This document discusses employee training and management development. It outlines topics that will be covered in lecture sessions, including the concept and purpose of training, assessing training needs, understanding different training methods, and evaluating training programs. It defines training as systematically developing an individual's knowledge, skills, and attitudes for a given task. The objectives of training are to improve performance, update skills, avoid obsolescence, enable promotion, retain employees, and create an efficient organization. The document also discusses assessing training needs, importance of learning experiences, factors affecting training methods, common training methods, evaluating training, and assessing management development programs.