Training and Development Essay

Assignment 2: Learning Styles, Motivation, and On the Job Training
J. Camille Tyner
Business 407 - Training and Development
Professor Thompson
Strayer University
November 27, 2011













Introduction
This Report will contain answers to four (4) questions asked concerning:
1. Compare and contrast the four differences in learning styles.   Propose ways a trainer can

help each type of learner.

2. One of the most frequently used training methods is on the job training (OJT).   Compare

and contrast the characteristics of an informal OJT program with that of a formal one.

3. Describe four factors that should be considered when developing an effective computer

based training (CBT) program.

4. Analyze the three things an organization should do to motivate a trainee before the

5. trainee attends training.














Learning Styles, Motivation, and On the Job Training
1. Compare and contrast the four differences in learning styles.   Propose ways a trainer can
help each type of learner.
Some form of training usually takes place in most work place environments.   Training ranges from hands on experience to studying a procedural manual or viewing online media for information.   Even though, workplaces have different employees, with different learning styles.   To maintain the best learning atmosphere where employees work, trainers should know the different types of learning and the best method of approach for each employee.   The model discussed in the textbook is the Felder-Silverman model.   The Felder-Silverman model has four different dimensions (Blanchard and Thacker, 2010).
• Sensing versus Intuitive Learning
• Visual versus Verbal Learning
• Active versus Reflective Learning
• Sequential versus Global

The sensing learner is substantial, practical, and inclined to facts and procedures.   The intuitive learner is conceptual, innovative, and oriented toward theories and meanings (P.169).
When...