Coordinating Corporate Development Training Course

Managing and Improving Performance Training Course

Duration: 2 Days

Introduction

This workshop is designed for those who work as training coordinators, trainers, personnel and HR staff. In this role they support and interact with line managers, organise, and possibly conduct, training activities, select external courses and trainers, link the training activities to the appraisal and staff development process and possibly plan the future training activity as a basis for a competency driven development strategy.

Course Aim

The workshop will prepare the training and development function to plan a strategy to contribute effectively to the business and become a credible business partner. It will ensure that participants leave with new action plans for implementing substantial ideas for improving the training function and themselves.

Learning Objectives

This programme is for you if you wish to:

How to promote the training function as a driver for the business
How to institute change and improvement in the training function
How to ensure that training has a positive impact on the bottom line
Understand the main activities of the training function
How people learn best and different learning styles
A range of skills from training design to evaluation
Establish a system for the administration of training courses.
Communicate effectively with all contacts.
Design templates for a variety of training administration uses.
Establish and maintain a variety of reference systems to support the needs of the department.
Establish and maintain a training record system

Method & Approach

The methodology for this workshop is interactive with the emphasis on coaching the participants to identify procedures and supporting documentation that will bring efficiencies to their operation. Therefore, more discussion, practice and analysis by the Participants than lectures from the Programme Leader

Using Participants’ own experiences and situations, together with case studies, questionnaires, exercises, assessments of theories and frameworks, group presentations with peer feedback, with a view to producing practical outcomes at all times

Course Content

DAY 1

Corporate Development – what is our purpose?
Role of training and development
Gathering evidence of the need for development – what are our sources?
Aligning policies, plans and personnel procedure with corporate objectives
The role of the training administrator and others within the department.
Specifically what do these roles contribute to customers?
What do the roles contribute to the team?

DAY 2

Training needs analysis – what is the process?
Existing procedures that support the process
Critical incidents that require attention
Documents that support the process
A Systematic Approach: identifying training needs; the role of training objectives and course evaluation
The skills of training need analysis liaising with line managers; principal training methods; sources of information
Training Records: establishing a training records system
Role of a trainer, and consultants, what do they need to know – pre and post course? Considering document design to support training
Forms and Handouts: principles of good design for course materials templates, handouts and activities; the features and content of evaluation forms.
The role of a trainer: an understanding of the roles and responsibilities of a generic trainer, what trainers expect from the training administrator.
Building a resource library
Choosing and using Consultants: the advantages and disadvantages of using outside consultants
External Venues: booking; essential administration before, during and after a course