MANAGING THE TRAINING AND DEVELOPMENT FUNCTION Challenges facing your organisation
Is your Training and Development Function looking to build
on its credibility, on its potential contribution to the
business of the organisation, and on its ability to take on
a change agent role? If you are a HR or training
professional with responsibility for the Training and
Development Function, then this is the programme for you.
Benefits of attending to you and your organisation You will be able to:
Apply a coherent and
holistic approach to the management of your Training and
Development Function
Show ways to harness
training and development, and learning initiatives to raise
individual and organisational performance
Design leading-edge
training, development and learning strategies, policies and
events, marketing approaches, and evaluation processes
Raise the credibility of
your Training and Development Function to take on a change
agent role
Benefit through visits to
organisations facing change
Facilitate learning
through tailored research and case study development.
Programme aim
This newly-refined 2-week programme is designed to highlight
the importance of attending to business strategy and
organisational development, the psychology of learning,
training and change, the key elements of day-to-day training
management, and course selection and delivery.
It determines what is required to manage a successful
training operation and how to make this training relevant to
an organisation’s objectives within a change environment.
What you will learn
The needs and wants of the individual within the
organisation
Adult learning and learning
psychology
Introduction of the
6-stage learning and training cycle
Training design and course
selection
Positioning the training
and development function
Training and development
strategy and policy
Managing the training and
development function and trainers.
Examining the needs and
expectations of Line Managers
Customer focus and
consultancy skills
Training transfer and
in-depth evaluation, linked to performance measures
Limitations of training,
and the value in alternative learning strategies and
techniques.
Results for the organisation
Business strategy and
organisational development
Change drivers and
psychology
Change agent skills
Power bases in influencing
strategies and developing credibility
