ASQ Employee Development

ASQ Employee Development

A Case for Adding an Employee Development

System

Employee Development Programs

Employee Development

Programs

Enhance a Positive Climate

Build Employee Relations

Strengthen the

Organization

Motivate Employees

Ways to Increase Employee Development

Mentoring

Mentoring can help an organization by:

• Easily transfer skills to new employees

• Build positive workplace relationships

• Develop managerial skills and employee growth

• Can reduce employee turnover

Ways to Increase Employee Development

Formal Education

Formal Education opportunities can

improve an organization by:

• Actively involving the employees in learning

• Encourage Lifelong learning

• Build Leadership Skills

• Increase Employee Retention

• Improve job performance

Ways to Increase Employee Development

Performance Appraisal

Performance Appraisals can

benefit an organization by:

• Setting clear goals for employees

• Monitor Progress toward goals/ Employee Performance

• Allow for continuous feedback which can increase job performance

• Can be done electronically to assess without increased employee costs

Developing a Strong Employee Development Program can build

• Positive Climate• Positive Relationships• Positive Communication• Positive Meaning

(Pace, 2010)

In a study of various not-for-profit organizations, similar to ASQ, companies with more positive climates performed significantly better on profitability, productivity, quality, innovation, customer satisfaction, and employee retention (Pace, 2010).

All qualities that can benefit ASQ greatly by improving even a little bit.

Employee Development Can Make ASQ a Better Place!

Resources

Noe, R. A. (2010). Employee training and development (5th ed.). New York, NY: McGraw Hill.

Pace, A. (2010). Unleashing positivity in the workplace. Training and Development, 64(1), 40–44. Retrieved from the Academic Research Complete database.