Managing training, learning and development

Run by an experienced training manager, this course gives you the stepping stones to effective T & D management. Over the two days participants cover a year in the life of a company or department, with all the expected and rather more unexpected events. This equips participants to enable and support their company in fulfilling its strategic plans.

The course will help learners to :

• Understand the role of learning and development within an organisation
• Specify the contribution of T & D to a corporate business plan
• Develop a training policy for a company or department to meet strategic objectives within budget
• Consider the importance of continual personal development for an individual and the company
• Have an insight into the life and ways of a trainer and how to manage them
• Build-up a network of training manager contacts

Throughout this highly interactive course there are opportunities to practice and test the skills you are learning:

• Training & Development terminology
• The energy of an organisation
• Stakeholder mapping and analysis
• Understanding training needs
• Eliciting learning requirements
• Legal issues
• Marketing training within your organisation
• Business plans and budgets
• Cost benefit analysis and business level evaluation of training
• Appraisals and personal development plans
• Motivators: creating self-ownership for learning and development.
• Communicating
• L & D options - what suits the individuals, the workplace and the budget best
• Practical issues when organising training
• Expenses, venues, food, part-time and shift working, residential training and much more
• Managing and working with trainers
• Matching trainers to your culture
• What you should expect from a good trainer
• Establishing ground rules and service levels and ensuring knowledge remains in the business
• Evaluating the impact of the training
• Networking
• Action planning

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