Project Report On Training and Development....
Project Report On Training and Development....
Project Report On Training and Development....
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Executive Summary (a) Purpose of the study. (b) Methodology of the study. (c) Limitation of the study.
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Training and development-An introduction. Training and development at COCACOLA Research methodology
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IV. V VI VII VIII. IX. X. Analysis and Interpretation of the study Findings of the study Suggestions Conclusion Bibliography Annexure
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
Summer Training is the inseparable aspect of the professional course today. This is the basic criteria which makes it mandatory for the participants in any curriculum that he/she carries out in his/her own thought and blends it with the officials data on the basis of which a complete report is formulated. With the philosophy in mind my Summer Training is based on the training and development programmes carried at Sales department of COCA-COLA lucknow.
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The entire study has been based on the accomplishment of the following objectives. To know the benefits of training and development. To measure the effectiveness of the training programme. To know the budget level allocated for the training programme. To know the most effective method of the training programme.
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Specific and proper methodology was needed to make the project report successful in this Summer Training the methodology adopted has been concerned with techniques for collecting primary and secondary data. This project report work of mine was centered in and around sales department where we gathered responses from around 50 employee.
primary data have been gathered on the basis of the structural questionnaire
which are designed under the guidance of the company concerned people. The secondary information have been gathered from the companys internal files and records.
There are certain limitations, which cannot be ruled out after taking all possible precaution regarding the basic rules of personnel departments.
First of all, the scope of study is limited as it come only important provisions laid down by govt. for the welfare of the workers.
The sample size was small here, the conclusion might not be right for the remaining workers. I do not spent very much time with every workers. No consolidate date available; means students depend upon the secondary data.
Training is an important activity in many organizations. we generally see that a new machines is installed in a factory, it is operated on the trial basis before going into actual production. After an employee is selected, placed and introduced he or she must be provided with training facilities. Training is the act of increasing the knowledge and skill of an employee for doing a particular job. Training is a short-term educational process and utilizing a systematic and organised procedure by which employees learn technical knowledge and skills for a definite purpose. Training improves, changes, moulds the employees knowledge, skill, behaviour, aptitude, and attitude towards the requirements of the job and organisation. Training refers to the
teaching and learning activities carried on for the primary purpose of helping members of an organisation, to acquire and apply the knowledge, skills, abilities and attitudes needed by a particular job and organisation.
TRAINING
Training is a short term process utilizing a systematic and organized procedure by which non managerial person acquire technical knowledge and skill for a definite purpose. It refers to instruction in technical and mechanical operation like operation of some machines. It is designed primarily for non managers, short duration and specific job related purposes.
Training is not something that is done once to new employees; it is used continuously in every well run establishment. Further, technological changes, automation, require up-dating the skills and knowledge. As such an organisation has to retrain the old employees. An employees specification may not exactly suit to the requirements of the job and the organisation irrespective of his past experience, qualification, skills, knowledge etc. Thus every management finds deviations between employees present specifications and the job requirements and organisational needs.
The primary goal or most of the organisations is their viability is continuously influenced by environmental pressure. If the organisation desires to adapt these changes, first it has to train the employees to impart specific skills and knowledge in order to enable them to contribute to the organisational efficiency and to cope with the changing environment.
Every organization in order to survive and to be effective should adopt the latest technology, i.e. mechanization, computerization and automation. Adoption of latest technological means and methods will not be complete until they are manned by employees possessing skill to operate them. So, organisation should train the employees to enrich them in the areas of changing technical skills and knowledge from time to time.
This creates the complex problems of co-ordination and integration and integration of activities adaptable for and adaptable to the expanding and diversifying situations. This situation calls for training in the skills of co-ordination, integration and adaptability to the requirements of growth, diversification and expansion. Companies constantly search for opportunities to improve organisational effectiveness.
Trends in approach towards personnel management has changed from the commodity approach to partnership approach, crossing the human relations approach. So training in human relations is necessary to deal with human problems and to maintain human relations.
Training is also necessary when the existing employee is promoted to the higher level in the organisation and when there is some new job or occupation due to transfer, techniques or technology.
The need for training also arises to: o Increase productivity. o Improve quality of the product/service. o Help a company to fulfils it future personnel needs. o Improve organisational climate. o Improve health and safety. o Prevent obsolescence. o Effect the personal growth. o Minimize the resistance to change.
The factors discussed above are mostly external factors and they are beyond the personnel managers control. These factors often determine the success of training objectives as shown.
Factors
Technological Advance Organisational Complexity Job Requirements Human Relations Learning Principles
Purposes
Improved Productivity Prevention of Obsolescence Preparation for Higher Level Jobs Top Management Support Improved Morale Personnel Functions 9
TRAINING OBJECTIVES:
Generally line managers ask the personnel manager to formulate the training policies. The Personnel Manager formulates the following training objectives in seeping with the Companys goals and objectives:
To prepare the employee both new and old to meet the present as well as the changing requirements of the job and the organisation. To prevent obsolescence. To impart the new entrants the basic knowledge and skill they need for an intelligent performance of definite job. To prepare employees for higher level tasks. To assist employees to function more effectively in their present positions by exposing them to the latest concepts, information and techniques and developing the skills they will need in their particular fields. To build up a second line of competent officers and prepare them to occupy more responsible positions. To broaden the minds of senior managers by providing them with opportunities for an interchange of experiences within and outside with a view to correcting the narrowness of outlook that may arise from over specialistaion. To develop the potentialities of people for the next level job. To ensure smooth and efficient working of a department.
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To promote individual and collective morale, a sense of responsibility, cooperative attitudes and good relationships.
TRAINING METHODS:
As a result of research in the field of training, a number of programmes are available. Some of these are new methods, while others are improvements over the traditional methods. The training programmes commonly used to train operative and supervisory personnel are discussed below. These programmes are classifield into on the job and off the job training programmes.
Off-the-job Methods
* Vestibule training * Role playing * Lecture Methods * Conference or Discussion *Programmed Instruction * Case Studies
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* Brainstorming
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JOB ROTATION: This type of training involves the movement of the trainee from one job to another. The trainee receives job knowledge and gains experience from his supervisor or trainer in each of the different job assignments. Though this method of training is common in training managers for general management positions, trainees can also be rotated from job to job in workshop jobs. This method gives an opportunity to the trainee to understand the problems of employees on other jobs and respect them.
