДЫ

This article considers approaches to studying the career capital in the interdisciplinary career studies from the point of view of the creating conditions issues for professional development of employees. The concept was formed within the framework of the interdisciplinary career research, based on the concepts of the human, social and cultural capital, as one of the tools for understanding new processes in the field of labor. The content of those processes determines, among other things, the growing variety of career models and the need to adapt them to organizational strategies. Attention is focused on studying those concepts in two principal directions: considering it as a tool for management practices in modern organizations and considering it in the perspective of the career theory development. Conclusions are drawn that approaches to considering career capital are based on interdisciplinary interaction and understanding of the multilevel context of a career in the organizations research. Groups of environmental infrastructure factors are identified for the development of professional promotion opportunities; professional training of employees; individual career success.

Methodological approach as a strategy for professional employees’ training in small and medium sized enterprises in Russia

In the era of rapid development and the emergence of new methods and ideas for the employees’ training in small and medium sized enterprises in Russia, managers need to think about the role that the methodological organization of the educational process, which refers, not only with respect to vocational training, but also in providing the methodological foundation for teaching certain disciplines in small and medium sized enterprises in Russia. The article describes the integrative-praxicological approach in the professional training of employees, it describes the principles and requirements as a methodological basis for the educational process.

Современное состояние системы законодательства, регламентирующего деятельность полиции

The police effectiveness in modern Russia depends not only on the professional training of employees, their logistical support and other factors, but a large role belongs to the legal tools at their disposal. But in practice, a certain legal collision periodically arises – the problem of the discrepancy be-tween legal norms of objective reality or, in some cases, the complete ab-sence of legal regulation of a certain circle of social relations. Given this, the study of the legislation system regulating the police activities is particularly relevant. In this work, we evaluate the current system of legislation regulating the police activities. In addition, we suggest ways to improve the systemati-zation of departmental police regulations. Thus, we state that the existing significant number of regulatory legal acts of the police system and the scope of relations, which are regulated by departmental norms, determine the need for codification work. We suppose that the problems of the large number of departmental normative acts can be solved with the help of such systematic activity as consolidation, that is, combining several acts into one larger one without significant changes to the text. In this work, we propose a definition of the term “police”, which needs legislative consolidation in the Federal Law “On Police”.

Статево-рольові ознаки професіоналізму у роботі фахівців соціономічної галузі

The article provides an analysis of various aspects of professional activity and professional growth of specialists in the socio-economic sector, in particular civil servants, and ways to improve it. The main directions of the study of professionalism in public administration are defined. The characteristics and professionalism of the civil servants' professionalism are highlighted. At the same time, attention was paid to the study of gender differences within the framework of philosophy, psychology, pedagogy, sociology, public administration, both in our country and abroad. An analysis of studies on gender issues in the professionalism of civil servants was carried out, which showed that the main attention is paid to: studies of differences in the profile of professional interests of men and women; the study of the effectiveness of leadership by men and women; research on gender aspects of career development; identifying differences in professional motivation; the study of professional self-determination, professional adaptation; comparison of business and personal qualities of men and women, etc. It is emphasized that the main general psychological requirements for the professional activity of civil servants are: social competence; emotional and psychological culture, which in turn require qualities such as the ability to integrate emotional evaluations and intuitive ideas in decision-making; the degree of psychological and emotional stability; ability to establish effective interaction; ability to understand the interests of both their own and those of colleagues and subordinates; ability to work in a team; ability to manage oneself, understanding of personal values and goals, ability to influence the environment, to manage, to teach; ingenuity, creativity, pursuit of professional and personal growth and more. It is shown that on the basis of interdisciplinary base of knowledge about professionalism a scientific vision is formed concerning: social and psychological bases of formation of professionalism, its dynamics in the context of professional life cycle and career and professional development of professional, acmeological bases of professionalism; various characteristics of professionalism of employees ("portraits", morphological descriptions, models of subjects as a management activity in general, and special types of activity in public administration); professionalism as an object of assessment in the context of personnel management; components of professionalism (knowledge, skills, skills), which are formed in the course of professional training of employees, etc. Therefore, it is important to determine how the gender characteristics of civil servants affect the professional development, as the above-mentioned requirements for professional activity require both feminine and masculine manifestations of personality.

The Study of Professional Training to Improve Customer Satisfaction in Small and Medium Scale Hotels in Sri Lanka

Sri Lanka is currently in the stage of rebuilding its economy after three decades of civil war. One of the major focuses in this development endeavour is the leisure and hotel industry. Therefore, opportunities are open for international hotel chains as well as small providers. Small and medium scale hotels face many challenges in operating their businesses economically. Retention of customers is one of the major problems faced by those engaged in this sector. This study discusses the effects of professional training to ensure the satisfaction of customers in small and medium scale hotels in Sri Lanka. In collecting data, two questionnaires were distributed between two samples of respondents. One sample comprised 53 employees from 10 small and medium hotels while the other sample comprised of 30 local and foreign customers. This study indicates that professional training of employees has a direct impact on building customer satisfaction in small and medium scale hotels in Sri Lanka. Both customers and the employees believe that when the professional training is high, the quality of service at these hotels also increases. Thus, it indicates that providing continuous professional training is beneficial to the organization and to the individual concerned. A well-trained employee can increase customer satisfaction and repetition of purchase.

