Report on Human Resource Development Sun Court

HUMAN RESOURCE
DEVELOPMENT

Table of Contents
INTRODUCTION...........................................................................................................................4
TASK 1............................................................................................................................................4
P1.1 Compare different learning styles..................................................................................4
P1.2 Role of learning curve and importance of transferring learning to workplace..............5
1.3 Contribution of learning styles and theories when planning and designing a learning event
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4.1 Role of government in training, development and lifelong learning................................6
4.2 Development of competency movement has impact on public and private section.........7
4.3 Contemporary training initiatives introduced by UK government contribute to HRD for
Sun Court Ltd.........................................................................................................................7
TASK 2............................................................................................................................................8
2.1 Compare training needs for staff at different levels at Sun Court Ltd.............................8
2.2 Advantages and disadvantages of training methods used in Sun Court Ltd....................9
2.3 Systematic approach to plan training and development for a training event.................10
3.1 Evaluating the training event by suitable techniques.....................................................10
3.2 Evaluating the training event..........................................................................................11
3.3 Success of a evaluation methods....................................................................................12
CONCLUSION..............................................................................................................................12
REFERENCES..............................................................................................................................13

INTRODUCTION
Human resource development concept plays important part in every kind of organisation.
It is necessary that administration have skilled and competent workforce available in firm,
through which they are able to utilise resources in adequate manner. Government acknowledge
requirement of training events, so they provide various initiatives and conduct programmes to
enhance skills and knowledge of members (Werner and DeSimone, 2011). Present report is
based on Sun Court Residential Homes limited, which is a small and medium enterprise.
Management uses various learning styles to improve capabilities of members and to train them
about duties that are to be performed by them. Besides this, learning curve is used by them, to
acknowledge importance of transferring learning in workplace. Thereby, conduct adequate
training programmes to deliver information to joiners and existing employees about goals,
objectives and targets of firm.
TASK 1
P1.1 Compare different learning styles
It is essential that management conduct sessions to enhance skills and abilities of
workforce and make them perform tasks in suitable manner. In Sun Court Ltd., learning activity
is executed in system; through which employees gain information about work that is to be
conducted by them. This helps company to make workers perform duties effectively and deliver
quality products and services in marketplace (Daley, 2012). For this, there are various concepts
and theories which are developed by various philosophers that specify different learning styles.
So, administration requires to use appropriate style in company for providing adequate
knowledge to employees.
Theory of Kolb's: David Kolb had evolved this concept in 1984, which defines that
individuals learn things from their experiences which is constructed on basis of situations faced
by them in past. This includes four kinds of learning styles which are selected by people in
respect to their characteristics are as follows:
Diverging: This concept states that individual get knowledge from observing incidences;
as they are visionary and generate idea through which adequate solution are ascertained for
problems.

Assimilating: This learning style states that these are people who think logically about
conditions and pay attention to sessions and seminars executed to enhance abilities of manpower
in firm.
Converging: This concept defines that individuals ascertain problems for solution by
conducting appropriate activities.
Accommodating: This learning style states that people give importance to intuitions and
don't make plans and decisions on basis of logics.
Honey and Mumford: This is an approach which specifies that learning styles consists of
pragmatists, theorists, reflectors and activists. It is modified concept which is appropriate than
theory of Kolb. In Sun Court Ltd, management uses theorists learning style in system. To apply
this, firm conduct a week programme to acknowledge candidate with goals and objectives of
company. This helps administration to make employees perform duties properly.
P1.2 Role of learning curve and importance of transferring learning to workplace
In organisation, learning curve is used by management to represent learning performance
of individuals graphically (Guest, 2011). This concept was evolved by Hermann Ebbinghaus.
Role of learning curve: In Sun Court Ltd, management uses this concept to specify every
person's learning and its impact on their performance. It is necessary that administration have
information that sessions conducted by them were appropriate or not. For this, report is
formulated which states various learning points for each member. So, administration examines
candidate’s learnings and its impact on their functionality.
Importance of transferring learning to workplace: In Sun Court, executive conducts
induction program for new joiners and communicate adequate information about objectives,
targets and duties that are to be carried out by them. Besides this, training seminars are executed
to improve skills of workforce and make them perform tasks properly.
Thus, company improves performance of employees by conducting learning sessions in
firm. This benefits to enhance capabilities of employees and make them perform activities in
effective manner (McKenzie and et.al., 2012). So, transferring learning to workplace is important
for every kind of organisation through which goals and objectives are accomplished timely.
1.3 Contribution of learning styles and theories when planning and designing a learning event
Administration makes plans for conducting various programmes, sessions and seminars
to enhance skills and knowledge of members. For this, various learning styles and theories are