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An 8 page paper discussing the need at SMC Company to train virtually the entire organization. Through rapid growth and poor planning, the company needs fast turnaround and targeted effectiveness. The paper discusses the possibilities of designing programs in house and using outside contractors before recommending that the company use learning management systems and a self-directed approach to training. Bibliography lists 7 sources.
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File: CC6_KShrTrainSMC.rtf
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growth and poor planning, SMC Company finds itself with the need to train virtually everyone in the company. SMC has great regard for training as being the right thing
to do. According to Demings (1986) exhortation to provide ongoing training and to focus on continuous improvement, this is an appropriate stance for the organization to take and maintain.
However, the company also needs to be aware of another view of doing only the "right thing." As Juran cautioned in 1988,
"If the goals are poorly choosen, the planning will be done to reach the wrong goals. We shall be doing things right but not doing the right things."
By taking specific note of the effects of its training on all affected stakeholders, SMC appears to be taking note both of how it should approach training, as well as
defining the focus for that training so that the company - and its stakeholders - gain maximum value from its training efforts. Defining "Stakeholders"
Assessing the effects of SMCs training efforts on stakeholders requires definition of the term. At minimum, stakeholders are seen as being the firm, its employees, its customers and
its shareholders. There can be many more stakeholders, of course, and such certainly is the case for SMC. Extending consideration to these other stakeholders has been seen in
the past as being a charitable act, but the growth of sustainability movements reveals that addressing stakeholder needs can enhance the organizations competitive advantage. Laszlo (2003) writes, Extending
consideration to stakeholders is not a charitable adjunct to a successful business strategy but an intrinsic element of it. Integrating economic, social, and environmental objectives into a single bottom
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