Companies allowing emloyees to study while working. Will this payoff companies?

Companies are going to be benefited if the employees are more educated. Here the employer must think of long term benefit. In order to achieve the maximum of this education he/she must also increase the employee's workload & designation thereafter  so that employee can give his 100% and company will receive 100% benefit.

Sometimes in an organisation an employee somewhere seem to be lacking in his work performance and this may be due to his/her thinking him/herself to be less educated and so there performance hampers.

So companies must help their employees to increase there knowledge by providing them more opportunities.

in long run....ofcourse yes   but for shor term NO

Yes employer should support then we ll get end result positive. We have policy in our Orgn & alloted time eveready for study. Individual / Self development is the best stratergy to retain & motivate employees as well as grow them well in competitive environment.  

only Research and development employees...

you need space and time ( company sponsored )to think & research&  create ..

It makes a lot of sense in allowing studies as dual benefits of

1. Helping them deal with complex issues through studies

2. Improve in morale and motivation

3. If it is a 2 yr or 3 yr course it ensures attrition will not happen during the study period by keeping a clause

The commitment and the employee attitude will definitely increase if companies starts to encourage employees. imagine the bond it will make and it compels the employee to stay longer with maximum utilisation

I feel it should always be encouraged. Emplyee engagement is a true differentiator in any company. To attract, maintain and retain the talent pool, compensation is not enough. Most of the employees look forward to enrich their career and gain knowledge. In the IT world, especially, an upward income trajectory is not as important as sense of growth/expansion/promising future.

Also, an employee who is more competent, educated and enriched by knowledge & is experienced will tackle the higher level of competition more effectively.

i support it

It is logically and functionally right for an organization to adopt these initiatives. Moreover this exercise should be done by the employer and the employee only then skill sets gained by the individual can be put to effective use by the organization.

Yes, I think companies should allow employees to improve their qualifications. This will have two advantages. First, the company will have an employee with possibly better ability to handle his job. Secondly, the employee will also experience better job satisfaction as the company has supported him in his self development. I think it will also enhance loyalty for the company. The only problem is for the employee to handle both: his job as well as his education simultaneously and for the company to ensure that the functioning does not suffer due to the educational pursuits of the employee.

Of course they should. It will help in tapping a fresh talent pool and in retaining employees for a longer period. These days, there is a serious shortage in middle management talent; this segment is close to absent in India currently, as the average age of senior executives across Indian companies drops from the earlier median age of 50 to 35, there is not enough being done to prepare managers adequately. Work-integrated learning will bridge this gap and offers companies an excellent return on investment. Studying for a formal MBA course has provided me with a solid theoretical framework for decisions otherwise taken based on experience