In my previous articles I have highlighted importance of training. I wanted to share some of the trends I have noticed in training and their advantages and disadvantages.
Class Room Training: Cost of Training is high when it is classroom. It also requires people to go away from their regular work and incur travel costs in some cases. But advantage of class room training is the interactive nature increases chances of learning new skills quickly.
Offline Self paced training: This is method where you can buy the CD or other material and learn at your pace. This works well when a person is highly motivated to learn. It tends to be very cheap.
Online Self paced training: Online training has also become more popular. This is almost similar to Offline Self paced training but due to technology used to deliver, this tends to be a little costly.
Online Moderated Training: This method takes best of Class Room Training and Online Training Methods. This saves travel costs and it is easier to attend if you have well structure training program. Moderator can make sure all attendees get to complete the program.
While Classroom training is the best, other methods can be selected based on advantages they offer.
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Piracy of software, music etc is not good for economy. Piracy takes away money from people who deserve it for their hard work.
If you are a software developer who spent months writing a great program and someone stole it, how would you feel? Cheated? It is not about regulations against piracy that will make piracy go away, but individuals avoiding piracy that will help.
On the otherside: what makes people pirate stuff?
Convenience: when it is easier to make a copy than buying genuine version. Lack of genuine versions available easily also becomes one reason people copy.
Price: when people feel real price is not worth paying when it is available for lower price. Everyone is out to save money.
Peer Pressure: Lot of times I have seen peer pressure to copy stuff (which is convenience as well as saving money) plays a key role. It is short term thinking that makes one bite the temptation to pirate and be done with it without feeling guilty. Lot of times this happens so fast that no one pays attention anymore.
Proliferation of Pirated Stuff: There are times when one does not know whether we are buying genuine stuff or pirated stuff.
Next time you are tempted to copy software or music or DVD, realize that it is always good to spend money which will be good for the economy. If you can afford to pay the money and it fits your budget, pay for the genuine stuff. You will feel glad you did. It is not fear of legislation but making the economy better that should be motivate you to spend money.
If you own business, create budget to acquire all necessary genuine software for each employee who joins your company. By planning properly you will avoid creating an atmosphere where unlicensed software is used within your business.
Avoid piracy: It is good for you and good for the economy.
