Training and Development Managers
On the Job
Training and Development Managers coordinate the training and development activities for an organization. For example, they may analyze the types of training that staff members need and plan new programs to meet those needs. (They do not oversee pay or job duties.)
Typical Work Tasks
People who work in this career often:
- Conduct employee training programs.
- Confer with organizational members to accomplish work activities.
- Conduct opinion surveys or needs assessments.
- Coordinate special events or programs.
- Manage human resources activities.
- Prepare operational budgets.
- Develop procedures to evaluate organizational activities.
- Determine operational compliance with regulations or standards.
- Evaluate employee performance.
- Evaluate program effectiveness.
Typical Working Conditions
- Using e-mail.
- Working indoors in environmentally controlled conditions.
- Working with a group or team.
- The freedom to determine tasks, priorities, and goals.
- Freedom to make decisions without supervision.
- Meeting strict deadlines.
- Sitting.
- Responsibility for outcomes and results.
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