Human Resource Development Report: Learning, Training and Development

This report on Human Resource Development analyzes various learning styles including Kolb's and Honey & Mumford's models, and their implications in the workplace. It explores the significance of the learning curve and the transfer of learning in the context of an organization. The report further delves into the importance of learning styles and theories when planning and designing training events, emphasizing the role of authorities in supporting training and development. It examines the impact of the competency movement on both public and private sectors, and highlights contemporary training initiatives. The report also compares training needs at different employee levels, discusses the advantages and disadvantages of various training methods, and provides a framework for designing a training event. Finally, it outlines the creation of an evaluation form to assess training effectiveness, and reviews the success of the evaluation methods used.

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Development

Table of Contents
INTRODUCTION...........................................................................................................................1
TASK 1............................................................................................................................................1
1.1 Comparison of various learning styles..................................................................................1
1.2 Learning curve and importance of learning transfer in work place......................................3
1.3 Significance of learning styles and theories when planning and designing a learning event
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4.1 Function of authorities respect training and development....................................................5
4.2 Impact of development of competency movement on public and private sector..................5
4.3 Contribution of contemporary training initiatives taken by UK government.......................6
Task 2...............................................................................................................................................7
2.1 Compare of training needs for employees at different levels...............................................7
2.2 Advantages and disadvantages of different methods of training..........................................8
2.3 Designing of a training event by using organized concept.................................................10
3.1 Prepare evaluation form by believing training achieved by employees.............................10
3.2 Assessment done by examining the outcome to the evaluation form.................................11
3.3 Review the success of the evaluation methods...................................................................11
CONCLUSION..............................................................................................................................12
REFERENCES .............................................................................................................................13

INTRODUCTION
Human resources development is a management activity which is play a most important
role in training and development program to increase knowledge, skills and ability of employees.
In different organisation Human resources development activities are used to hire new and
energetic employees according to firm's need and want. Through this process overall
organisation working together for achieving future objectives and goals as well. These kind of
management activity help to improve skills of employees who serves their contribution in
organisation's welfare (Angelova, 2011). Training and development is very important for a firm
to achieving business objectives and future success that helps to build their own goodwill in
market. This report is based on People “R” us which is providing consultancy services to various
firm. Now they conduct a training event for Sun court residential home limited who have
requirement of trained working staff to providing appropriate services to different people. This
project represent various learning style, importance of learning curve and Significance of
learning styles and theories when planning and designing a learning event. Secondly it reflects
function of government authority in training process and impact of competency movement on
public and private sector. At last it includes training need for different level of employees,
designing a training program and evaluation form by believing training achieved by employees.
TASK 1
1.1 Comparison of various learning styles
Each and every individual learn various objective through different kind of prospects.
Learning style is all about hoe they prefer to learn, understand and observe different element that
they execute in their working approach. These kind of learning style are determine by various
author who understand that all individual has several learning approach as some person likes to
learn in a group and others want to observe various things individually. In other hand some
individuals believe to observe different kind of theory and others believe in practical issues of
business (Bergman, 2010). All different models are helps to understand several personalities of
employees who are working in a business organisation. There are different kind of learning style
by various authors are given below -
Kolb learning style – This learning model is published by David Kolb in 1984. This
theory is determine through four different stages of learning cycle.
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According to Kolb a learner can go through four different level of learning
and they can observe and implement according to them. Learning cycle of
individuals are given below -
Divergent – Some kind of individual are very imaginative and learn different kind of
aspects through watching and observing. These type of person are sees things differently and
they are vary fascinating toward generating new ideas and thoughts according to organisation's
culture ans working environment.
Assimilative – These kind of person are just opposite to convergent individuals. They are
more likely towards theoretical issues and abstract concept of learning. According to this theory
some learners are going through conceptual values and methodological terms.
Convergent- Some kind of individual in a organisation are believe in practical issues of
firm that needs to observe before implement. They always believe to solve different kind of
problems through logical elements that needs to be depended on specific reason. They never
believes in imaginary values (Deng, 2010).
