Week Four Activity - Ben

What PD happens in your workplace?
What strategies does your organization have in place to encourage development, change and innovation?

Our company is a Luxury band and we run business of watch, jewelry and accessories.
Professional Development is divided into two parts in our company, including

1.       Training (Internal and External)

2.       Appraisal

Internal training will be provide to all new joining staff, where all of us have to attend 10 different core courses including the background of our Company, the professional experience sharing by experienced colleagues, skills knowledge about our product, knowledge of watches making, knowledge of gemology, knowledge of diamond, knowledge of different certificate…etc.

Specific courses will also be provide to appropriate staff, like Sales skills and technique for Sales staff, system training for CS and Logistic staff, application training for Finance staff and technical training for watch technician. All these kind of training are aim at building up a brand image among colleagues and in order to develop us as a professional in different aspect.

Instead of internal trainings, external trainings like Microsoft Office, ladies make up courses will also be provided, whether colleagues are able to attend it through company’s arrangement outside.

Besides, appraisal is another tool for professional development; all staffs have to fill in a self evaluation form to their boss before year end. Within the form, there are columns about: Target Achievement, Job Knowledge, Work Attitude, Initiation, Team Work, Accountability, Communication Skills, Grooming……etc. At the same time, managers have to fill in the form for their staffs and a meeting will be held to discuss about the form in details. Promotion and recommendation will be made and they are depends on the appraisal form which reviewed by Department head and HR.

In my point of view, I think external training subsidy can be considered to encourage employee to have a comprehensive development and bring along outsiders’ information to the company. It can help on both individual and the company itself.