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Human Resource Development in Small Business: An Application of Brethower's Performance Principles to On the Job Training
Author(s) -
Twyford Devon,
Alagaraja Meera,
Shuck Brad
Publication year - 2016
Publication title -
new horizons in adult education and human resource development
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 1939-4225
DOI - 10.1002/nha3.20159
Subject(s) - training (meteorology) , small business , order (exchange) , business , training and development , human resources , job performance , human resource management , on the job training , marketing , employee development , limited resources , resource (disambiguation) , public relations , operations management , management , job satisfaction , economic growth , economics , finance , political science , computer science , risk analysis (engineering) , physics , internship , meteorology , computer network
Small businesses provide economic infrastructure in which communities develop and thrive and, in the United States alone, currently represent 99.7 percent of all employer firms. However, many small businesses fail to thrive past the first two years of establishment. Of the reasons small businesses fail, limited or non‐existent employee training programs remains among the chief causes. The purpose of this paper is to explore the use of HRD within small businesses. Specifically on‐the‐job training was examined through the framework of Brethower's five performance principles in order to enhance the effectiveness of the on‐the‐job training approach.