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Which of the following best describes 'training' in the context of workplace learning?

Training is a planned, systematic effort to change knowledge, skills or attitudes so that an employee can perform their current job to the required standard. It is job-specific and short-term, unlike development, which is broader and prepares people for future roles.

  1. AA planned and systematic effort to modify knowledge, skills or attitudes so an employee can perform a current job to the required standardCorrect
  2. BA long-term process of broadening an individual's capabilities for future roles, with no link to the current job
  3. CAn individual's own reflection on experience, carried out without any organisational involvement

Explanation

Training is job-focused and planned, aimed at achieving the standard needed in the present role. The second option describes development, which is broader and longer term. The third describes self-directed reflection, which is not training as an organisational activity.

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