Learn in the textbookMethods of Human Resource Development
DefinitionOff-JT (Off-the-Job Training) develops staff away from daily work, teaching knowledge and skills through training sessions and courses.
ExplanationIn-house group training and outside seminars are typical examples, and they make it easy to teach the same content to many people at once or to build up step by step from the basics. On the other hand, how to apply what was learned to one's own job is often left to each participant.
AnalogyLike stepping away from the game to a practice field, where an instructor walks you through the basic moves one at a time.