Organizational Proposal

AEO is my current job and I work as the Assistant Manager at the South mall, I am in charge of "The Force" which means I am responsible for everything from the first interview down to the training of the associates so that they can be the best associate they can be, so this is what I am proposing, I believe that there should be more of a one on one way of teaching our associates so that they can learn on their own level and at their own pace.

Associates come to ask me questions on how to do certain and specific tasks around the store and they come to me because they are intimidated or scared to ask some of the other Managers because they feel like they will be judged for not knowing what they are supposed to know the answer already, which no one knows the answer to every question so I think that they other managers need to lighten up on the associates a little bit more and realize not everyone learns at the same level and pace. My store manager thinks that our associates remember everything after the very first time she explains to them how to do something, most of us learn by trial and error, which is not wrong by any means, I believe I learn better by role-playing and on hand experience and I enjoy that. This is why I want to change the way we do things around the store and with our new associates.

I plan to go to my store manager and propose to her that when I begin to train a new associate that I will ask him/her how she likes to be taught, If its learning by actually doing the procedures, if they learn just by reading or if they can actually remember everything that I say, I will personalize a plan for each associate to make them feel more comfortable. Personally I have to practice what I am learning in order to remember anything. I would next try to teach them in the accurate style, if it takes the associate longer than the other workers then I wont push them and make them believe that they need to know everything immediately or else they will be fired. No one should ever feel like their job is threatened because they may be a slow learner, I have felt this way at a previous job before and I never felt apart of the team and always felt that I was letting my boss down or that I would have to find another job, which is never the best feeling in the world.

My proposal should be implemented because my plan will make the associates feel more comfortable about how fast or slow they are learning and allow them to come to their co-workers or management if they have any questions about their current duties at hand, I also believe my proposal will make the other management feel like they know where every associate is in there training every step of the way and they will know what they can ask of there associates and not just expect them to do everything, and be able to help further there training to help boost our associates confidence in their abilities to work for our company. All in all I believe that at any place