Human Resource Management
C18HM
Lecture 4
Learning & Development
, Aims
• Discuss the importance of learning and development (L&D),
• Explain the concept of strategic L&D
• Describe different ways in which learning needs can be
identified and discussed,
• Examine the methods associated with learning,
• Address the evaluation of L&D,
• Discuss the onboarding process
, Learning and Development
(L&D)
• L&D is concerned with ensuring that organisations have
the knowledgeable, skilled and engaged people they
need.
• It means enabling individuals to acquire knowledge and
skills through experience and social contacts, coaching,
mentoring and guidance provided by line managers and
others, self-managed learning, and learning events and
programmes provided by the organisation.
, Strategic L&D
• Strategic L&D deals with how the organisation’s goals can be
attained through its people by encouraging and helping them to
learn and develop.
• Its aims are therefore to develop the intellectual capital
required by the organisation as well as to ensure that people of
the right quality are available to meet present and future needs.
These aims are achieved by creating a learning culture and
by encouraging organisational and individual learning.
• Strategic L&D may be business-led but it also needs to take
into account the needs of individual employees.
(Armstrong, 2020)
C18HM
Lecture 4
Learning & Development
, Aims
• Discuss the importance of learning and development (L&D),
• Explain the concept of strategic L&D
• Describe different ways in which learning needs can be
identified and discussed,
• Examine the methods associated with learning,
• Address the evaluation of L&D,
• Discuss the onboarding process
, Learning and Development
(L&D)
• L&D is concerned with ensuring that organisations have
the knowledgeable, skilled and engaged people they
need.
• It means enabling individuals to acquire knowledge and
skills through experience and social contacts, coaching,
mentoring and guidance provided by line managers and
others, self-managed learning, and learning events and
programmes provided by the organisation.
, Strategic L&D
• Strategic L&D deals with how the organisation’s goals can be
attained through its people by encouraging and helping them to
learn and develop.
• Its aims are therefore to develop the intellectual capital
required by the organisation as well as to ensure that people of
the right quality are available to meet present and future needs.
These aims are achieved by creating a learning culture and
by encouraging organisational and individual learning.
• Strategic L&D may be business-led but it also needs to take
into account the needs of individual employees.
(Armstrong, 2020)
