Learning & Development (Functional Electives HR)

Paper Code: 
MBH- 523
Credits: 
4.0
Contact Hours: 
40.00
Max. Marks: 
100.00
Objective: 
  • The course would facilitate understanding of the role, importance and place of training in organizations as well as the approach to adult learning.
  • It would equip students with both theoretical concepts and practical techniques to manage the training and development function in an organization.
  • The course would give an overview of identifying and analyzing training needs, planning and designing training and development programmes, delivery of training, training methods, training evaluation and contemporary training practices in Indian organizations.
  • The course would facilitate the appreciation of various traditional and innovative media and methods for delivering training and insight into how to be an effective trainer.
  • The course also involves an understanding of the techniques and approaches to management development.
10.00
Unit I: 
Introduction to Employee Learning and Development in Organizations

Learning, the forces influencing working & learning, classification of learned capabilities, learning theories-reinforcement theory, social learning theory, goal theories, need theories, expectancy theories, adult learning theory, information processing theory; the basic principles of learning, the learning process, mental & physical processes, the learning cycle, age influences on learning, instructional emphasis for learning outcomes

8.00
Unit II: 
Training & Learning

Introduction, relationship, meaning, designing effective training, forces influencing working & learning, training practices, strategic training, training needs assessment. Transfer of learning: introduction, training design, work environment characteristics influencing transfer, organizational environments encouraging transfer, implementation of the training programme

8.00
Unit III: 
Training Methods

Traditional training methods: presentation methods, hands-on methods, group building methods. Choosing training methods. E-learning & use of technology in training, , developing effective online learning, blended learning, simulations, mobile technology & training methods, intelligent tutoring systems, distance learning, technologies for training support, learning management systems, systems for training delivery

6.00
Unit IV: 
Evaluation of Training & Employee development

Reasons for evaluating training, overview of the evaluation process, outcomes used in the evaluation of training programs, determining whether outcomes are good, evaluation practices, evaluation designs, threats to validity, types of evaluation designs, considerations in choosing as evaluation designs, determining ROI, determining costs, measuring human capital & training activity. Employee Development: introduction, approaches to employee development, the development planning process, company strategies for providing development, special issues in training & employee development

8.00
Unit V: 
Contemporary issues in Learning & Development

The future of learning & development: introduction, learning for virtual work arrangements, focus in content & use of multiple delivery methods, capturing & sharing intellectual capital, performance analysis & learning for business enhancement, use of training partnerships & outsourcing training, training & development from a change model perspective.

Essential Readings: 
  • Training for Development, Lynton, R.P. & Pareek, U, Sage Publications, 2011
  • G. Pandu Naik-HRD Solutions for excellence-T&D, Text Research & Cases, Excel Books, 2009
References: 
  1. Lynton R.P & Pareek Udai, Training for Organizational Transformation, Sage Publication, 2011
  2. How to plan and design training programmes, Rae Leslie, Infinity Books.
  3. Training for Development-All you need to know, Sahu, R.K., Excel Books, 2006