This course analyses and discusses various training and development methods in organisation. It examines the training processes, which begins with the diagnosis of training needs and establishment of pure objectives pertaining to programmes. This module will discuss various issues on the design and the delivering of training programmes that use appropriate methods and procedures to maximise the leaning and subsequent job performance of trainees. It will also discuss on various training programmes, which are evaluated to see whether they meet the objectives and are cost effective.
1. Scope and cost of human resource development - a systems model to training, strategy and HRD, building employee commitment; orientation and socialization.
2. Need assessment - purpose and methods of need assessment, three levels of need assessment, identifying training objectives.
3. Training phase - learning principles, training methods, management development programmes - new employee orientation.
4. Evaluation phase - evaluation levels and purposes, evaluation designs, using evaluation to improve training, utility of training programmes, benchmarking HRD.
5. Human resources development in the future - small business applications; training, training for special purposes, global HRM training, information technology and HR training.