Matthew King
Liberty University
BUSI 642-B07 LUO
Dr. Puderbaugh
June 3, 2015 Discussion Board 2 – Question 5 Career development and training are two different philosophies in a company. However, as Gomez-Mejia, Balkin, and Cardy (2015) point out, the words are frequently used interchangeably. Training has a goal of assisting people grow their abilities and improving insufficiencies. Fitzgerald (1992) asserts that training “must result in a change in behavior [and] be tied to performance” (p. 81). Training is rather short-range fixated and needs to be an instant alteration for a person’s performance. Scripture shows that training has to be accomplished for righteousness and to be experienced in work (2 Timothy 3:16-17, ESV). While this speedy improvement procedure can grow efficiency for a company, it can also have an undesirable effect as sometimes workers feel uncomfortable about missing particular …show more content…
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