ENHANCEMENT OF THE STRATEGY FOR THE EMPLOYMENT AND INTEGRATION INTO THE WORK ENVIRONMENT OF PERSONS WITH DISABILITIES

The paper is prepared as a forecast of the employment strategy towards to the EU Lisbon goals - to promote employment and social inclusion for all people. The problems are the inadequate employment of persons with disabilities. The objectives of the research study were as follows: to clarify the problem of above mentioned attitude of employers and the main reasons for not hiring people with disabilities several problems can be identified. Information for the paper is gathered through contacting experts - respondents and conducting extensive literature reviews. The research approach was based on the premise that employers with professional training of employees with disability are responsible for recruitment, pre-employment screening and other workplace practices that positively affect the hiring and retention of this group. It is hoped that the outcome of the research study will assist in reducing all forms of existing barriers with special emphasis on attitudinal barriers against prospective employees with disabilities. Furthering the integration of persons with disabilities into the mainstream activities will promote the employment of people with disabilities and thereby would make a considerable effort to integrate inactive labour resources into the labour market to promote the achievement of the EU Lisbon goals.

Organization of Continuing Professional Training of Employees in the System of Forensic Science Organizations of the Russian Ministry of Justice

The paper outlines the organizational framework of forensic expert training in the system of forensic science organizations of the Russian Ministry of Justice, developed and implemented by the Educational Methodology Department of the RFCFS of the Russian Ministry of Justice. Problematic organizational and methodological issues of the training process are highlighted, and possible solutions are examined.

WELDERS VOCATIONAL EDUCATION ON THE EXAMPLE OF WELDERS EDUCATION CENTER OF H. CEGIELSKI – POZNAŃ S. A.

The article deals with the issues of vocational education of future welders. Specialists in this field in Poland are nowadays in demand. Thus, there is a need for organizing and running the learning process in the way, that it would meet the requirements of the labor market. A full range of welding trainings adapted to students’ abilities was launched at Welding Education Center in an icon of Polish industry, H. Cegielski – Pozna S. A. Professional training of welders has been the most successful out of all the programmes and projects running at this institution. The main barriers concerning the organization of training have been mentioned in this paper, and they include such problems in this regard as: little or no idea of the students as to their specific learning needs; difficulties for representatives of other professions in understanding technical fundamentals of studies; inadequate assessment of employees by their employers as to their level of competence. These issues are taken care of by the personnel of Welding Education Center at H. Cegielski – Poznaṅ S. A. In author’s opinion, the subjects, responsible for professional training of employees, have to become a structure element of the state system of vocational training and have financial support from the state budget. Certain measures are suggested to be taken by the government to change the current situation for the better, which, in author’s opinion, will ensure the rebirth of the vocational training in Poland.

A Liderança na Era da Informação e do Conhecimento nas empresas

Esse artigo objetiva conhecer como é exercida a liderança na era da informação e do conhecimento em duas empresas do município de Valença, estado do Rio de Janeiro. Verificou-se como os líderes investem na valorização, qualidade de vida no trabalho e capacitação profissional dos colaboradores. Verificou-se, também, como é a comunicação e a administração do conhecimento. Foram realizadas pesquisas bibliográficas e de campo. A entrevista foi do tipo focalizada, na qual, mesmo sem obedecer a uma estrutura formal é utilizado um roteiro composto por perguntas abertas, direcionadas ao líder. Os resultados foram gravados, transcritos, analisados e interpretados através do método de análise de conteúdo. Os resultados foram positivos nas empresas pesquisadas e nos mostram que existe uma valorização de seus colaboradores e investimento em seu desenvolvimento profissional.

Corporate Decision Making and SocioEnvironmental Investments In Brazil: An Analysis Based On Social Audits

The purpose of this paper is to analyse environmental investments made between 1996 and 2008 by two hundred Brazilian firms. The study uses traditional techniques to establish the representativeness and importance<br />of the variables and the extent of correlations between them. The results<br />indicate a significant correlation between the amount of environmental investments and variables such as age, level of education, professional training of employees and profit-sharing policies. However, no significant correlation between environmental investments and profitability was found. The analysis revealed a linkage between decisions to invest in the environment and social investments outside the firm.<br /><br />

Izobraževanje zaposlenih v tranzicijskem gospodarstvu

Članek problematizira značilnosti stanja in razvoja organiziranosti izobraževanja ter usposabljanja zaposlenih v slovenskem gospodarstvu, pri čemer uporablja in upošteva tudi usmeritve in razvojne izkušnje v ra zvitih evropskih državah. Ugotovitve o organizaciji, potrebah in stanju ter o oblikovanju razvojnih struktur in modelov, ki jih na področju izobraževanja in usposabljanja zaposlenih zahtevajo preobrazbe v gospodarstvu, temeljijo na empirični raziskavi, ki jo je pred kratkim opravil Andragoški center Slovenije, za jela pa je reprezentativni vzorec podjetij in uporabila več metod ter postopkov preučevanja in spoznavanja.