Learning and development strategy for the team

Reference no: EM133305197

Case: You work for a small psychology consultancy, which has just been brought in to advise a young start-up on their learning and development activities and strategy. The start-up is called Ikigai, the ancient Japanese concept for "a reason for being". The company has developed a series of holistic therapy businesses ideas, including an app. The company is now rapidly expanding and recognises the need to formalise learning and development; they are asking you to provide an advisory report drawing on current evidence.

The team currently consists of 10 people: 4 App developers, 1 Marketing/Comms manager, 3 Sales Managers, 1 Finance Director and the CEO/Founder.

They are all graduates but apart from the CEO none had any specific training or corporate experience. Ikigai believe that they have training and development needs in the following areas:

people management skills (almost every person in the team would get line management responsibilities);
the ability to work efficiently with virtual teams spread across multiple countries and in different time zones.

The CEO has asked you to consider a series of questions they want to include in the report. He holds qualifications in business psychology and is keen that that your recommendations are backed up by EVICENCE and that you speak with authority about your assumptions and suggestions.

These are the questions you need to address:

Question 1: Why is it important to have a Learning and Development strategy for the team

Question 2: What kind of interventions would you recommend to develop the team on their management skills?

Question 3: In view of a possible expansion into other markets, what development areas would you recommend Ikigai to focus on, to make sure that virtual teams work together well?

Question 4: How would you make sure that the trained skills are maintained in time and become a working standard for Ikigai?

Reference no: EM133305197

Questions Cloud

Explain the concept of group dynamics : SWK 292 Singapore University of Social Sciences develop in order to run both treatment and task groups effectively. Discuss why you think these skills are most

What is one part of the irb process that you think might be : PSY 335 University of Phoenix What is one part of the IRB process that you think might be challenging (or easier) for a quasi or true experimental design? Why?

Identify an ethical dilemma you can expect to face in career : Identify an ethical dilemma you can expect to face in your career. For example, if you aspire to be a human resources manager

Describe treatment options for depression in young children : According to the Web-reading for this topic, how would you characterize the cause of depression in children?

Learning and development strategy for the team : PSYCHOLOGY 1211 University of London Why is it important to have a Learning and Development strategy for the team and How would you make sure that the trained

What appropriate ethical guidelines would be for informed : Indicate what the appropriate ethical guidelines would be for Informed Consent, Limits of Confidentiality that was not applied and also how to rectify these

Explain the conditions that are essential for operant : Explain the conditions that are essential for operant and classical conditioning to occur.For each of the above conditions, provide an example in the classroom

What were the first diversification strategies of ucb : What were the first diversification strategies of UCB? Which lines of business they were diversifying?How did UCB manage diversification strategy effectively?

Identify alternative intervention strategies for huntington : Explain what you as a leader within the social work sector would recommend to your community as an intervention for this particular diagnosis.

User Account

All Pages