Executive Diploma in Learning and Development

Event Description:

Module 1. Managing the Training and Development Function / 培訓及發展部門的管理

Aims

• To enable participants to understand the strategic roles and latest trends of Training and Development function
• To equip participants with the essential attitude, skills and knowledge in managing the Learning and Development function
• To facilitate participants in transforming the learning results to return on investments

Contents

A. Exploring the Strategic Roles and Latest Trends of Training and Development / 探索培訓及發展的戰略 角色和最新趨勢

1. Strategic role of Learning and Development in the 21st century world of work
2. Latest trends and changing responsibilities of Learning and Development
3. Critical functions of Learning and Development

B. Managing the Learning and Development Function / 帶領培訓及發展的部門

1. Integrating training and development goals with organizational strategic objectives
2. Building constructive learning culture to meet all business stakeholders’ needs
3. Managing training related cost and budget
4. Establishing team structure, roles and responsibilities of various training team members
5. Managing and motivating internal team members and external training consultants
6. Assessing training needs and ensuring appropriate training approaches
7. Analyzing, designing, developing and implementing training programs and learning solutions
8. Evaluating training effectiveness and suggesting future improvements

C. Key Success Factors when Transforming Learning Results to Return on Investments / 掌握轉移學習， 達成投資回報的關鍵

1. Main factors for successful transformation of learning results to return on investments
2. Benchmarking excellent organizations in achieving effective training and development strategies
3. Aligning organizational training objectives from corporate focus with individual career development needs
4. Preparing SMART learner-focus objectives and setting behavioral learning outcomes
5. Analyzing jobs requirements, selecting suitable talents for training and nurturing learning commitment
6. Arranging effective learning approaches and identifying efficient measuring methods
7. Initiating transfer of learning into daily work and consolidating learning result application

Module 2. Building a Learning Atmosphere, Developing Talents and Succession Planning / 學習 文化、人才發展和繼任計劃的創建

Aims

• To help participants understand the tactics in building and strengthening a learning and sustainable organization
• To provide participants the universal insight in executing talent and staff development
• To share with participants the common practice in launching succession planning

Contents

A. Building and Strengthening a Learning and Sustainable Atmosphere / 建立和強化終身學習和可持續發展的氣候

1. Comparison between Learning and Development as well as Organizational Development
2. Dynamics of Organizational Development with references to external environmental and internal stakeholders’ influences
3. Exploring the core vision, mission and value of successful learning and sustainable organizations
4. Creating and consolidating a learning culture in organizations
5. Optimizing organizational structure, cooperation framework and working system
6. Indoctrinating and encouraging employees’ ownership in learning and motivating learned behaviors
7. Formulating and executing systematic training and development strategies 8. Developing learning roadmap to fully utilize core competencies of workforce and create values for organizations

B. Talent Development and Succession Planning / 統籌人才發展和繼任計劃

1. Recognition of workforce as ‘human capital’ according to their unique strengthens and value
2. Comparison and selection between succession planning and talent management
3. Understanding the strategic importance of succession planning and talent development for organizations
4. Grasping and applying the principles of succession planning and talent development
5. Execution of succession planning and talent development
6. Applying the right tools to identify key successors and talents
7. Evaluating effectiveness of succession planning and talent development and suggesting future improvements.

Module 3. Trainer Core Competency and Career Development / 培訓師的核心競爭力和事業發展

Aims

• To boost up participant’s, understanding on the core competencies to become successful training professionals
• To equip participants with required ability to manage training project individually and professionally
• To equip participants with necessary skills of being successful trainers for further career development

Contents

A. Exploring the Strategic Roles, Latest Trends and Required Aptitudeof Successful Trainer / 領略培訓師的戰略角色、最新趨勢和成功素質

1. Strategic role, latest trends and demanding responsibilities of successful trainer
2. Win-win attitude, skill and knowledge of being a professional trainer
3. Convincing personality mode and leadership style of being a professional trainer

B. Training project management / 管理培訓及發展項目

1. Exploring the principles of managing a successful training project
2. Fulfilling the comprehensive process of Learning and Development
3. Obtaining top management approval and preparing required budget
4. Delivering training needs assessment and confirming training objectives
5. Planning training program design (syllabus, contents, potential trainers, methodologies, duration, and necessary resources, etc.) and program delivery (schedule and evaluation criteria, etc.)
6. Applying adult learning cycle and trainee styles to deliver the training program
7. Enhancing memory process and motivating in learning
8. Ensuring high-quality presentation and classroom management
9. Adopting 4-level of evaluation criteria to assess effectiveness and efficiency of training
10. Handling of difficult trainees and learners

C. Preparing for being a Successful Trainer / 成功培訓師之裝備

1. Comparison of traditional and future training professionals
2. Adoption of Global Career Development Facilitator (GCDF) prospective to develop employee potential
3. Investigating the future career development of training professionals
4. Preparation and life-long learning of being a successful trainer

Contact person's (Information provider's) name & contacts: Ms. Shirley Chan: 2774 8569