Do Architect’s have time and money for training?

YES and NO.
IInvesting time and money on training, for staff and oneself demands not one but many considerations. 

Architects, in my opinion are of two kinds. These are two distinct tribes of people that believe:

1) Practice is enough. 

2) Practice is not enough. 

The first kind, believes that Practice provides a continuous, intensified learning by experience; and an additional training effort is not really worth a red cent. The latter believes that Practice helps gaining knowledge and experience; but that alone cannot nourish growth in future.

Well, learning by mistakes and ignorance comes at a high cost; Learning is fostered by formal trainings, also comes at a high cost – costing an Organization’s valuable time and money. 

I strongly believe that training is vital for anyone and everyone to have an edge and to stay ahead of competition. Let’s address a few fundamental questions here:

Why Train our employees?

• Training helps in increasing skills.
• Training helps in optimum utilization of human capital.
• Training helps in increasing productivity.
• Training helps in bringing the sense of teamwork.
• Training helps in improving profitability.

When do our employees require training?

In a highly competitive, highly volatile environment, static professional knowledge and age-old best-practices become out-dated faster than the change itself. So, there is a constant need for a new, state-of-the-art, continuous learning program.

 Training programs happen in various phases; they may start from the entry phase to the exit phase of an employee in an Organization. These phases are as follows:
 

Introduction training: An act of introducing the Organization to new employees .

On the job- training: An Employee getting trained under a senior Co worker.

Expert Training:  A Special training to competent staff, which is useful for overall performance of the job.

Retraining: A Periodical training, helping employees to stay competitive and carry out the job efficiently.

Vestibule training:  A large number of people, i.e. human capital trained to gather to promote smooth and effective function of the firm. This deals with goals, motivation, inspirational talks, etc. to create a distinct culture of the firm. 

Why time and money is important for training employees? 

Time is money and money is power.

In the boom period, when the firm is busy, money flows, but there is no time for training. On the other hand, in recession period when the firm has time, there is no money for extra investment for training, up gradation, marketing etc. It’s a chicken and egg situation. The key is to have the right approach towards training. Training and staff welfare is not an activity, but an attitude to achieve firm’s goals and objective. 

A holistic approach and budget is required on set of the firm so that a continuous, enriching training program can be implemented.

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