Trends That Will Influence the Future of Training

TRENDS THAT WILL INFLUENCE THE FUTURE OF TRAINING

Companies are providing training as a means to increase demand for their products and services in the competitive marketplace. Training programs’ importance has been increasing. All companies try to increase programs’ costs and effectiveness so they research new techniques. But they must develop programs with thinking the future. Solves which’s effectiveness is short should not important for companies. They research new techniques which effectiveness continues long time. Analyzing future is ver important for success.

To protect competitivenes has been gotten hard with globalization. Because of this reason, companies give big importance to training programs. Because they know that employees are backbone of their company and can help companies compatitiveness a lot.

We said ‘analyzing future is important’. We can invastigate some future trends that will affect training. Some of them are;

1. the use of new Technologies for training delivery will increase.

2. demand for training for virtual work arregements will rise

3. emphasis on capture and storage and use of intellectual capital will increase

4. companies will rely on learning management systems, integration with business processes and real time learning.

5. training will focus on business needs and performance.

6. training departments will develop partnerships and will outsource.

7. training and development will be viewed more from a change model perspective.[1]

Before explaining these trends, i want to write about socio-economic structure. Fundamental changes in the behaviour of societies and economies happen much more slowly than the technological developments that influence them. But even small shifts on this scale have a seismic impact, with a substantial circle of influence.

Over the next 40 years, the world's population is predicted to double. In the developed world, this will be more through improved health and longevity than increased childbirth. As life expectancy increases, workers may delay retirement, effectively increasing the working population. Second and third careers will become common, as more people make mid-life changes in profession. Two-income families will be the norm, increasing disposable wealth and reshaping family life and gender roles. For all these busy people, time will be the most precious commodity.

Values are changing. Young people growing up in comfortable affluence are placing increased importance on economic success. Consumerism is still growing rapidly and brand awareness is beginning at earlier ages. For many, work is simply a means to support their spending and lifestyle choices. The work ethic is diminishing, and employee loyalty may be transient and fragile in a generation familiar with corporate downsizing and increased career changes.

Attitudes to authority are also changing, largely through education and our exposure to a critical and irreverent Media. Now, technology offers tantalising opportunities for increased political participation by the masses. In essence, people as employees and voters will respond to the way they are treated and respect will need to be earned.

On the positive side, the next generations are expected to be more entrepreneurial and willing to take risks to achieve their financial aims.

Increased household incomes will boost international travel and tourism, supporting the growing