Nordam Europe, Ltd, Pp.199
1. How do the approaches used by Nordam Europe seem to support high performance work, drawing upon the ideas presented in this chapter?
As described in article, the Nordam group is an acknowledged leader in aircraft component manufacturing and repair. There are many big companies as its customers. And The Nordam group is the largest privately held FAA-approved repair station in the world. This factory needs to provide absolute safety for customers, so the company not only needs high-precision parts, and requires skilled workers as well. The Nordam Europe provided extensive training and development programs to their employees. The demand of sustainable training arose as the technology develops. At the same time, staff appraisal will be conducted annually by the company. It includes performance measurement and provides an opportunity to identify training and development needs in line with the company’s business objectives. And every employee wants to be trained by the company. In textbooks, high-performance work is defined as work approaches used to systematically pursue ever-higher levels of overall organization and human performance. The Nordam Europe use training and development of staff to maintain high performance work. And the company not only attaches importance to the training of new employees, but also attaches importance to aging employees. Their human resources department prohibits all age discrimination.
2. How do employee education, training, and development address the organizational needs associated with new employee orientation, diversity, ethical business practices, and management and leadership development?
The employee education, training, and development are indispensable to the company governance. Education, training, and development address both company organization and employees development. Development a comprehensive training program that is consistent with the overall corporate performance targets and business goals. For the Nordam Europe, they need the best employees who collectively have invaluable knowledge, technical expertise, and experience. They adopted the employment agency, recruitment advertising and the headhunters for different position of recruitment. A diverse workforce can also give a company a competitive edge in a global economy by facilitating understanding of other customs, cultures, and marketplace needs. The new employees must be trained, and standardized training requirement maintained. Some experienced works and take effective measures to train new employees face to face in order to get the best results. And the company needs to offer resources in diversity and cultural training for them. They can better contribute to the companys goals. And the same time, the company needs some targeted training. The targeted training will help the company management and leadership development.
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