Accommodative – These kind of personalities are very inventive in their business
approaches and they are more likely towards new ideas and creative. Such individuals are solve
their problems by feelings and innovative things.
Honey and Mumford learning style – this learning approach is invented by Honey and
Mumford which includes four different factors of layering style are as follows -
Activist – According to this theory some person believe to facing new challenges and
task that can helps them to learn new things. These kind of individuals are believe to take risk
and challenges that can providing various opportunity to learn new things.
Reflector – This type of people are takes lots of time to think on a particular topic. They
are more observatory in nature and they never take instant decision for different kind of
situations. Reflector personalities are good listeners because they believe to take a particular
decision before observing its each elements (Eid, 2011).
Theorist – Such type of personalities are very different to others because they never
believes to take decision as per emotional value. They always take logical values and elements to
explore and analyse different aspects of organisation. They are fast learner by their personalities.
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Pragmatist – This kind of person are believe to learn new ideas and thoughts by real
world. They are directly connects learning skill with real world issues. Pragmatist people are
make different plans through experimental and predicating ideas or thinks as well.
1.2 Learning curve and importance of learning transfer in work place
Learning curve is a graphical representation in which HR manager
represent Performance of their employees. Every person has different
learning style and they learn various things through different elements. This
curve represent performance of learner and its impact on business
procedures (Flint, 2011).
Role of learning curve – This is a graphical representation which is
used to analyse working approaches of employees who are working in a
organisation. It shows different learning style of workers to analyse their
current working approach from past ones. Through this process they easily
get analysis of employees skills and their requirement for future working
needs as well. This is a effective tool which is used to analyse learning and
training need for employees to get higher business success easily. Through
this process HR manager of organisation can easily monitor improvement
and progress in employees working skill and extra need for future to
achieving business goals (Ganguli, 2011).
Importance of transferring learning – For sun court limited this process
will helping to analyse their employees present skills and future demand of
company toward them to providing specific training for their development.
In it, human resources development process help to analyse their past
working approaches and current ones to conduct a effective training
program for them. In this process HR manager needs to use different kind
of sources like fund, time and other resources that helps to achieving
business objectives in appropriate manner. There are some other important
factors of learning are given below -
Utilization of capital – A business organisation is established with
specific objectives and goal for future that need to attain by their working
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process. For this they put specific capital that needs to be utilized by
employees working process. These capitals can be utilized through specific
working skill of workers.
Add values – Learning curve helps to build values for employees to
attain future objectives in specific manner. Main objectives of this
graphical representation is to pt some values in business to attain higher
success easily. This kind of process helps to identify advantages and
disadvantages of working policies in a firm.
Face the challenges – Training and learning program helps to
increase values of employees who working in a firm. So for Sun court
residential limited needs to providing specific training to develop their
working approaches. Through this process worker's can easily understand
how they can face different challenges from market that can affect its
business policies.
1.3 Significance of learning styles and theories when planning and designing a learning event
This is a important process of organisation that used to build values for employees,
knowledge through specific method and appropriate direction to getting higher success easily.
For this there are various methods and approaches are uses to getting appropriate learning for
short term period (Ganguli, 2011). In this different kind of researcher and analysers are
represents their own ideas for managing learning process for employees. For this process Kolb
and honey Mumford learning style helps to understand different kind of layering style of
individuals. These type of learning approaches helps to increase value of employees through
designing and creating planning process that helps to achieve business objectives based desired
goals in specific manner. There are different learning styles and theories when planning and
designing a learning event are given below -
Improvement of concealed points – These kind of approaches helps to assist a
examination process in which all hidden points needs to analyse specifically. These kind of
learning style are directly impact on organisation's working process and employees working skill
as well. This process directly affecting on designing process of learning according to employees
needs and organisation's demand (Grissemann, 2012).
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Display the correct direction – These kind of approaches helps to increase values of
training method that organisation can values in appropriate manner. Main objectives of these
program is to taking accurate sources that make values for firm to attain future objectives and
goals in specific manner.
Demonstrate various alternative for increasing knowledge – This is represent other
options fro enhancing knowledge and skill level of organisation to attain business objectives in
specific manner. This process help to provide specific decision for organisation to create
planning process that improve values for firm.