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trainee shares some of the duties and responsibilities of the coach and relieves him of his burden. A limitation of this method of training is that the trainee may
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Preparing the Instructor: The instructor must know both the job to be taught and
how to teach it. The job must be divided into logical parts so that each can be taught at a proper time without the trainee-losing plan.
Know the job or subject he is attempting to teach, Have the aptitude and abilities to teach, Have willingness towards the profession, Have a pleasing personality and capacity for leadership, Have the knowledge of teaching principles and methods,
Be a permanent student, in the sense that he should equip himself with the latest concepts
and knowledge.
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Planning the programme. Preparing the instructors outline. Do not try to cover too much material. Keep the session moving along logically. Discuss each item in depth. Repeat, but in different words. Take the material from standardised texts when it is available.
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Presenting the Operation: There are various alternative ways of presenting the
operation, viz., explanation, demonstration etc. An instructor mostly uses these methods of explanation.
Explain the sequence of the entire job. Do the job step-by-step according to the procedure. Explain the step that he is performing. Have the trainee explain the entire job.
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Follow-up: The final step in most training procedures is that of follow-up. When
people are involved in any problem or procedure.
It has been found by various research studies that there is a relation between learning rapidly and effectively and providing right information specifically, and as such the trainer should not give excessive information or information that can be misinterpreted. The trainee also wants to learn a new skill without much difficulty and without handing too much or receiving excessive information or wrong type of progressive information. So, the trainer has to provide only the required amount of progressive information specifically to the trainee.
The effectiveness of the trainee in learning new skills or acquiring new knowledge should be reinforced by means of rewards and punishments. Punishments are also called negative reinforcements. Management should take care to award the successful trainees.
A trainee should actively participate in the training programmes in order to make the learning programme an effective one. Continuous and long practice is highly essential for effective learning.
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It is not clear whether it is best to teach the complete job at a stretch or dividing the job into parts and teaching each part at a time. If the job is complex and requires a little to long to
learn, it is better to teach part of the job separately and then put the parts together into an effective complete job.
Difference: Individual training is costly, and group training is economically viable and
advantageous to the organisation. But individuals very in intelligence and aptitude from person to person. So the trainer has to adjust the training programme to the individual abilities and aptitude.
Areas of Training:
Organisations provide training to their employees in the following areas: 1) Company policies and procedures. 2) Training in Specific Skills. 3) Human relations Training. 4) Problem solving Training. 5) Managerial and Supervisory Training. 6) Apprentice Training.
Company policies and procedures: This area of training is to be provided with a view
to acquainting the new employee with the Company Rules, Practices, Procedures, Tradition, Management, Organisation Structure, Environment Product Services offered by company etc.
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This acquaintance enables the new employee to adjust himself with the changing situations. Information regarding company rules and policies creates favorable attitudes of
confidence in the minds of new employee about the company and its products/services, as well as it develops in him a sense of respect for the existing employees of the company and the like.
The company also provides first hand information to the employee about the skills needed by the company, its development programmes, quality of product/services and the like. This enables the new employees to know his share of contribution to the organizations growth and development.
Training in Specific Skills: his area of training is to enable the employee more effective
on the job. The Trainer Ttrains the employee regarding various skills necessary to do the actual job. For example, the clerk in the bank should be trained in the skills of making entries correctly in the edge, skills and arithmetical calculations, quick comparison of figures, entries and the like. Similarly, the technical officers are to be trained in the skills of project appraisal, supervision, follow-up and the like.
organizations as employees have to maintain human relations not only with other employees but also with their customers. Employees are to be trained in the areas of self-learning, interpersonal competence group dynamics, perception, leadership styles, motivation, grievance redressal, disciplinary procedure and the like. This training enables the employees for better team work,
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Problem Solving Training: Most of the organisational problems are common to the
employees dealing the same activity at different levels of the organisation. Further some of the problems of different managers may have the same root cause. Hence, management may call together all managerial personnel to discuss common problems so as to arrive at effective solutions across the table. This not only helps in solving the problems but also serves as a forum for the exchange of ideas and information that could be utilised. The trainer has to organise such meetings, train and encourage the trainees to participated actively in such meetings.
Apprentice Training: The Apprentice Act, 1961 requires industrial units of specified
industries to provide training in basic skills and knowledge in specified trades to educated employees /apprentices with a view to improving their employment opportunities or to enable them to start their own industry. This type of training generally ranges between one year to four years. This training is generally used for providing technical in the areas like trades, crafts etc.
ADVANTAGES OF TRAINING:
The contributions of imparting training to a Company should be readily apparent. The major values are:
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Increased Productivity: An increase in skill usually results in an increment in both quality and quantity of output. However, the increasingly technical nature of modem jobs demands systematic training to make possible even minimum levels of accomplishment.
Heightened Morale: Possession of needed skills help to meet such basic human needs as security and ego Increased Productivity: An increase in skill usually results in an increment in both quality and quantity of output. However, the increasingly technical nature of modem jobs demands systematic training to make possible even minimum levels of accomplishment. satisfaction. Collaborate personnel and human relations programmes can make a contribution toward morale, but they are hollow shells if there is no solid core of meaningful work down with knowledge, skill and pride.
Reduced Supervision: The trained employee is one who can perform with limited
supervision. Both employee and supervisor want less supervision but greater independence is not possible unless the employee is adequately trained. Reduced Accidents: More accidents are caused by deficiencies in people than by deficiencies in equipment and working conditions. Proper training in both job skills and safety attitudes should contribute toward a reduction in the accident rate. Increased Organisational Stability: The ability of an organisation to sustain its effectiveness despite the loss of key personnel can be developed only through creation of a reservoir of employees. Flexibility, the ability to adjust to short-run variations in the volume
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of work requires personnel with multiple skills to permit their transfer to jobs where the demand is highest.
