Q. Important uses of lectures?

In training the most important uses of lectures include:

1 reducing anxiety about upcoming training programmes or organizational changes by explaining their purposes.

2 introducing a subject and presenting an overview of its scope.

3 presenting basic material that will provide common background for subsequent activities.

4 illustrating the application of rules principles reviewing clarifying and summarizing.

Merits:

This method reduces the cost per trainee when large groups are to be trained in a short span of time.

As this method clearly explains the purpose the trainees feel less anxious about the forthcoming events or organizational changes.

This method is simple and effective.

It gives clear idea of applying the rules principles of a subject providing a review clarification and summarization of the subject introduced.