Reference no: EM132886960
Brico Market L.C. is a large American international company, dedicated to the sale of products for home improvement. Includes articles related to; DIY, construction, electricity, ceramics, hardware, air conditioning, painting, drugstore, exterior and garden, etc.
Seven years ago they decided to enter the European market, currently operating in France, Germany, and Spain, to cover more field in the European market. In total, workers in Europe add up to 800. The European headquarters resides in Barcelona, where the central offices are located.
In recent reports, the results are still positioned below those of the Spanish market, not reaching the organisational objectives in some cases.
Among other measures taken, the most important lies in a substantial investment in training, since it has been detected that, even though they consider that human capital is impeccably selected, they lack more training to be up to par with the American market. For this, the HR Department is expanded with a Training and Development team composed of great professionals with extensive experience, both in training and development, as well as in the company and the sector. They are awarded a project which you are going to lead.
1. Define the objectives you want to achieve with the Training and Development Plan: Formulate at least 3 goals.
2. Plan the training program, for this please bear in mind:
i. Identify the needs and departments to which it will be addressed.
ii. Typology of contents.
iii. Methodology to be used.
iv. Select the pedagogical material resources.
v. Conditions in which the training will be imparted.
vi. It develops the budgets with which it is going to count for the elaboration of this Training Plan.
3. Suppose that the Training Plan has been carried out in Brico Market L.C., the Board of Directors ask us for a report on the results obtained: Evaluate the Training Plan.
4. As head of the Training and Development Department, the HR Director awards you a research project on Training & E-learning. Since the HR Department is interested in implementing this tool to be able to cover more fields and/or training areas with a lower cost. You must prepare a very rigorous and specific briefing to convince Management of the importance of implementing e-learning in companies.