IMPORTANCE OF TRAINING:
Training Benefits the Organisation. Leads to improved profitability and/or more positive attitudes toward profits orientation. Improves the job knowledge and skills at all levels of the organisation. Improves the morale of the workforce. Helps people identify with organisational goals. Helps create a better corporate image. Aids in understanding and carrying out organisational policies. Provides information for future needs in all areas of the organisation. Organisation gets more effective decision-making and problem solving. Helps keep costs down in many areas, e.g. production, personnel, administration, etc. Develops a sense of responsibility to the organisation for being competent and knowledgeable. Improves labour-management relations. Benefits to the Individual, Which in Turn Ultimately Should Benefit the Organisation: Helps the individual in making better decisions and effective problem solving. Through training and development, motivational variables of recognition, achievement, growth, responsibility and advancement are internalised and operationalised. Aids in encouraging and achieving self-development and self-confidence. Helps a person handle stress, tension, frustration and conflict.
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Provides information for improving leadership knowledge, communication skills and attitudes.
Increases job satisfaction and recognition. Moves a person toward personal goal while improving interactive skills. Satisfies, personal needs of the trainer (and trainee). Provides the trainee an avenue for growth and a say in his/her own future. Develops a sense of growth in learning. Benefits in Personnel and Human Relations, Intra and Inter group Relations and Policy Implementation:
Improves communication between groups and individuals. Aids in orientation for new employees and those taking new jobs through transfer or promotion.
Provides information on equal opportunity and affirmative action. Provides information on other governmental laws and administrative policies. Improves interpersonal skills. Makes organization policies, rules and regulations viable. Improves morale. Builds cohesiveness in groups. Provides a good climate for learning, growth, and co-ordination.
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necessary for the effective presentation of the material. The roles of instructors can very widely depending upon the training developers design for the instructor. Typical roles for the instructor are those of traditional lecturer, administrator, facilitators, expert, and feedback provider. An instructor may assume all the roles in a single programme or session or may rely solely on one for a training programme. Trainer Training, Therefore, must include the entire array of activities from classroom demeanor to discipline. Formal training for trainer generally takes a three-fold course training principles and practices; techniques of classroom behavior; and observation and practice; in the classroom. Trainer must also be taught the methods used for providing feedback. In a simple stimulus-response situation, such as in the target shooting example where shooter must know where he hit in previous round to improve, the feedback is simple. The trainer must suppress value judgment in giving feedback. Feedback must be objective, unless the task is to please another person.
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DEVELOPMENT
In contrast a development is along term process utilizing a systematic and organized procedure by which managerial personnel get conceptual and theoretical knowledge it is not technical knowledge or skills but philosophical theoretical educational concept. It is considered more general than training and more oriented to individuals needs in addition to organized needs and it is most often aimed towards management people. Usually the intent of development is to provide knowledge and understanding function more effectively such as problem solving decision making and relating to people
Development:
Successful candidate placed on the job need training to perform their duties effectively. Workers must be trained to operate machines, reduce scrap and avoid accidents. It is not only the workers who need training.
Another component of a training and development programme is development which is less skill oriented but stresses on knowledge about business environment, management principles and technique, human relations, specific industry analysis and the like is useful for better management of a company. Supervisors, managers and executives also need to be developed in order to enable them to grow and acquire maturity of though and action.
Training and development constitute an ongoing process in an organisation. In simple terms, training and development refer to the importing of specific skills abilities and knowledge to an employee.
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or her knowledge. The need for training and development is determined by the employee performance deficiency as follows:
TRAINING AND DEVELOPMENT NEED = STANDARD PERFORMANCE ACTUAL PERFORMANCE.
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TRAINING
DEVELOPMENT
WHY
Specific information
job
WHEN
Short term
Long run
Training is a continuous systematic development among all levels of employees of that knowledge and their skills and attitude which contribute to their welfare and their company.
Manager development concerns the mean by which person cultivate those skills which application will improve the efficiency and effectiveness with which the anticipated result of the particular organizational segment are achieved.
Training is an organised procedure by which learning of knowledge or skill for definite purpose.
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Development is a systematic process of training and growth by which an individual gain or apply knowledge skill etc. in short development brings about a change in personality also.
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EVALUATION OF RESULT
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usefulness of coverage of the matter, depth of the course content, method of presentation, teaching methods etc.
II. Learning: Training programme, trainers ability and trainee ability are evaluated on
the basis of quantity of content learned and time in which it is learned and learners ability to use or apply, the content he learned. III. Job Behaviour: This evaluation includes the manner and extent to which the trainee has applied his learning to his job. IV. Organisation: This evaluation measures the use of training, learning and change
in the job behavior of the department/organisation in the form of increased productivity, quality, morale, sales turnover and the like. V. Ultimate Value: It is the measurement of ultimate result of the contributions of the training programme to the Company goals like survival, growth, profitability etc., and to
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the individual goals like development of personality and social goals like maxmising social benefit. Essential Ingredients for a Successful Evaluation:
There are three essential ingredients in a successful evaluation. They are: (a) Support throughout the evaluation process. Support items are human resources, time, finance, equipment and availability of data source, records etc. (b) Existence of open communication channels among top management, participants and those involved in providing data etc. (c) Existence of sound management process.
Bases of Evaluation:
Training programme can be evaluated on the basis of various factors like production factor, general observation, human resource factor, performance, tests, cost-value relationship etc.
Production Factors: In operative training, the prime measure of worth is that of productivity.
Productivity rates covering both quantity and quality are good indicators of the values of training. In most business situations these rates will have to be obtained before and after training. In an experimental situation, a control group that does not receive training could be compared with the one that does in order to ascertain the effect of training. Management will generally look first at production and wastage rates to determine the worth of operative training. The other
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production factors are decrease in unit time and unit cost of production and reduction in space or machine requirements.
Human resource Factor: Training programme can also be evaluated on the basis of
employee satisfaction, which in turn can be viewed on the basis of:
Decrease in employee turnover. Decrease in absenteeism. Decrease in number and severity of accidents. Betterment of employee morale. Decrease in grievance and disciplinary cases. Reduction in time to earn piece rates. Decrease in number of discharges or dismissals.
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Performance Tests: In the immediate sense, the specific source of training can be evaluated
in terms of written and performance tests. The test is supported by a sample of what the trainee knows or can do. Successful accomplishment of the tests would indicate successful training. But the true test is whether or not what has been learned in training is successfully transferred and applied to the job. It is dangerous to rely upon tests alone to demonstrate the true value of training. Performance appraisal on the job before and after training may be supplemented to the tests.
