Employee development

J Are financial resources readily available for employee development ... 

What if our HRD/training department feels threatened by the mentoring program because they believe that their role in employee development has been diminished ... 

What are your views on employee development in general How important is it for this company ... 

In Sperry-Rand Corp. vs. Rothlein (II), Rothlein felt he did not get a fair break on promotions and decided to leave Sperry-Rand and start his own competitive semiconductor company. He picked up 21 of 35 employees from Sperry-Rand for the new company. Sperry-Rand was held entitled to damages. The length of the proceedings, about five and one-half years, did much to make an injunction futile. The fact that the ex-employees developed the process gave them no greater right to use it competitively than any other employee. 

In another case study, a small polyurethane molding plant employing poor hygienic techniques in which a number of employees developed contact dermatitis was described. Three employees were examined. Patch testing in two of these revealed positive reactions suggesting allergic sensitization to an HMDI and to the catalyst methylenedianiline. 

Employees at GE Global Research receive medical benefits, dental care, vision care, disability programs, product purchase discounts, educational assistance, adoption assistance, legal and financial information services, childcare assistance and more. The company also offers employee development and a variety of opportunities for student job-exposure and internship. 

Syncrude offers its employees tuition reimbursement, scholarships for dependents, employee development programs, a company matched savings program, pension plan options and health and dental insurance. 

In my talk, I will start by relating affirmative action and diversity, and introduce the business value of diversity. Then I will discuss what some organizations do to improve their diversity through recruiting, employee development, and advancement. My comments will reflect my experience with my recent employer, Rohm and Haas Company, as well as my familiarity with other organizations. 

Next, let us explore what companies do to achieve a vibrant workforce through diversity. I will begin with recruiting, then discuss employee development practices, and conclude with advancement practices and an example of diversity paying dividends. 

Many companies find that periodic employee-development conferences between employee and supervisor play a significant role. Through these conferences, the individual employee has an opportunity to learn of his own progress and potentialities, as measured by his superiors. Similarly, such conferences enable the supervisors to evaluate not only the performance of the employee, but also the adequacy of the training program. 

This program is practical for chemists who are hired to fill immediate vacancies as well as for those who are employed 6 to 12 months ahead of anticipated openings in order to allow time for training. In either case, the director of employee development and training reviews the job assignments to guarantee that certain requirements are met. 

The director of employee development and training confers periodically with... 

Prior to establishment of this formal program, areas of training were determined by a comparison of the job assignments and experiences of all professional employees at Detroit with three years of company experience or less. This was accomplished through small-group conferences with employees and their supervisors. Many of the present duties of the director of employee development and training were established to meet the needs expressed in these conferences. 

In a cross-sectional study, nerve conduction velocities were determined in 59 workers employed in press proofing factories in Taipei. Workers were divided into exposure categories on the basis of air concentrations of -hexane ( 100, 50-99, and <50 ppm) and -hexane concentrations in the cleaning solvent used ( 50, 49-10, and <10%). Lifteen members (25%) of the study group were found to have polyneuropathy. In one factory where all six employees developed polyneuropathy, the air concentration of -hexane was determined to be 190 ppm. In other factories, workers exposed to n-hexane at levels of <100 ppm showed significant decreases in motor nerve conduction velocities. 

What information can an employee take from one company to a second Often details on the manufacture of a new catalyst are considered proprietary yet if the employee developed a new method of designing a heat exchanger, the information might not be considered proprietary. An engineer supposedly improves and becomes more of an expert while he is with the first employer. 

Transformational leaders encourage follower to both develop and perform at levels above what they may have felt was possible, or beyond their own personal expectations (Bass and Avolio 1990, p. 234, emphasis in original). Thus, achieving certain levels of performance as well as development become a targeted outcome. The linkages between transformational leadership, employee development, and performance are presented in Figure 4. 

Figure 4 Linkages among Transformational Leadership, Employee Development, and Performance.

The next phase of the shift process will involve listening to employees as far as safety is concerned, and then focnsing on an employee development action plan that will help empower them in safety issues. Of vital importance is the assignment of safety authority, responsibility, and accountability at all levels throughout the organization. 

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