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Employee Training and Development Chap 9
HRM Noe 5th Ed
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Business
Undergraduate 2
11/04/2012

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Meyers-Briggs Type Indicator (MBTI)
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 Test consists of questions about how the person feels or prefers to behave in different situations
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introversion v. extroversion
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The four camparisons=the MBTI identifies individuals' preferences for:energy
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sensing v. intuition
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The four camparisons=the MBTI identifies individuals' preferences for:information gathering
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thinking v. feeling
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The four camparisons=the MBTI identifies individuals' preferences for:decision making
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judging v. perceiveing
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The four camparisons=the MBTI identifies individuals' preferences for:lifestyle
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extroversion
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The four camparisons=the MBTI identifies individuals' preferences for:

energy = introversion v.  

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intuition
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MBTI The four camparisons sensing v.
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feeling
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MBTI The four camparisons thinking v.
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perceiveing
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MBTI The four camparisons judging v.
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360-degree feedback process:
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Employees' behaviors or skills are evaluated not only by subordinates but also by peers, customers, their boss, and themselves.
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Upward feedback:
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appraisal process involves collecting subordinates' eveluationsof managers' behaviors or skills
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Job Rotation:
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involves profviding employees with a series of job assignments in various functional areas of the company or movement among jobs in a single functional area or department.
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Tranfer:
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an employee is given a a different job assignment in a different area of the company. They do not necessarily involve an increase in job reponsibilities or compensation.
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The downside to Tranfers:
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they disrupt employees' daily lives, interpersonl relationships, and work habits.
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Characteristics of Successful Formal Mentoring:
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  • Mentors are chosen on the basis of their past record
  • The mentor progrm is evaluated
  • Employee development is rewarded 
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Develompent planning process involves: 
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  • Identifying development needs
  • Choosing a development goal
  • Identifying the actions that need to be taken by the employee and the company to achieve the goal
  • Determining how progress toward goal attainment will be measured
  • Investing time and energy to achieve the goal
  • Establishing a timetable for development
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Characteristics of Successful Formal Mentoring:

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  • The prupose of the program is clearly understood
  • The length of the program is specified.
  • A minimum level of contact is specified.
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Characteristics of Successful Formal Mentoring:

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  • participation is voluntary.
  • matching process does not limit the ability of informal relationships to develop.
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