Damian Tracey

Training and development is a vital strategic function that forms a major component to organisational growth and success. It is also a driving force for group and individual efficiency and effectiveness. This informative and challenging course is designed to assist participants in adopting a systematic approach to training and development. It will focus on skills and knowledge required to manage the training and career development function. Participants will identify and develop the core competencies necessary to, identify training needs, design training courses, conduct internal training and evaluate the return and effectives of training.

WHO SHOULD ATTEND

This interactive and stimulating course is designed for training professionals with a responsibility of managing the training function and influencing their company's HR development policies.

COURSE PROFILE

• A strategic approach to training and development

-          Linking training to the business plan

-          Planning and costing

-          Integrating quality and other policies in training

• Analysis of training needs at departmental and organisational level

-          Writing training objectives, standards and performance measures

-          The learning process and learning curve

-          Levels of competencies, styles of adult learning

• Performance appraisal & Assessment as essential development tools

-          Organisation, team and individual development course

-          Interactive skills: the appraisal interview

-          Managing underperformance

• Succession planning and career development

-          Personnel research and career planning

-          Individual career management

-          Talent Management

• Designing departmental and corporate training courses

-          Selecting material for learners/trainers

-          Co-ordinating training 

-          Delivering training sessions

• Effective evaluation techniques and analysing the return

-          Measuring learning during training

-          Measuring learning back in the workplace

-          Long term evaluation

-          Devising and developing appropriate questioners

-          Analysising the information and presenting findings

SKILLS ATTAINED

At the end of this course participants will be able to:

• Analyse the training needs at different levels
• Consider the organisation strategy and available resources
• Prepare and conduct performance appraisal 
• Understand the aspects of succession planning
• Prepare strategies for talent management
• Evaluate return on invetsment for training