Implementing E-Learning in HR Management: An Argos Case Study Report

This report delves into the strategic implementation of e-learning within the human resource management context, using Argos as a case study. It begins by providing an overview of the e-learning approach, detailing various activities such as apprenticeship programs, online training, and self-directed learning. The report highlights the advantages of e-learning, including cost-effectiveness, increased employee engagement, and flexibility, while also acknowledging potential disadvantages like the lack of instructor interaction and technological issues. It explores how e-learning can address diverse learning styles, budgetary considerations, and both internal and external factors that may impact its implementation. Furthermore, the report references successful e-learning practices in organizations like Tesco and Aldi and concludes by emphasizing the key reasons for adopting this approach, such as reduced learning time and improved cost efficiency, ultimately aiming to maximize workplace efficiency and achieve corporate goals. The report is supported by a list of references to scholarly articles and journals.

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Table of Contents
INTRODUCTION...........................................................................................................................1
MAIN BODY...................................................................................................................................1
A general overview of this approach, and the typical types of activity that might be included
within it...................................................................................................................................1
The advantages that this approach might offer to the organisation........................................1
How this approach might address specific learning styles amongst employees....................2
Any disadvantages or risks approach might present..............................................................2
Any budgeting considerations that should be borne in mind.................................................2
Any internal or external factors that may impact on implementing this approach 200.........2
Examples of how other organisations use this approach successfully...................................2
A brief summary of the key reasons for adopting this approach............................................3
CONCLUSION................................................................................................................................3
REFERENCES................................................................................................................................4

