Planning Training & Development
Duration
2 days
Target Audience
This programme is strongly recommended for Team Leaders and Managers in organisations who have responsibility for planning the development of their team in a structured and systematic way. It can also be tailored to cover your own organisational procedures.
Key Objectives
At the end of the programme, delegates will be able to:
- identify training and development needs within their department or team using a vareity of approaches
- produce a comprehensive training plan to meet these needs
- plan a systematic approach to individual and team development to ensure that it is a continuous and effective process
- evaluate the effectiveness of learning objectives and development plans in the short, medium and long term
Outline
A systematic approach to development
- what is meant by training, development and the benefits of developing people
- the skills and responsibilities for training and development
- the training and development cycle
Performance standards
- types of organisational standards and writing performance standards
- communicating performance standards
Agreeing individual learning needs
- external and internal influences that cause development needs to arise
- methods of identifying individual needs including self assessment, skills matrixes, observation and professional tools
- skills involved in discussing an individuals needs
Agreeing development objectives and methods
- what a development objective is and how to write them
- deciding on development methods to use
Development Planning
- reasons for a development plan and how to write them
- consideration of the business plan and resourcing
- supporting the development process i.e. review meetings, mentoring, coaching
Evaluating and recording performance
- purpose and problems of evaluation
- what should be evaluated and methods involved
- training and development records
This programme can be accredited externally by