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d. Choosing the right training method. e. And one of the possible combinations of the methods of training evaluation listed below can be used by an organisation for evaluation depending upon the need and convenience.
PHASES IN TRAINING PROGRAMS VARIOUS PHASES OF TRAINING PROGRAM THROUGH WHICH A TRAINING IN THE ORGNISATION PASSES.
TRAINING NEEDS
Increase sale, lowered turnover, better morale, control, PROGRAMS OBJECTIVES improve customer relation, lower selling cost, better use of time, and most of all setting specific objective, improve prospecting, techniques. handling objection, strengthen closing
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Recruits, existing sales force, refresher course, independent representative dealers distributors, users
Centralized, Decentralized field sales office, Senior sales people, On- The- Job training, Local sales school, Local sales seminar or clinic
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Attitude towards selling, Company knowledge, Product knowledge and application, knowledge of competitive products, knowledge of customers, Time management, skills, legal constraints on selling and selling skill.
Lectures, Discussion, Demonstration, Role playing, Audio TEACHING METHOD USED IN TRAINING PROGRAMS. cassette, Video enhance training, On- The Job training, Company assistance training, Business TV.
Lectures, Discussion, Demonstration, Role playing, Audio cassette, Video enhance training, On- The Job training, Company assistance training, Business TV.
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In May 1886, Doctor John Pemberton a pharmacist from Atlanta, Georgia invented Coca Cola. John Pemberton concocted the Coca Cola formula in a three legged brass kettle in his backyard. The name was a suggestion given by John Pemberton's bookkeeper Frank Robinson. It was a prohibition law, enacted in Atlanta in 1886, that persuaded physician and chemist Dr. John Stith Pemberton to rename and rewrite the formula for his popular nerve tonic, stimulant and headache remedy, "Pemberton's French Wine Coca," sold at that time by most, if not all, of the city's druggists. So when the new Coca-Cola debuted later that year - still possessing "the valuable tonic and nerve stimulant properties of the coca plant and cola nuts," yet sweetened with sugar instead of wine - Pemberton advertised it not only as a "delicious, exhilarating, refreshing and invigorating" soda-fountain beverage but also as the ideal "temperance drink." It is said coke was discovered when DeLuise, a 19th century American soda jerk accidentally hit the soda water spigot, adding carbonated water to the syrup in the glass. The result was a "happy accident": the invention of Coca-Cola. Though Pemberton died just two years later - five months, in fact, after his March 24, 1888, filing for incorporation of the first Coca-Cola Co. - the trademark he and his partners created more than one hundred years ago can claim wider recognition today than that of any other brand in the world the Indian history.
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John Peterson
And the Coca-Cola beverage, whose unit sales totaled a mere 3,200 servings in 1886 ("nine drinks per day" based on the twenty-five gallons of syrup sold to drugstores by Pemberton Chemical Co.), is today called the world's most popular soft drink--accounting for billions of servings at restaurants in 195 countries. Such is the commercial legacy of a onetime Confederate lieutenant colonel who earned his medical degree at the age of nineteen, who served on the first Georgia pharmacy licensing board, who set up a top-rated laboratory for chemical analysis and manufacturing, and who, in his dozen-and-a-half years in Atlanta, established eighteen business ventures - including one, the Coca-Cola Co., which now can boast 1995 sales in excess of $15 billion.
But King feels the Coca-Cola Co. of today drew an accurate conclusion when it stated: "Dr. Pemberton never fully realized the potential of the beverage he created." Indeed, while Pemberton gets credit for the formula behind the CocaCola taste, he has had capable successors in Asa Candler, Robert Woodruff and Roberto Goizueta - men who built the product and the company into an icon of pleasure and profit. According to King, Pemberton actually remained more interested in expanding the market for French Wine Coca, a product based on the formula for another extremely popular coca-based beverage, Vin Mariani, which had been developed in Paris in 1863. So when Atlanta's prohibition act was repealed in 1887, only a year after its passage, Pemberton resumed the manufacture and sale of his original patent medicine, leaving his son Charles to oversee the production of Coca-Cola.
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Although Pemberton may have envisioned a future for his soft-drink creation-enticing six Atlanta businessmen to invest in the start-up Coca-Cola enterprise--for reasons that remain a mystery he soon began selling his interest in the formula.
"Dr. Pemberton . . . must have believed that it had little value and no potential assurance of substantial success," said Charles Candler in a 1953 biographical sketch about his father, titled "Asa Griggs Candler, Coca-Cola and Emory College." Being a bookkeeper, Frank Robinson also had excellent penmanship. It was he who first scripted "Coca Cola" into the flowing letters which has become the famous logo of today. The soft drink was first sold to the public at the soda fountain in Jacob's Pharmacy in Atlanta on May 8, 1886. About nine servings of the soft drink were sold each day. Sales for that first year added up to a total of about $50. The funny thing was that it cost John Pemberton over $70 in expenses, so the first year of sales were a loss. Until 1905, the soft drink, marketed as a tonic, contained extracts of cocaine as well as the caffeine-rich kola nut. By the late 1890s, Coca-Cola was one of America's most popular fountain drinks. With another Atlanta pharmacist, Asa Griggs Candler, at the helm, the Coca-Cola Company increased syrup sales by over 4000% between 1890 and 1900.
Asa Candler, who, according to King, had worked for Pemberton as early as 1872, wound up, after a series of transactions, controlling the company within a short time of Pemberton's death. By 1891 he owned all of the Coca-Cola business. Charles Candler relates that one of his father's first missions was to change the original Pemberton formula in order "to improve the taste of the product, to ensure its uniformity and its stability.
