Reference no: EM133160485
Background
You are the Training & Development Manager of a large corporation (2000 staff). You have recently been charged with the task of completing a training & development audit. From your research, you are expected to make recommendations to the directors on future training & development requirements.
The training department currently offers programs to staff through a catalogue that it produces each year. You have been receiving feedback from staff & managers alike that the programs are not necessarily meeting today's needs for skill development and just-in-time training. Also there were complaints of favouritism towards some staff who always seem to get to go to training, consequently the perception you face is that there is an inequitable access to training. Managers also raised issues about leadership skills in the workplace.
Another challenge for you is that the directors have also indicated that there is a budget squeeze and there are no more available resources for training & development at this time.
From the needs assessment you identified four options to put forward to the directors:
Training & development programs to remain the same.
Training and development to remain essentially the same, however, a review of the accessibility to training be undertaken to ensure fairness in opportunities and accessibility.
To create the formal training and development plan that supports organizational goals to achieve organizational effectiveness and Human Resource effectiveness through the adoption and implementation of several strategies.
- Eliminate training and development all together
Exercise
For this exercise marry both the exercise criteria and your own organization. Utilize your current organization's training and development policies within the context of this assignment (your organization just grew if it doesn't already have 2000 people!) Consider your organization's current training programs, entry and registration process. Use this as a basis for completing the following.
- Utilize your own company as a basis for your response.
- Outline the training & development activities and issues within your organization. Add in the additional issues listed in this case.
- Outline the audit process you would undertake; include any questionnaires etc that you might utilize.
- Discuss the merits and gaps of your training and development programs as measured against your knowledge.
- Pick one of the 4 options as described above, to recommend to your directors. Defend your recommendation by including in your report a description of the benefits the organization might receive as well any potential drawbacks.