WEB-BASED EMPLOYEE LEARNING AND DEVELOPMENT

“There is no end of education. It is not that you read a book, pass an examination, and finish with education. The whole of life, from the moment you are born to the moment you die, is a process of learning.” According to Kavanagh et al, education can be defined as a formal program of study which develops the learners through general knowledge, understanding and moral values. While learning can be defined as the process of assimilating new knowledge and skills gained from experience or practice that would lead to changes in behaviour.

Learning and development is such an essential components in developing employees towards achieving the organizational effectiveness and productivity. In reality, every employee seeks to receive or attend any learning or training as they realized the importance of improving themselves physically and mentally. This is because, every employee has their own career plan and they perceived learning as the turning point for them to achieve their ambition. Besides that, mastering themselves with required skills and knowledge may helps them in obtaining job promotion and it is such a precious thing to be proud of if they plan to move to other organization.

The implementation of web-based learning and development would really give such a beautiful impact to the organization as nowadays, it involves learning management software that is usually bundled into a learning management system (LMS). This Learning Management System comprises of three main components which are the organizational administration, training management, and talent management.

However, many of the implementation of web-based learning and development fails to meet everyone’s expectation as most of the companies did not know or have any idea on how the system works.

Normally, the system is implemented in their own organization just because it is also implemented by their competitors and they would like to be seen as modern as their competitor. However, this is absolutely wrong and thus, it brings them into failure. The top management must first have a thoroughly review on that system, and then reviewing their own company’s mission and vision. This is to ensure that the system would not be a waste of time and money and most importantly the system must be able to be handles by everyone in the company. Thus, it is best for the top management to first, ensure that the system they are going to implement is aligned to the organization’s missions and visions.