A Comparative Analysis on Employee Training: Competency-based vs Traditional

Abstract

The study examines competency-based and traditional based training programs, within the context of their effectiveness and impact on employee performance outcomes. Results found that employers have recognised the weakness of traditional training formats, with some placing a higher value on experience and proof of performance abilities, over academic and professional qualifications. The most prominent finding was that training formats must contain both traditional and competency-based elements. These two factors are in turn linked to directly impacting employee performance, and are suggested as being a more accurate longer term measure. The interviews revealed that employees consider that performance can be linked to and measured by a number of factors including productivity output, staff motivation, engagement, job satisfaction, retention, and customer satisfaction.

Keywords

• Employee training
• traditional training
• competency-based training
• employee performance
• qualitative

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