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Business 375: Employee Training

Learning Theories

There are a lot of theories that still needs to be checked and figured out for future

use like things that we need to learn in our daily job as an employee and manager. In an

organization, they hire new employees and provide basic training and then once they

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started working, then they will get to lean more information. This is like studying; you

know the basic and get to learn the more complicated lessons as you go through your

specialization especially in college. This is what we call learning theory where in theories

are being applied while learning in an educational and functional environment. Once

learning gets wider, then the person involve can function better like employees. Learning

theories needs to be selected with precision in order to get a theory that will fit the person's

need and the skill needed to perform the job given (Noe, 2010). Theories are just ideas

provided during class discussions and it is expected that the student or the employee will

apply the theories once they get to face the real challenge in real life.

Theories are always associated with the way individuals understand things in their

life. Trying to understand theories is like undergoing a learning process where in you learn

from each step you make (Noe, 2010). For example we have the theory about reinforcement

and how reinforcement works in keeping employees work with satisfaction. Reinforcement

theory can be a good or a bad thing though depending on the way employees will use the

reinforcement provided to them by the management. There is another theory being used

which is called social learning theory where in the trainee learns from watching someone

do their job regularly through observations. The observer can then mimic the attitude that

the one being observed is showing especially if it is getting him or her some rewards.

Another theory is the need theory where in job performance is based on the needs of the

person where in if they can get what they want, then they will do things that will make

them get it. We also have a theory called expectancy theory wherein the employee do his or

her job based on the expectations he or she got among other factors like the capability of

the employee to learn and the, the capability of the trainee to deliver as expected after the

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Business 375: Employee Training Learning Theories Learning Theories There are a lot of theories that still needs to be checked and figured out for future use like things that we need to learn in our daily job as an employee and manager. In an organization, they hire new employees and provide basic training and then once they started working, then they will get to lean more information. This is like studying; you know the basic and get to learn the more complicated lessons as you go through your specialization especially in college. This is what we call learning theory where in theories are being applied while learning in an educational and functional environment. Once learning gets wider, then the person involve can function better like employees. Learning theories needs to be selected with precision in order to get a theory that will fit the person's need and the skill needed to perform the job given (Noe, 2010). Theories are just ideas provided during class discussions and it is expected that the student or the employee will apply the theories once they get to face the real challenge in real life. Theories are always associated with the way individuals understand things in their life. Trying to understand theories is like undergoing a learning process where in you learn from each step you make?(Noe, 2010). For example we have the theory about reinforcement and how reinforcement works in keeping employees work with satisfaction. Reinforcement theory can be a ...
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