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The Coca-Cola company started out as an insignificant one man business and over the last one hundred and ten years it has grown into one of the largest companies in the world. The first operator of the company was Dr. John Pemberton and the current operator is Roberto Goizueta. Without societies help, Coca-Cola could not have become over a 50 billion dollar business. CocaCola was invented by Dr. John Pemberton, an Atlanta pharmacist. He concocted the formula in a three legged brass kettle in his backyard on May 8, 1886. He mixed a combination of lime, cinnamon, coca leaves, and the seeds of a Brazilian shrub to make the fabulous beverage (Things go better with Coke 14). Coca-Cola debuted in Atlanta's largest pharmacy, Jacob's Pharmacy, as a five cent non- carbonated beverage. Later on, the carbonated water was added to the syrup to make the beverage that we know today as Coca-Cola. Coca-Cola was originally used as a nerve and brain tonic and a medical elixir. Coca-Cola was named by Frank Robinson, one of Pemberton's close friends, he also penned the famous CocaCola logo in unique script. Dr. John Pemberton sold a portion of the Coca-Cola company to Asa Candler, after Pemberton's death the remainder was sold to
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Candler. Pemberton was forced to sell because he was in a state of poor health and was in debt.
Woodruff introduced the six bottle carton in 1923. He also made Coca-Cola available through vending machine in 1929, that same year, the Coca- Cola bell glass was made available. He started advertising on the radio in the 1930s and on the television in 1950. Currently Coca-Cola is advertised on over five hundred TV channels around the world. In 1931, he introduced the Coke Santa as a Christmas promotion and it caught on. Candler also introduced the twelve ounce Coke can in 1960. The Coca-Cola contour bottle was patented in 1977. The two liter bottle was introduced in 1978, the same year the company also introduced plastic bottles (Coca-Cola multiple pages).
In 1985, the Coca-Cola Company made what has been known as one of the biggest marketing blunder. The Coca-Cola company stumbled onto the new formula in efforts to produce diet Coke. They put forth 4 million dollars of research to come up with the new formula. The decision to change their formula and pull the old Coke off the market came about because taste tests showed a distinct preference for the new formula. The new formula was a sweeter variation with less tang, it was also slightly smoother (Demott 54). Robert Woodruff's death was a large contributor to the change because he stated that he would never change Coca-Cola's formula. Another factor that influenced the change was that Coke's market share fell 2.5 percent in four years. Each percentage point lost or gain meant 200 million dollars. A financial analyst said, "Coke's market share fell from 24.3 percent in 1980 to 21.8 percent in 1984" (Things go better with Coke 14).
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This was the first flavor change since the existence of the Coca- Cola company. The change was announced April 23, 1985 at the Vivian Beaumont Theater at the Lincoln Center. Some two hundred TV and newspaper reporters attended this very glitzy announcement. It included a question and answer session, a history of Coca-Cola, and many other elements (Oliver 131). Coca-Cola management had to decide: Do nothing or "buy the world a new Coke" (Things go better with Coke 14). They decided to develop the new formula. Roberto Goizueta, the president of the Coca-Cola Company stated, "The old Coke formula, with its secret flavoring ingredient, called Merchandise 7X, will stay locked in the Trust Company of Georgia bank vault in Atlanta, never to be used again" (Demott et. al 55). This is what many Coke officials said, "This is the most significant soft drink development in the company's history" (Demott et. al 54). The change back to the old Coke was known as the Second Coming. Roberto Goizueta said, "Today, we have two messages deliver to the American consumer, first, to those of you who are drinking CocaCola with its great new taste, our thanks...But there is a second group of consumers to whom we want to speak to today and our message to this group is simple: We have heard you" (Oliver 178). On July 10, 1985, eighty-seven days after the new Coke was introduced, the old Coke was brought back in addition to the new one. This was greatly due to dropping market share and consumer protest. The market share fell from a high of 15 percent to a low of 1.4 percent (Miller 38).
The 1996 Summer Olympics will be held in Atlanta, Georgia, the home of Coca-Cola. One great earmark that the Coca-Cola company has is helping the people of Atlanta. They accomplish this through scholarships, hotlines, donations and contributions, etc. Another large accomplishment that the CocaCola has, is being the first company to make and use recycled plastic bottles. One way to see all of the achievements of the Coca- Cola company is to visit the World of Coke in Atlanta. It houses a collection of memorabilia, samples of the products, exhibits, and many other exciting items (Facts, Figures, and Features Multiple pages). All of what has been said is the basis of what CocaCola was built on. Without societies help, Coca-Cola could not have become over a 50 billion dollar business. Keep on consuming the world's favorite soft drink, Coca-Cola. In 2006 Coca Cola are invited to introduce a new brand cola to celebrate the launch of Solar Navigator......................
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The Coca-Cola spencerian script, usually accompanied by the word "drink", began popping up on the sides of buildings and barns walls all over Georgia, soon after the Coca-Cola Company was formed. So much so, that by 1908, 2.5 million square feet of America's walls were covered in reminders to "drink Coca-Cola". By the 1960's, other means of advertising had emerged, so the company moved onto more modern methods of promotion. To remind us all of the good old days, Tom McClain, author and photographer of the book Coca-Cola Dreaming, has traveled all over the Southeast United States photographing Coca-Cola paintings.He has included in his book, over 100 photos, some dating back to 1905.
Corporate Governance
E. Neville Isdell (CEO since June 2004) Herbert A. Allen Ronald W. Allen Cathleen Black Warren Buffett Barry Diller Donald Keough Maria Elena Lagomasino Donald McHenry
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Stock
The Coca-Cola Company is listed on the New York Stock Exchange and is part of the Dow Jones Industrial Average and the S&P 500.
