WEB BASED EMPLOYEE
LEARNING and DEVELOPMENT.
Web Based Employee Learning and Development (ELD) are
outputs that produce from the rapid changes of technology, which makes the
employer using the web based for their employee KSAs’ improvement and development.
In this online system employer can plan, recommend and observe suitable employees’
training program, provide learning programs and analyze employee career
development by employee performance evaluation and assessment. Meanwhile, for employee, it can help to
keeping record and updating all related learning and training information, can
access to their performance appraisal and personal detail, available training
course and more. It is important to employee to understand and know the related
information such as new technology in organization, culture or new changes in
management, so they can enhance and
improve their performance for future career. This web based also
known as “e-learning” and related to training for employee development. The purpose
of this system is to help and improve employees’ knowledge, skills and
attitudes to become more competitive and advance by providing them with online
learning and training courses. This is also can help the organization become
more productive and systematic.
From my reading, there are five components in ELD
System consists of employee personal information, performance before training,
training courses, training transfer and program evaluation. The advantages from
implementing this system are cost effectively and accessibility because overall
employee training information was recorded in ELD System. Second, helps to
empowerment and facilitation using the record and can be access or administrate
easily by the administrator. Lastly, can improved computer skills because both
employer and employee will use the computer application to participate in the
process of learning and development. On the other hand, the disadvantages of
the system is certain learning contents not suitable for employee because of individual
differences KSAs or differences in learning style for each individual. Second,
employee need to master the computer skills to avoid having some difficulty
using this online application. Lastly, lack of human contact because the system
use online approach and people do not interact, communicate and face-to face to
each other, which can cause misunderstanding or lack of information.,
Because of the system require a lot of cost, time,
energy and guide from expert, some organization refuse to apply this system.
However, for my opinion, it worthy to organization to invest in the ELD System,
so they will have caliber and competent employee that can contribute and increase
organization productivity.
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REFERENCE:
Ø Michael J. Kavanagh, Mohan Thite and
Richard D. Johnson, Human Resource Information Systems- Basic, Application and
Future Directions, Los Angeles, Sage.
Ø Blanchard and Thacker, (2010),
Effective Training Systems, Strategies and Practices, New Jersey, Pearson.
Ø Robert M. Bollet & Santiago Fallon,
Personalizing E-Learning ,Version
of record first published: 02 Dec 2010.