Project Report: BSBLED802 - Leading Learning Strategy Implementation

This report, prepared as part of the BSBLED802 unit, focuses on leading learning strategy implementation within an organizational context, using Sim's Hardware as a case study. The report begins with an introduction to the organization, its mission, vision, and values, followed by an analysis of the current workplace training and development approaches, feedback mechanisms, and the role of organizational learning in enhancing competitiveness. It explores the organization's knowledge management system and the deployment of policies and procedures. The report then delves into the design and development of a learning strategy, including the phases involved in building a learning organization, methods of evaluating the organizational learning strategy, and a plan for improvement. The research incorporates different models and approaches to organizational learning, including compliance, diagnostic, and performance monitoring. The report aims to provide a comprehensive overview of the key elements of a learning strategy and its effective implementation.

INTRODUCTION
 Sim’s Hardware provides a
wide range of products at
competitive prices for the
purpose of home improvement.
Sim’s Hardware has been a part
of the Australian retail
landscape from last many
decades. Sim’s Hardware
opened its first store under the
name of Sim's Home Goods in
George St Sydney.

CURRENT SITUATION
 In 1930, the midst of the Great Depression, the demand for
Sim’s Home Goods began to decline. Over the next three years,
the business closed three of the big stores.
 In 1941, declining consumer demand in conjunction with the
onset of World War II again brought Sim’s Home Goods to the
brink of closure.
 The business has continued to expand to now have 138 stores
and approximately 10,000 staff across the country.

CONTD…
 In the early 1950s, the business was repositioned; this
time to benefit from the housing boom by supplying
wood and other hardware items.
 The business was re-named Sim’s Hardware and an
expansion program commenced that took the business
into all states over the next 10 years.
 Sim’s Home Goods initially specialized in the
manufacturing and sale of small household furniture. The
business quickly expanded from one to four stores across
Sydney's northern and western suburbs. The stores
employed the equivalent of 60 full-time staff by the
beginning of 1928.

MONITORING LEARNING STRATEGIES AND
RESOURCES
 Compliance Monitoring – focusing on inputs
 Diagnostic Monitoring – focusing on
processes
 Performance Monitoring – focusing on
outputs

INCORPORATION OF NATIONAL POLICY AND SYSTEM
CHANGES
 Clearly define the change and align it to organizational learning
and development strategies
 Determine impacts and those affected.
 Develop a communication strategy.
 Provide effective training.
 Implement a support structure.
 Measure the change process.

DESIGN LEARNING RESOURCES AND STRATEGIES

METHODS OF EVALUATING ORGANIZATIONAL
LEARNING STRATEGY
 Inputs
 Activities
 Outputs
 Outcomes
 Outcome targets
 Outcome indicators

PLAN OF IMPROVING ORGANIZATIONAL LEARNING
STRATEGY
 Evaluate end-to-end implementation of
organizational learning strategy
 Peer observation and review
 elf-observation, self-assessment and critical
reflection
 Employee assessment tasks and attainment
of learning outcomes