Training is a business investment.

Training plans are a reflection of business strategy. Training is a planning tool in respect to operations, budgeting and resources. More importantly, it becomes a canvas depicting skill acquisition, personnel development and the building of tomorrow’s abilities for the global market.

• Learn to develop training plans linked directly to strategic business objectives
• Skill Management : skill deficit analysis tools and re-alignment
• Enhancing productivity and competitive spirit
• Understanding the learning process(es)
• Improved positioning of your business within its market range
• Increasing return on investment in training
• Enhance your training budget management with respect to Law 90
• Assuring that new methods learned are correctly applied and integrating into your business entity
  

• Develop procedures for assessing training needs and establishing relevant action plans
• Acquire skills and familiarize self with existing methods to help plan training in conjunction with strategic corporate or business objectives
• Become familiar with skill management tools
• Increase awareness of the value and importance of planning training needs in the context of globalization

Presentation of 5 step process :

1. Diagnostics : assessing training needs

• The strategic objective
• The operational objective
• The training objectives
• The interview with those behind the training plan
• Impact on...
  • Skill
  • Motivation
  • Work environment
• Feasibility study
• Strategic analysis
• Risk analysis

2. Execution : coming up with a response to educational needs

• Pedagogical procedures
  • Enrollment
  • Involvement
  • Training execution
  • Follow-up
  • Assessment
• Training Design
• Case study

3. Planning : organizing the execution

• Players
• Planning
• Aids
• Course plans
• Procedure Sheet for training
• Case study

4. Selection of service providers : methodology

• Categorization of training purchases
• Selection of service providers
  • Specs – your terms and conditions
  • Selection criteria
  • Costs
• Training market analysis
• Case study

5. Performance and assessment

• Assessing outcomes and performance
• Capitalizing on knowledge
• Application of knowledge and using competencies
• Standardizing competencies
• Typology
• Immediate assessment
• Delayed assessment
• Individual assessment
• Collective assessment

Role Play : build a training project, design a relevant training plan, elaborate pertinent assessment criteria.