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In 1886, Coca-Cola was only sold out of soda fountains for 5 cents a glass. In those days, putting soda-drinks in bottles wasn't an easy task since a way to get an air-tight seal on a bottle had not yet been developed. In 1894 a man by the name of Joseph Augustas Biedenharn, a 28 year old candy merchant from Vicksburg , Mississippi , began selling Coca-Cola in bottles. The bottle he used is known to us as the Hutchinson stopper-type glass bottle, utilizing an iron stopper and rubber washer. In 1899 , Asa Griggs Candler , owner of Coca-Cola , gave two young attorneys, Benjamin F. Thomas and Joseph B . Whitehead of Chattanooga, Tennessee , the rights to bottle Coca-Cola across most of the United States. Because Candler wasn't confident it could be done, the two men only had to pay one dollar for the bottling rights. Thomas and Whitehead not only succeeded, they also started a network of bottling companies . Soon there after, a third Chattanooga lawyer by the name of John T . Lupton would join their venture. By 1909, 379 bottling companies were in operation across the UnitedStates. By 1905, Coca-Cola would be sold in the second bottle type. This bottle is known to us as the crown top, straight-sided bottle, utilizing a cap instead of a stopper. These bottles came in amber, clear and light green colors, and were also the first to have labels on them. Millions of these bottles were used until Coca-Cola started running into problems with their competitors who were trying to imitate Coca-Cola. The imitators came up with names like Coke-Ola, Koka-Nola, Its-a-Cola, Klu Ko Kolo, Loco Cola, Toca-Cola and Zero-Cola. This of course posed a serious problem for Coca-Cola. The Contour Coca-Cola Bottle became one of the few packages to achieve trademark status by the U.S. Patent Office. Today, it's considered the most recognized package design on the planet ... yes, even in the dark ! Today, there are only two prototype bottles in existence. One is enshrined in a showcase by the Coca-Cola Company at it's museum in Atlanta, Georgia. The other bottle, as well as Dean's original pencil drawing, is in the possession of one of his sons.
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The above bottle history was written by Jeff Dean at ContourBottle.com, and is used with permission. Thanks Jeff!!
Hutchinson Coke
The very first Coke bottles were Hutchinson style bottles - these are extremely rare and date before 1900. Straight-sided (S-S) Coke bottles with crown tops date about 1900-1919; colors were clear, aqua, green, blue, and amber with amber bottles in good condition typically bringing the highest prices. "Coca-Cola" embossed in script letters contained Coke and is more valuable, while the "Coca-Cola" embossed in block letters contained a flavored drink other than Coke so is less valuable. There are two styles of Hutchinson Coke: one with "Coca-Cola" in script and one without. The Biedenharn hutch is the one without "Coca-Cola" in script. Also be careful of the script hutch reproduction.
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Straight-Sided Coke
Of the S-S Cokes, listed below are the basic styles which depend primarily on where the script Coca-Cola logo is located: 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. center slug plate script - about 1900-1905. base rectangular slug plate script - about 1900-1905. mid body script - about 1900-1910. base script - about 1902-1915. center diamond script - about 1907-1912. Only from Cumberland MD (amber and clear) and Toledo OH (amber). Photo courtesy of Tim McGuire. vertical script - about 1905-1910. Only from Milwaukee WI. vertical arrow script - about 1912-1916. All amber, primarily TN and KY. circular arrow script - about 1912-1914. All from Jackson TN (amber and aqua). shoulder script - about 1910-1919.
For each style listed above, you can click to see an example. Note there are also custom styles that do not fall into one of these categories.The S-S Cokes originally had labels. To see one with its original label,. There are reproduction labels around in new condition, so if the bottle looks old and the label looks new, then chances are that the label was added later. To see an original and repro label side by side,.In this photo, the repro label is on the left and the original label is on the right. According to the Petretti book on Coke bottles, the repro labels have even/straight/uniform lines while the originals had uneven/dotted lines.
Hobbleskirt Coke
By 1917 Cokes started being produced in the familiar hobble-skirt shape which is still used today. The first hobbleskirts where patened Nov 16, 1915 and came in a variety of colors: clear, aqua, ice blue, and green. To see a rare 1915 that is blue on top and green on the bottom, The first five versions of these hobble-skirt Cokes are identified by their embossing:
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1. "NOV.16 1915" were produced from 1917 to 1928. 2. "DEC. 25 1923" (called the "Christmas Cokes") were produced from 1928 to 1938. Must be careful since reproductions of the 1923 Cokes were produced in 1989. Easiest way to spot a repro is by looking at the base of the bottle. See, one of which is repro - can you spot the repro? It's the one in middle of the bottom row. The City/State letters are smaller on the repro. Repro also has a circular line joining the State and City names. Later hobble-skirt bottles (i.e. Dec 25 1923 patent and later) all have a green tint color. One exception are those produced during 1942-45; these were blue due to the copper shortage for WWII (copper gives the green color).
There are also some amber colored hobble-skirt bottles. around, but the amber color in these bottles is artificially produced by irradiating the bottle. There are also fake amber S-S Coke bottles: see if you can spot the artifical amber bottle in this photo, courtesy of Tim McGuire. The photo shows the various shades of amber that occur naturally, with the repro in the middle: a Macon GA S-S. There are no natural amber SS bottles from Macon GA. Be careful of Coke bottles with a deep purple color. Here are purple examples of a SS and 1915 Hobbleskirt. Dark purple is not a natural color for these bottles and is caused by irradiating clear bottles. The older Coke bottles had manganese that will turn the bottle dark purple when irradiated. However, these purple bottles do make a nice color addition to your collection. There are some naturally occuring bottles with a light amethyst/purple tint - leaving them out in prolonged sunlight will darken the tint (but they will never become a dark purple). Buyer beware!
Check out these 1915ads that shows a labeled straight-sided Coke bottle and the circular arrow symbol that appeared on some of the Tenn amber Cokes. One ad shows the baseball played Eddie Collins.
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HISTORY OF BOTTELING
Coca-Cola originated as a soda fountain beverage in 1886 selling for five cents a glass. Early growth was impressive, but it was only when a strong bottling system developed that Coca-Cola became the world-famous brand it is today.
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Two young attorneys from Chattanooga, Tennessee believed they could build a business around bottling Coca-Cola. In a meeting with Candler, Benjamin F. Thomas and Joseph B. Whitehead obtained exclusive rights to bottle Coca-Cola across most of the United States -- for the sum of one dollar. A third Chattanooga lawyer, John T. Lupton, soon joined their venture.
The three pioneer bottlers divided the country into territories and sold bottling rights to local entrepreneurs. Their efforts were boosted by major progress in bottling technology, which improved efficiency and product quality. By 1909, nearly 400 Coca-Cola bottling plants were operating, most of them family-owned businesses. Some were open only during hot-weather months when demand was high.
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Bottlers worried that Coca-Cola's straight-sided bottle was easily confused with imitators. A group representing the Company and bottlers asked glass manufacturers to offer ideas for a distinctive bottle. A design from the Root Glass Company of Terre Haute, Indiana won enthusiastic approval. The Contour Bottle became one of the few packages ever granted trademark status by the U.S. Patent Office. Today, it's one of the most recognized icons in the world - even in the dark!
