This
question is a bit like asking which of these two is more effective: Working
from home or working from office. It is difficult to answer this question,
right? It depends on how one looks at it. Similarly, both onsite and offsite
trainings have their own unique advantages. It all depends on which the
particular organization finds more convenient or comfortable for a particular
training.
Each is
good, in its own way
Many
organizations opt for onsite
trainings
for the reason that they bring with them many advantages. These are some of
them:
Onsite
trainings are highly economical
This
is quite natural, considering that the organization needs to bear the traveling
and other expenses of only the trainer and not the entire group of employees
that are getting trained.
The client
decides what needs to be imparted
This
is a highly commendable feature of
onsite trainings and is available with no other mode of training. If the
participant decides the curriculum, what could be more focused, relevant and
effective?
Varied
choices
Onsite
trainings offer many choices to the participants who undertake the trainings.
Wide choices are given in terms of not only the curriculum, as mentioned above,
but also in relation to the choice of experts, the choice of the venue, and the
choice of schedule.
Advantages
of offsite trainings
Now,
does this mean that offsite, or what may be called in person trainings, are
useless? Absolutely not, because if there were to be no utility in this mode of
trainings, this would have ceased to exist long ago! Onsite trainings do offer
many benefits compared to offsite trainings, but let us examine some of the
advantages of offsite trainings:
Break away
from the routine of office
Much
is said about the familiar environment in which onsite trainings are held. Of
course, many organizations see this as an advantage, but this feature also
works the other way. Many organizations find that participants don’t take
trainings in the same premises seriously enough and think of these sessions
more as a pleasant digression from the daily grind of work. They tend to take
it too lightly, more as a day out rather than as a training session that will
make a difference to their careers.
Lack of
focus
Additionally,
there is always the possibility that employees could be tempted to make a phone
call and dash off for a quick coffee, since they are more likely to see the
training session as a kind of change from their routine. Not everyone may do
it, but what if a senior employee excuses himself to hand down a quick
instruction to his subordinate who is after all, with arm’s length? Neither the
expert nor the organization’s HR can object to this. This is something like a
home worker who would want to take a quick break at a crucial time because he
has to switch the cooker off or has to remember to pay a bill. This will almost
certainly not happen at offsite trainings.
Familiarity
with the working conditions
This
is one of the defining features of onsite trainings, but again, this could be a
double edged sword. In many instances, people feel fresh and creative only when
they attend a training session that offers them a new and lively environment.
Many a time, a few organizations could also feel that it is more productive to
get the employees to a new environment and let them come out with new ideas
rather than dump them all at one place.
To
summarize, both onsite and offsite trainings come with their own set of
advantages and benefits. Depending on the need and the liking of the
organization, it could choose the one that suits it better.
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