Training and development in beverage industry

Abstract

The study focuses on human resource development through employee training and development practices. This research sheds light on the relationship between employee training and development practices with employees’ performance and job satisfaction. The purpose of training and management development programs is to improve employee capabilities and organizational capabilities. It gives idea about various training and development programs carried in the beverage industry, type of training provided to beverage industry employees and its benefits. It also focuses on employees’ expectation and involvement in such type of training program. The objective of the study is to analyze the implementation of training and development practices in selected beverage industries and its impact on perception of employees which leads to performance improvement and job satisfaction.Training investment is returned in the form of more productive and effective employees. Training and development programs may be focused on individual performance or team performance. It is observed that those beverage industries following systematically and scientifically training and development practices create high job satisfaction level within employees. These employees are more committed towards better performance. The creation and implementation of training should be based on training need analysis. Information obtained could be useful for improvement of training and development practices in beverage industries. Factors that can affect the effectiveness of training and development practices in the beverage industries include, lack of support from top management and peers, employees’ individual attitudes, job-related factors and also the deficiencies in training practice.