As the 1920s dawned, more than 1,000 Coca-Cola bottlers were operating in the U.S. Their ideas and zeal fueled steady growth. Six-bottle cartons were a huge hit starting in 1923. A few years later, open-top metal coolers became the forerunners of automated vending machines. By the end of the 1920s, bottle sales of Coca-Cola exceeded fountain sales.
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During the war, 64 bottling plants were set up around the world to supply the troops. This followed an urgent request for bottling equipment and materials from General Eisenhower's base in North Africa. Many of these war-time plants were later converted to civilian use, permanently enlarging the bottling system and accelerating the growth of the Company's worldwide business.
For the first time, consumers had choices of Coca-Cola package size and type-the traditional 6.5 ounce Contour Bottle, or larger servings including 10-, 12- and 26-ounce versions. Cans were also introduced, becoming generally available in 1960.
Sprite, Fanta, Fresca and TAB joined brand Coca-Cola in the 1960s. Mr. Pibb and Mello Yello were added in the 1970s. The 1980s brought diet Coke and Cherry Coke, followed by POWERaDE and Fruitopia in the 1990s. Today scores of other brands are offered to meet consumer preferences in local markets around the world.
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As technology led to a global economy, retail customers of The Coca-Cola Company merged and evolved into international mega-chains. Such customers required a new approach. In response, many small and medium-size bottlers consolidated to better serve giant international customers. The Company encouraged and invested in a number of bottler consolidations to assure that its largest bottling partners would have capacity to lead the system in working with global retailers.
Political and economic changes opened vast markets that were closed or underdeveloped for decades. After the fall of the Berlin Wall, the Company invested heavily to build plants in Eastern Europe. As the century closed, more than $1.5 billion was committed to new bottling facilities in Africa.
21st Century
The Coca-Cola bottling system grew up with roots deeply planted in local communities. This heritage serves the Company well today as consumers seek brands that honor local identity and the distinctiveness of local markets. As was true a century ago, strong locally based relationships between Coca-Cola bottlers, customers and communities are the foundation on which the entire business grows.
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There are certain skills, which enables personnel to perform his job more efficiently. Eminent authorities have discussed several types of skills required for an efficient sales executives .however, the most accepted classification of skills for the sales executives are given (by Robert L. Katz) under three heads:
ORIENTATION OF TRAINING
Orientation of training is a must for all employees in RIL. Introduction to company, including departments and their function. General awareness about the rules regulation and policies. Product familiarization Work culture and inter personal relation.
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TRAINING POLICY
It is very important that management has a policy with respect to training and that this should be well defined and clear cut. More specifically, it should in this rules and procedures that or influence the standard and scope of training and development in the organization. A model training policy should encompass the following.
Managements own overall responsibility right from the planning stage to successful implementation. The organizations approach to the training function which would include guidance for design & execution as well as dissemination of relevant information to all employees. Provision for annual/periodic surveys in order to insure that training is need based & development oriented. Identification of priority areas since resources are always scarce & programmes must be prioritized according to felt needs. Clear identification of target groups & confirmation that training relates to everyone without exceptions Communication to all employees of the firm intention regarding each individuals career development & the contribution of training to a persons future promotional prospects.
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Expression of the organizational faith and belief that training and development are as crucial to the organization as to the individual and that the companys growth is linked with the growth of each employee.
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Personal growth
Obsolesce prevention.
To develop capabilities and competence to assume higher responsibilities. Try to lower the wastage. TYPES OF TRAINING & DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMMES:
In COCA-COLA various types of training programmes are conducted which in turn results in development of employees. Company conducts training programmes within the organization in which the faculty may consist of internal trainers & outside guest experts. Generally company conducts training
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programme through outside faculty due to some reason. In the external training company deputes their employee outside for acquiring higher skills.
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OBJECTIVE: To ensure systematic assessment of knowledge and skill of every employee and fulfilling their training needs.
SCOPE: Personnel in company performing affecting quality. RESPONSIBILITY: Manager Personnel. HOD SYSTEM PROCEDURE: Personnel department has allocated every permanent sales
person a token no./staff code for identification of the hourly rated workman and staff member respectively. The personnel department maintains the personal data of every sales persons regarding their past experience, skill, training attended, etc.
Personnel department has maintained a list of activities and minimum competency criteria for performance.
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RESEARCH METHODOLOGY Research design Population Sample Method of sampling Sample unit Method of data collection
EARCH METHODOOGY is a way to systemically solve the research problem. It may be understood as a science of studying how research is done. and it to study the various steps that are generally adopted by a researcher in studying his research problem it is necessary for the researcher to design the methodology form the problem as a method differ from problemproblem.
RESEARCH PROCESS
Before embarking on the detail of research methodology and the techniques it seems appropriate to present the brief overview of the research process. Research process consists of series of action or steps necessary to effectively carried out the research and the desired sequencing of these steps one should remember that the desired sequencing of these steps. One should
remember that various steps involve in a research process are not mutually exclusive
nor they are separate and distinct they do not necessarily follow each other. any specific order
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and researcher have to be constantly anticipating at each steps in the research process however the following order concerning various steps provide a useful procedural guideline regarding the research process.
Data collection.
I have used primary and secondary data for which a comprehensive questionnaire was prepared and was got filled up by the employee of the organization
Primary data Questionnaires: A formal list of the questions answered by the employee of COCACOLA and later analysis the responses.
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We have used structured questionnaire as a formal list of question produces more reliable results.
SAMPLING
Sampling procedure includes finite types of universe with random sampling which comes under probability method of sampling because under this method every item of the universe has a equal chance of being selected and no place for biases ness.
SAMPLING DESIGN
A sampling design is a definite plan for obtaining a sample for a given population. It refers to the techniques and procedure the researcher would adopt in selecting items for sample design is determined before data is collected. The sample size should also be ascertained before starting the research programme. I have choosen a sample size of the 100 employee.
DATA COLLECTION
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The task of data collection begins after research problem has been defined and research design/ plan chalked out while deciding about the data collection to be used for studying two types of data is used.
