Directorate of distance education master of business administration

12.   Work shadowing Method  
 
This training method is chosen while preparing a second-line 
leader to take up the role of the headship, in which case, the candidate 
could not benefit by sending them to any other formal training program. 
The best way to be trained for a future executive position would be through 

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direct participant observation of the crucial events that take place in the 
present incumbent’s work life. The trainees are made to remain in the 
company of the role model whose work is to be learnt by the trainees. 
Trainees learn the intricacies of a job of high level, by physically being 
in the presence of the job-holder. Closely following the styles of working 
permits greater degree of learning besides helping the trainee to imbibe 
the values and principles adhered to by the model. Yet, care needs to be 
taken to avoid situations wherein trainees are not warmly welcomed and 
are seen by supervisors in the department as obstacles to their routines.