INTRODUCTION
Human resource management is a strategic approach to effectively manage individuals in
organisational workplace structure as to gain maximum competitive advantages. In this different
type of approaches and measures are being undertaken by organisation management to increase
workplace efficiency of employees through which entity can gain maximum profitability
(BELOSTECINIC and ŞARGU, 2020). Present report has been conducted on Argos which is
operating their services in retail industrial sector in United Kingdom. In this report formative
discussion has been made on implementation of e- learning approach through which skills and
knowledge of employees can be increased risk. Along with this, advantage, disadvantages and
type of activities that are included in this approach are mentioned in present report.
MAIN BODY
A general overview of this approach, and the typical types of activity that might be included
within it
Asda operates their functioning as a large organisation operating their services in retail
industrial sector. Form past 18 months it has been identified that company is many number of
issues that lower down its productivity, customer satisfaction and profitability. Along with this
organisation also noted high number of staff turnover (Trost, 2020). As per according to survey
this has been identified that, employees are not provided with proper training. In order to
overcome this, Multimedia in E-Learning training and development approach is planning to be
implementing by respective organisation. In this different type of activities like apprenticeship,
classrooms and workshop, career counselling, coaching, professional development, continuous
learning, distance learning courses, job assessments, lectures, management development
programs, off- the- job training, online training, orientation to new job roles, self directed
learning, tutorials are included through which skills ability and workplace efficiency of
employees can be advanced through which they can accomplish their daily basis work in a well
define manner.
The advantages that this approach might offer to the organisation
There is different type of benefits for both individuals and organisations of e-learning
through which business entity can effectively able to accomplish their goals and can maximize
employee’s performance. It is a budget friendly method through which is Argos can improve
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learner engagement, knowledge retention and can increase employee’s workplace efficiency. In
addition with this it is a time saving, flexible method to which immediate feedback are allowed
and learner can improve, evaluate and boost their skills and knowledge in an effective manner.
With the implementation of this learning approach Arda can not only increase satisfaction among
employees but can also drive their performance towards accomplishment of organisational
objectives in a well-defined manners.
How this approach might address specific learning styles amongst employees
It has been evaluated that e-learning approach can effectively address visual learning
style among employees, as e-Learning offer videos, graphics, charts, numbers, picture form of
learning methods (Tomcikova and Coculova, 2020). Thus, employees with this learning style can
effectively able to increase their knowledge and efficiency with this approach, as this learning
method allows them to effectively increase their information in an effective manner.
Any disadvantages or risks approach might present
One of the crucial disadvantage of e-Learning is that in this lack of interaction with
instructor prevails that further fails to ensure that employees are learning. Along with this other
disadvantages of their learning approach is that it does not appeal to all learning styles and can
further affect other employees as they may feel challenging to learn from this measure. In
addition to this technological issues and lack of control are some of the disadvantage of this
approach.
Any budgeting considerations that should be borne in mind
E-learning approach allow Argos to maximise engagement of employees through which
they can further increase productivity and can retain them for long duration of time in order to
improve consumer service and sales (Kicová, 2020). Thus, in order to implement e-learning
approach in workplace of organisation consideration of training budget effectively helps to
execute their functions properly. In this activities like instructor fees training, material training
delivery like course fees, video, tutorial classes activities that are included in training expenses.
While keeping all these activities into account Argos is required to consider 5 to 10% of
company budget for this training method.
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Any internal or external factors that may impact on implementing this approach
There are different types of internal as well as external factors that may impact upon
implementation of this approach. In this external factors like economic or technological factors
can impact upon implementation of this approach. While on the other hand internal factors like
financial resources perception of employees are some of the approaches that can affect
implementation of e learning approach in Argos.
Examples of how other organisations use this approach successfully
It has been identified that other large organisations like Tesco, Aldi undertake use of e-
Learning in order to effectively train their employees with different type of skills and knowledge.
In addition to this with the implementation of this approach these organisations successfully
provide training and development courses to employees in all their branches at different
locations. With the use of learning approach these organisations ensure accomplishment of their
organisational objectives in a well defined manner with maximum benefits. Further it has been
identified that e-learning not only help these organisation to maximise productivity of employees
but also allows them to increase overall organisational profitability at great extent.
A brief summary of the key reasons for adopting this approach
According to the evaluation it has been identified that there are different reasons to adopt the
approach of e-learning approach in organisational workplace structure, as it reduce learning time
and save company money in effective manner (Lyskova and Rudakova, 2020). It is a cost
efficient learning approach through which organisation can retain their employees and provide
learning accessibility to employees worldwide. Further it has been evaluated that it allow
organisation to undertake collaboration of different expert through which employees knowledge
and skills can be increased. Thus, it has been identified that e-learning approach provide different
type of advantages to respective organisation through which they can maximise workplace
efficiency of improve and can further aim towards accomplishment of corporate goals with
maximum profitability.
CONCLUSION
As per above mentioned report it has been concluded that human resource management is
most important aspect for an organisation through which they can retain their experienced and
talented employees for long period of time and further increase profitability of organisation in a
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well-defined manner. In this e- learning approach can proves to be effective for organisation
through which they can provide flexible learning to all of their employees in effective manner
and can increase organisational profitability at great extent.
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REFERENCES
Books and Journals
BELOSTECINIC, G. and ŞARGU, L., 2020, March. Managing Human Resources Involved in
Solving Atypical Situations: A Motivational Model. In “New Silk Road: Business
Cooperation and Prospective of Economic Development”(NSRBCPED 2019) (pp. 325-
329). Atlantis Press.
Lyskova, I. and Rudakova, O., 2020, January. Agile Management as a Technology of
Professional Development of the Human Resources in a Credit Organization. In 5th
International Conference on Economics, Management, Law and Education (EMLE
2019) (pp. 405-409). Atlantis Press.
Burgner, A., Ikizler, T.A. and Dwyer, J.P., 2020. COVID-19 and the Inpatient Dialysis Unit:
Managing Resources During Contingency Planning Pre-Crisis. Clinical Journal of the
American Society of Nephrology.
Kicová, E., 2020. Specifics of human resources in non-profit organizations in the process of
globalization. In SHS Web of Conferences (Vol. 74, p. 01011). EDP Sciences.
Trost, A., 2020. Managing Change and Transformation. In Human Resources Strategies (pp.
329-347). Springer, Cham.
Tomcikova, L. and Coculova, J., 2020. Leading and education of talented employees as one of
the major impacts of globalization on human resources management. In SHS Web of
Conferences (Vol. 74, p. 04029). EDP Sciences.
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