Primary data: Are those which are collected fresh and for first time and thus happen to be
original in character
Secondary data: On the other hand are those which have already been collected by some one
else and which have been already passed on. the method of collecting primary and secondary data differs since primary data are to be originally collected while in case in secondary data the nature of data collections works is merely that of compilation.
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Interpretation : 90% of the employees aware about the training in their organization.
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3).methods of training?
a. On the job
Yes No
On the job
Interpretation: yes70% of the respondents are employee needs on the job training and 30%
are comfortable from off the job.
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increases of training
15% 15%
Morale Motivation
Both
70%
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a. Yes-70%
b. No -30%
Satisfaction or dissatisfaction
yes no
Interpretation: 70% says it is best for growth or satisfied or 30% are not satisfied from
the training it says waste of time.
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80 70 60 50 40 70 30 20 10 10 0 20
All employees
New recruits
Existing salesperson
Interpretation: Basically new recruits need training as they are new in their job thus they are
selected for the training.
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Interpretation: The normal duration for imparting the training was considered to be the 1
week and 65% of the employee agree with this time period and considered that 2-3 days is too short and 1 month is too long.
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40 30 20 10
Lecture based
Group discussion
Demonstration
Other
Interpretation: As training programme was designed for the sales persons the lecture was
considered to be the best basic method of training followed by the group discussion.
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10%
30%
60%
Interpretation: Companys trainer are basically responsible for giving training to the sales
persons and for some specific purpose the trainer comes from outside.
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Content of training
10%
30%
c
60%
Interperation: 30% of respondents thinks that the content of the training is attitude
towards training and 60% of respondents thinks that the content of the training is knowledge of company,competitors,and customers and 10% of respondents thinks that the content of training is time management.
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11).After completion of training were you asked to fill a feedback form a. Yes -90% b. No-10% Filling of feedback form
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Interpretation: 90% of the employees are asked to fill the feedback form as to know the
effectiveness of the training programme. It also help in improving the training programme design for future.
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a.
Questionnaire Observational
35%
a. a. Performance appraisal report
35%
Interpretation: Questionnaire and observation was considered to be the suitable method for
the evaluating the training programme.
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80% of the employees get the training in their organization. The main factor which determines the need of training is prior performance of the employee. yes70% of the respondents are comfortable in discussing training needs superior whereas 30% are not comfortable The main objective of training is to improving salesmanship followed by the Improving prospecting because the training programme was designed for sales persons of the company. 60% says it is necessary to get trained each employee whereas 40% are not necessary to get trained each employee. Basically new recruits need training as they are new in their job thus they are selected for the training. The normal duration for imparting the training was considered to be the 1 week and 65% of the employee agree with this time period and considered that 2-3 days is too short and 1 month is too long. As training programme was designed for the sales persons the lecture was considered to be the best basic method of training followed by the group discussion. Companys trainer are basically responsible for giving training to the sales persons and for some specific purpose the trainer comes from outside. 30% of respondents thinks that the content of the training is attitude towards training and 60% of respondents thinks that the content of the training is knowledge of company,competitors,and customers and 10% of respondents thinks that the content of training is time management. 90% of the employees are asked to fill the feedback form as to know the effectiveness of the training programme. It also help in improving the training programme design for future. Questionnaire and observation was considered to be the suitable method for the evaluating the training programme
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SUGGESTIONS
In the era of the globalization the organization has to face new challenges in the present context and achieve its objectives. It must be dynamic, desalinated efficient especially in the training, development placement and promotion of its personnel. The huge investment in the industrial sectors demand better operational efficiency, better management of capital and above all, better management & development of human resources. For enhancing the effectiveness of training & development programme there are few useful suggestion which is implemented earnestly & sincerely may hopefully add to the luster & improve the planning execution and follow-up of the training and development programme in particular.
Training and development programme should be based on specific needs of the organization and its employees. Selection of participants should be made on the basis of the needs of the employees & objectives of the programme. New technology and methods of training should be used to make it interesting for the employees. The programme should be frequently revised so as to be in tune with the ever changing business and economic environment. Both in company & external agencies programmes should be evaluated properly for measuring their effectiveness.
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CONCLUSION
Private sector occupies a pivotal position in the Indian economy. It is considered as a pacesetter for the rest of the economy. It has expanded enormously and contributed a lot towards the economic growth of country by adding a major share in the net national product generating gainful employment & growth of every organization depends on the quality of the manpower,& its people improvement & utilization in suitable challenging jobs. Training and development is an important aspect of proffessionalisation of our executive cadre. There is no doubt that training and development can do lot for development of its personnel. Training and Development can do lot for its personnel. Training and Development is an integral part of the Human Resource Development HRD. It is an important tool for the organization. To sharpen executive knowledge with the object of strengthening & profit maximization of the organization.
In COCA-COLA also training is very helpful towards organization and employees. The employee attended training programme of the company the were also benefited by it in terms that their performance increased, also almost 70% of the employees also found changes in terms of productivity i.e they gained more professional knowledge also almost all of them can discuss their needs with their superiors. We can therefore say , that training programs discuss their needs with their superiors. We can therefore say, that training programs are not only beneficial for the company but also beneficial for the employees working and personal life. Therefore training programs should be implemented in every organization for the survival in the world and achievement of the objectives.
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Books referred C.R Kothari - Research Methodology Beri Marketing Research (Tata McGraw Hill) , 1993 , 2nd Edition K Aswathappa , Human Resource and management, (Tata McGraw
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QUESTIONNAIRE
2).How do you identify the training need. a. prior performance of employee b. company growth c. both
3).Were you comfortable in discussing your training needs with your superiors b. Yes b. No
6).What are the person selected for the training a. All employee b. New recruits
c. Existing salesperson
7).What should be the normal duration for imparting the training d. 2-3 days e. 1 week f. 1 month
8).The basic method of training and development are b. Lecture based c. Group discussion d. Demonstration e. Other
9).Whether trainer comes from outside or companys personnel is trainer d. Trainer from outside
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10).What are the content of the training d. Attitude towards training e. Knowledge of company, competitors, and customers f. Time management
12).What may be the suitable method for the evaluating the training programme d. e. Observational f. Performance appraisal report
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