29.3.2011 ~ Lean Training Institution?

1. I've been in a training surrounding for approximately 6 weeks by the end of this week. Though throughout few years of service, most tasks given to me are mingling around event management, policy formulation and strategic management but training is actually nearer to my heart. May be it is due to my educational background in which I may claim that I was an active person in societal activity during my university time.

2. Training is important to mould our skill, knowledge but most important is enculcate positive attitude within ourself. But today, I like to share about "positive attitude" as per stated before. Who determine the value of positive and how far the magnitude of "positiveness" connotes?

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3. Training institution is supposed to provide an overall ambiance of training to all participants. The big question is to what extend? I like the way of Biro Tatanegara (BTN) conducting its training by treating everybody as equal. Why I said so? It is because, whoever you are and what designation you have under this sun, once you are BTN's course participant, you have to observe all rules and regulations provided by the organizer. You have to get into line, you have to be on time, you have to wait for other collegues before enjoying your meal and you have to take care of you food residue by yourselves! No exemption - even for the Prime Minister (I'd have a chance to have a look to a photo showing Tun Mahathir himself have to wash his plate during his day attending course in BTN - and he was then the Prime Minister!).

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4. I have few chances to attend to the BTN courses and I have to go through all above routines as a participant. Eventually, I also get a chance to attend to a course in one of training centre but surprisingly the set up of the ambiance is so what i claimed as "unequal in nature". Again - Why I said so? First, different level of participant will be given different kind of accomodation. Second, different kind of participant will be given different segment/area in dining hall and even different kind of food selection. Third, different kind of participant have to observe their own behavior in the presence of that another kind of participant. Fourth, different level of participant will be attended to by the organizer faster compared to another different level of participant.

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5. In training point of view, what do you expect will such kind of participant (or accurately human resource) produced by such training institution? I am not a training nor HR expert but the answer need not a doctrate to be able to give. In my humble opinion, I think the organization in which engaging the institution at first place will be at the end of the day, be having a boss in which will underestimates his/her sub-ord, a worker who play fool to his bosses, tendency of less of commonsense in giving instruction and maybe lack a sense of respect to others regardless of file and rank.

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6. Therefore, it is time for those who in charge of training really (and I mean really really) looking into this perspective so that we are not only producing an officer with good knowledge and skills but also sound positive attitude to himself, to others and to his organization.

p/s: A good nutrition is suitable for everybody regardless of your status!