Managing Learning and Development

Course details

Details

As an effective L&D Manager you will recognise the importance of delivering a service that meets business needs. This four-day course will provide the skills and knowledge to help you to ensure that your L&D function is at the heart of your organisation, from strategic objectives to front line delivery.  Learn about setting the strategic vision, agreeing objectives, identifying business learning needs, evaluating interventions, measuring results, marketing the L&D function and providing an internal consultancy service.

Run as it features here, or run in-house where the content can be tailored to suit your organisational needs; cost effective if a number of people require training.

Course Tutors

Mrs Olive Strachan

Dr Teresa Williams

Teresa is an independent learning and development consultant. Specialist areas included trainer training, learning needs analysis, design, delivery and evaluation skills as well as learning and development strategy and knowledge management. Teresa works with a wide range of learners from introductory level to level 7. Areas of particular interest include research and publication work, development of tailored in-house materials, assessment / moderation work and preparing learning schemes for validation by awarding bodies.

Andrew Peter Collins

Who is it for

Those who are new to managing an L&D function and who want to ensure that their function provides a cost effective results driven service aligned to business objectives

Benefits

By attending this programme you will explore the ways in which the L&D function can support the organisations Business Plan. You and your organisation will benefit by you being able to:

• set clear Mission, Vision, Values
• develop a Strategic L&D Plan
• explore ways in which the L&D function can provide support and ensure best value from training interventions
• provide an internal consultancy service
• measure results and evaluate interventions
• analyse costs and benefits and discuss return on investment
• influence and persuade others of the added value of L&D through marketing.

Programme

Strategic approach

Strategic approach to managing learning and development

• current trends affecting the management of learning and development
• scope and characteristics of a strategic approach
• types of strategyinfluences on the strategy

Strategic issues in training needs analysis

• sources of learning and development needs
• type of needs and impact on strategy
• methods for gathering needs

Implementing the strategy

Options for meeting learning and development needs

• options and rationale
• checklist of characteristics

Operating as an internal consultant

• defining internal consultancy
• types of help
• advantages and disadvantages
• types of consultative approaches
• stages of internal consulting
• diagnostic tools 

Measuring results

Impact of legislation on implementing the strategy

Evaluating the contribution of learning and development

• costing, cost comparison and cost benefit analysis
• choosing the approach
• collecting evaluation data
• return on investment 

Marketing the function

Marketing the function

• internal marketing
• marketing activity
• understanding the environment
• learning and development product and service life cycles
• methods for promoting learning and development
• marketing concepts

Review and consolidation

• review of managing learning and developmentconsolidation and action planning