Help in understanding connection between organisational factors – This is very
important for Human resource development process to identify various elements that are inter
connected with each other and they effect on business procedure and activities as well. This can
be appropriate step for them to identify each and every element in effective manner.
4.1 Function of authorities respect training and development
Being primary authority, it is the job of government to provide effective tools and
techniques for successful execution of training and development program with an objective that
holds overall development, increasing efficiency and worth of existing employee or novice
learner. These authorities help by providing professional trainer, environment for learning and
effective tools and technology (Helm, 2010). The contribution is carried out in following way
so as to maintain learning that will help employees to develop and grow in their respective fields:
 HR policies- They are formulated by management and generally consist of all the
guidelines regarding legal and legitimate procedures that are carried in an organisation.
HR policies are important as it provide objective and purpose, implementation process
and execution strategy of a training and development program.
 HRD studies- To promote healthy training program, human resource development
conducts procedure in a way that brings out the best of employees by applying strategies
such as motivation, counselling, mentoring and carrier planning.
 Public standard- To have impactful training and development program, government
takes into consideration the work-culture, socio-culture and economic-culture to develop
interest of employees. Therefore, total participation with full enthusiasm and passion is
received with greater efficiency from employees.
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 Funding- Government takes initiative to provide sufficient funds using public and
private sectors for successful execution of training and development program that is use
to develop knowledge and improve skills of people of a nation. Funding is used to
manage cost of staff associated with educating practices and implementation of new tools
related to training purpose (Hume, 2010).
 Working environment- The first task before developing working environment is to
classify whether training and development program will be on-the-job(existing
workplace) or off-the-job(creating workplace). After classifying, government provide
effective trainers and tutors with specific tools and techniques that constitutes to a
working environment to implement the program.
4.2 Impact of development of competency movement on public and private sector
This is used to define ability of employees fro working in a business
firm. Through this process they can easily identify their qualification of each
individual for a specific job and post as well. In this process individuals are
divided according to their working skills, qualification, experience and
knowledge about various elements of organisation. These kind of division
helps to providing values for private and public sectors bodies. In this
process government play a most important role to providing specific worker
according to public and private sectors needs and demand. Through this
process various bodies can easily getting effective results such as -
For provide Effective Job Manner – This process helps to hire
appropriate and skilled employees fro a business organisation. In it they
also analyse skills and working approaches of each and every individual to
hire them according to organisation's need and demand for future
objectives. In this government bodies and private sectors firm start a
initiative to introducing a development and training program for enhancing
skill and ability of employees to working in a firm. In it short listed
candidates are getting specific training according to organisation's demand
and their future objectives (Kassim, 2010).
Achieve Competitive advantages – Government of a country
introduce various initiative as development of competency movement for
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private and public sector bodies to facing different kind of challenges to
attain business opportunities easily. Through this employees can easily
attain new and innovative ideas to attain different task for business
objectives. For this process organisation provide them specific training and
learning to attain higher success easily. These kind of things helps to
enhance individual's skill, ability and working approach to serve better
services in business. Through these kind of process organisation can easily
get experience and qualified employees for their firm who helps them to
getting g higher success and future objectives as well.
4.3 Contribution of contemporary training initiatives taken by UK government
Contemporary training programs in Sun Court Ltd has benefit organisation such as job
satisfaction, career development and motivation (employee's perspective) as well as increase in
profitability ratio, employee efficiency and low operational costs (company's perspective).
Training program structure is given below:
 Formulate training and development department so as to promote the need and access of
training for employees who fails to meet the efficiency. This training initiative will not
only develop professional skill but also refresh every policy and procedure practised in
Sun Court Ltd (Mosahab, 2010).
 Human resource development must locate and provide required resources to carry out its
training program successfully.
 Customize training programs will have high impact in short period of time as it covers
specific details such as nursing service, customer service, communication, quality, ethics,
safety measures, etc that can be practice in Sun Court Ltd.
 Evaluate training and development program so as to ensure that customer's and
company's needs matched.
