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Report on Learning Theories and Learning Styles

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Report on Learning Theories and Learning Styles

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HUMAN RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT
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Table of ContentsINTRODUCTION ........................................................................................................................3TASK 1............................................................................................................................................31.1Evaluate different styles of learning......................................................................................31.2 Role of learning curve and the importance of transferring learning into workplace............41.3 Contribution of earning styles and theories when planning learning event..........................5TASK 2............................................................................................................................................52.1 Compare training needs for staff at different levels in an organization................................52.2 Advantages and disadvantages of training methods used in an organization.......................72.3 Use systematic approach to plan training and development for a training event.................7TASK 3............................................................................................................................................83.1Prepare an evaluation using suitable techniques....................................................................83.2 An evaluation of the training event.....................................................................................103.3 Review the success of the evaluation method used............................................................10TASK 4..........................................................................................................................................114.1 Explain the role of Government in training, development and lifelong learning...............114.2 Impacts of competency movement on the public and private sector. ................................114.3 How contemporary training contributes to Human Resource Development......................12CONCLUSION ............................................................................................................................12REFERENCES..............................................................................................................................13
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INTRODUCTIONHuman Resource Development department, is framework for providing training ,development, orientation, and knowledge of skills to the employees in order to increase theirefficiencies. The main focus of Human Resource Development is to carry out the functions ofthe business effectively and efficiently. The role and functions of Human Resource Departmentare very crucial for the development of the organisation. The main focus of the HRD lay on thepersonal development of the employees. This report is based on the various learning theories andlearning styles; role of learning curve and their importance; various contributions of the learningstyles; role of government in training and development and training needs of staff at differentlevel. TASK 1LO11.1 Evaluate different styles of learning.Learning is a ability to acquire skills that helps in increasing the knowledge of theindividual. It also helps in developing a mental level of the person in order to to ensure that theindividual is gaining and enhancing their field of knowledge. Learning helps in enhancing theknowledge of the individual and their performance at the same time. It helps the individual inanalyzing their potential to develop learning abilities(Alghamdi, 2015). Various types of theoriesare presented by the different theorists to gain information about the learning styles. Learning style implies methods that individual can use to absorb the knowledge.Learning abilities ad capabilities of every individual is different. Learning skills of some peopleare comparatively fast than the other one. Kolb's theory: This theory was published by David Kolb, in 1984. In his theory he statsthat with experiences individuals can develop learning attitude and this helps in acquiringknowledge that can be applied in every situation. Kolb's in this theory identifies the four learning styles: Diverging, Assimilating,Converging and Accommodating. Diverging : The people who follow this learning style, are very imaginative. They havecapabilities to resolve issues with the help of their innovative thinking. Such people believe infeeling and watching things in order to absorb them and create imagination about them(Armstrong, 2014).
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Assimilating: This approach is based on watching and thinking. The people whoencompass such learning style think logically before implementing any decision. Suchindividuals analyze situations during learning process.Converging: The people who follows this approach, generally find practical solutions forthe problems. Their way of thinking is logical and they believe in practical implementations oflearning experiences. Accommodating: The people who follow this approach have high believes in intuitionsrather their logical thinking. Concept of Kolb has been modified by the Honey and Mumford: Activists: The people who learn from experiences are generally referred as, activists.Theorists: Such individuals tries to understand the main objectives and criteria behindthe theory. Pragmatists: Such people follow practical approach to implement the practice. Reflector: They tries to learn things by observing and thinking about the situations. 1.2 Role of learning curve and the importance of transferring learning into workplace.The concept of the learning curve was firstly introduce by the Hermann Ebbinghaus. It isthe graphical representation of the learning performance of the individual. It can be implementedunder two situations, it is used to analyze the learning of the employee and to evaluate theirproductivity (Barratt, 2016). Significance of Knowledge transfer: Transferring knowledge and information helps theemployees in gaining details about the organisation at the initial level and later in help ingenerating development of the employees by enhancing their skills in the respective areas. Whiletransferring knowledge from teacher to students it is very important for the organisation tofollow systematic approach. For transferring knowledge among the employees training is themost common method. The induction programs initiated by the organisation is the most commonmethod of sharing information about the organisation with the employees. Generally suchprograms are initiated at the beginning level for providing all the basic knowledge about thecompany tot he employees. For forming strong foundations of the employees such developmentprograms are very important for the employees (Brewster, 2016).Role of learning curve: it is the performance representation of the employees. It helpsboth, the employee and the employer to evaluate their learning capability. Transferring
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