Human Resources Skills: Integrating Learning with Business Needs

Course Overview

One of the most powerful business outcomes resulting from learning and development is enhanced organisational effectiveness and sustainability in change.

In order to achieve these outcomes L&D partners must establish a clear relationship between learning, the experiences that support it, the resources it needs and the work-related and organisational objectives to which the learning will contribute.

Real, sustained learning only happens when individuals and teams are motivated to learn. L&D partners need to identify and tap into that motivation, build commitment to learning and provide a range of learning solutions that stretch and develop individuals.

Audience

L&D specialists, HR and OD practitioners involved in managing organisational learning, and line managers who are responsible for integrating learning with their business needs.Introductory level course - geared towards those who need an introduction to the subject and assumes limited or no previous experience.

Skills Gained

By the end of the course, you will be able to:

• establish individual and team-based learning needs and relate these to business needs
• develop learning solutions for individuals and teams to enhance performance
• apply the learning cycle in formal and informal learning situations
• identify and generate key learning skills
• analyse the use of competency frameworks in learning and development.

Course Outline

Building commitment from individuals and teams to learn

• recognising organisational practices and behaviours that limit learning
• establishing the links between learning climates and learning effectiveness
• providing practical and psychological support to learners.

The different ways people at work learn

• modelling, experience and experimentation
• action learning opportunities
• collaborative ways of learning
• mentoring and Coaching
• corporate universities and academies.

Categories of learning

• single and double-loop learning
• learning how to learn
• how to expand and deepen learning and understanding.

Alternative learning solutions

• learner centred approaches
• personal development processes
• creating and providing feedback
• whats on offer? a range of internal, external, formal and informal learning opportunities.

Generating key learning skills

• reflective thinking
• continuous self-assessment
• giving and receiving peer feedback
• constructing learning plans.

Integrating learning with performance

• identifying work based learning and development opportunities
• using competency frameworks to establish development needs
• linking personal development plans to individual and team performance standards
• techniques and approaches to assess learning and performance
• assessing and developing learning potential.

Human Resources Skills: Integrating Learning with Business Needs / CM025273