Training program can be operated by government institutes with full access of
authoritative bodies along with Sun Court Ltd HRD team. Some of these institutes are as
follows:
Department of trade and industry - Creates commercial as well as industrial policies.
Department of pension - Administers pension facilities to military personnels, veterans, etc.
Department of health - Regulates government policies on health and social care matters.
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Department of education and skills - Generates national policies for education (Munusamy,
2010).
The above agencies act as regulatory bodies that design and execute contemporary
training programs at Sun Court Ltd and provide following services:
 Funding for welfare and health services.
 Improve care facilities at the centre.
 Favourable and productive working environment.
 Various activities for employee development.
 Tackle weakness of employee and confront them.
 Maintain consistency in care centre.
 Increase productivity and develop uniformity among employees.
Task 2
2.1 Compare of training needs for employees at different levels
In a business organisation each and every employees are needed for different kind of
training to providing their best services for attaining business objectives. Sun court
Residential Homes Limited is a old age home which provides specific
services to 60+ age people. Do for each and ever individual of organisation
need to gain their skill to attain higher business success easily. Their
worker do not provides specific services to their clients so for them it is very
important that they get effective training for attain organisation's
objectives. There are specific training are needed for different level of
employees such as -
Organisational level – In this various firm conducts different kind of training process to
enhance values of overall employees who are working. In this training are provide according to
different kind of level after monitoring their working approaches (Ryu and Han, 2010).
These training and development process helps to fill gaps in employees working approaches that
can affect organisation's objective and future goals a well. There are different kind of levels are
introduce in organisational level such as -
 Managerial level – They are top most employees of organisation who have power to take
specific decision for organisation . They are individuals who create goals and objectives
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for organisation to getting higher success easily. So for them organisation do not have to
conduct different type of training program because employees of this level are already
skilled and experience in their working approaches (Ryu, 2012).
 Operational level – This is workers level where training is needed for each and every
employees who provides their services to attain organisation's task. For them manager
and leader of organisation need to analyse their working approach to providing effective
training according to their need and organisation's demand.
Individual level – These kind of level are needed individual training where manager and leaders
are needs to analyse skills of each and ever individual and provides specific training according to
their own capacity and requirement. These kind of training are very important to build a specific
working level in organisation for all employees.
2.2 Advantages and disadvantages of different methods of training
In a business organisation various kind of training methods are organised to providing
specific training to their employees for enhancing working skills and capacity according to its
requirement. There are different kind of training methods are given below such as -
On the job training method – These kind of training program are conducted during working
duration. In this manager ans other leaders analyse employees skills and working approaches to
enhance them between working period. In this they provides technical and practical knowledge.
There are various type of training methods are given below -
 Job rotation – This is on the job training method in which manager and supervisors are
rotate position of employees to build multi skill in their working approaches. Through
this they provides different level services to employees.
 Coaching – this is also a training approach in which manger and trainers are provides
specific training to their employees for filing gaps in their weak areas. These kind of
training very effective to enhance values of employees (Santouridis, 2010).
Advantages and disadvantages of on the job training method -
Advantages disadvantages
This is direct approach to enhance skills of These kind of training are consume higher time
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employees during job period. and reduce productivity of employees directly.
This is direct process of training in which
trainer can directly see results of their training
in employees working approach.
These kind of training are consume more time
of employees and build conflicts between
trained and untrained employees as well.
Off the job training methods – These kind of training program are conducted after job and
working duration. Off the job training method are conducted for various employees who do no
want to harm their working duration in organisation. There are different type of this method are
given below -
Seminar and conferences – This is a type of Off the job training method in which
employees get different training methods through seminar and conferences and practical terms
(Siddiqi, 2011).
Advantages and disadvantages of off the job training method -
Advantages Disadvantages
This training is very helpful for employees
because it do not corrupt working hours of
employees.
This is very expensive training method because
in this organisation need to conduct extra
training session for employees.
This method is very helpful for those
employees who wants to get extra training
additionally working hours and duration.
This is not help to represent practical results of
various training that provided to employees.
Sun court residential limited needs to take On the job training approach for their
employees to enhance their working skills during working hours. Through this they can analyse
their learning skills and present values to serve various services in firm.
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