Pathology of Organizational Training Management: A Phenomenological Study

Document Type : Research Paper

Authors

• hamdullah habibi
• melika hamrahzade
• vahide jafarian

education

Abstract

Today's organizations need to move towards learning and Learning is created only through human resources analysis and systematic and programmed training. This research is aimed at the pathology of In-Service Training Courses. The methodology of this research is qualitative with the phenomenological approach. The statistical population of the research are employees of at the Organization for Development, Renovation and Equipping schools of East Azerbaijan province. 15 people were selected as the statistical sample purposefully. Semi-structured interviews were used to collect information. Data were analyzed by using Colaizzi e seven-stage method and using MAXQDA software. The research findings included 4 main themes and 17 sub-themes: Lack of suitable context ( Resistance to change, Lack of a specific planning, Lack of employee motivation, Lack of coordination in holding courses and centralization), Shortcomings and inconsistencies in the realm of implementation(Low employee participation, Technical and technological problems, Inadequate budget, Low expertise of instructors and lack of attractiveness of course content), Problems after the implementation ( Lack of comprehensive evaluation system, The lack of relation between theory and practice And not fixing the defects of the courses after the evaluation) And suggestions for improvement(Culture-building, Coordination between Related factors, Funding and initiating change from the administrators themselves) Extracted. According to research findings, there are problems and injuries in the process before the implementation, implementation and after the implementation of training courses in this organization.
Key words: Organizational Training, Training Management, In-Service Training, Staff Training, Phenomenological

Keywords

• Organizational Training
• Training Management
• In-Service Training
• Staff Training
• Phenomenological

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