Listening to Trainers:Implications for Banking Sector in Modern Times

Banking sector is arguably the fastest growing sector of the Indian economy and has been labeled as its torch bearer. In the next few years substantial changes and expansion is expected in the sector in particular and economy in general. With such euphoria, human resource system in Indian banks braces up for these challenges and it brings forth one important area namely training. Purpose Understanding training from the perspective of trainers is very important and the current empirical study attempts to imderstand some perceptions and views of trainers with respect to training programmes conducted in banking sector. Findings The data collected from a sample of 125 trainers, proves a significant difference in perceptions of trainers regarding the effectiveness of training programmes with respect to performance of bank employees. Most of them view less time as a major barrier to training but feel a positive change comes over in bank employees after training is imparted to them. Implications/Contribution to literature This will help in designing meaningful training and development programmes so that the challenges of future can be taken up by bank employees especially as the current decade is throwing up new challenges.