Managing the Training & Development Function

Managing the Training & Development Function

OBJECTIVES

• Have acquired insight into modern concepts in Human Resource Development and the impact of such concepts on the role of a Training Manager
• Understand how to contribute more effectively to staff and organizational development
• Adopt different approaches in identifying training and development needs, as well as in organization development
• Learn how to write effective training policies
• Recount training and development methods other than those used in the traditional classroom Environment
• Write behavioral objectives for training sessions as well as for training program
• Have acquired various skills in designing an effective training program
• Evaluate the effectiveness and efficiency of their training program systematically
• Recommend the design of the new training and development program to management

WHO SHOULD ATTEND?

• An Analyst who sees the management of training and development as a career route
• Controllers in a training organization.
• A Manager for whom a period managing training and development activities is part of a career path

COURSE OUTLINE

PRINCIPLE OF TRAINING AND DEVELOPMENT

– What is Training and Development

– The Concept of Empowerment

– The Concept of Core Competence

– Human Resource Management and Human Resource Strategies

– The Learning Organization

– The Training Cycle

– The Changing Role of a Training Manager

IDENTIFYING TRAINING NEEDS

– What is Training Needs

– Why do Training Needs exist?

– Role of Training in Managing Change

– Kinds of Training Needs

– Tools in Assessing Individual Needs

– The Training Needs Survey

– Assessing Group Needs

– Assessing Organization Needs

FORMULATING TRAINING POLICY

– Definition and Function of a Training Policy

– Fundamental Concepts Underlying a Training Policy

– Contents of a Training Policy

– Writing Effective Training Policies

– Politics in Presenting Recommendations

FUNDAMENTALS IN DESIGNING NEW TRAINING PROGRAMME

– Principles of Audit Learning

– Varieties of Training and Development Methods

– Choosing an Effective Training Method

– Evaluation of Different Training Methods

COURSE AND SESSION PLANNING

– Steps in Session Preparation

– Kinds of Behavioral Objectives

– Writing Effective Behavioral Objectives

– Developing Training Points

– Ordering Training Materials

– Writing Training Brief

DESIGNING TRAINING PROGRAMME

– Steps in Program Design

– Writing Statement of Objectives

– Designing Program Content

– Types of Training Program

– Tools in Training and Development

– Choice of Training Tool

– Practical and other Considerations in Program Design

USING CASE STUDIES

– Why Use Case Studies

– Elements of a Case Study

– Kinds of Case Studies

– Preparing Case Studies

– Source of Materials for Case Studies

– Tips in Writing Case Studies

TRAINING EVALUATION

– Why Evaluate Training and Development

– Methods and Strategies in Evaluating Training

– Evaluating Individual Learning

– Evaluating Group Learning

– Evaluating Organization Development

– Benchmarking