Learning & Development
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Learning and development can be described as interventions and activities that are intended to improve an individual's knowledge, skills and performance in an organisation and which increasingly focus on the learner.[1]
Terms such as 'training, 'development', 'learning' and 'education' are often used interchangeably, though there are distinctions made between them.[2]
| (A) | Education | Learning |
| (B) | Training | Development |
Both refer to the process by which an employee's attitudes, behaviour or performance is changed.
- Education
- Develops intellectual capability, conceptual and social understanding
- Develops work performance through the learning process
- Learning
- Focussing on the changes which take place within the individual
- The process by which knowledge, skill or attitude is gained
- Training
- Narrower concept that involves planned instructional activities
- May use departmental processes and activities
- Development
- Different views on the interaction of internal/external factors. Part of human resource management. It may also describe the organisations strategy for managing the process
- Outcomes may be long lasting but may diminish over time
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[edit] Trends and topics
- Coaching
- An effective learning tool
- Impact on bottom line/productivity
- Intangible benefits
- Aids improvement of individual performance
- Tackles underperformance
- Aids identification of personal learning needs
- Continuing Professional Development
- Integration of learning at work in a meaningful/relevant way to the individual (self directed)
- Updating of skills, knowledge and experiences
- Enhances career development and employability
- Enables individual to become a more effective learner
- E-learning aka Online Learning, Distance Learning, Web-Based Learning
- Easy accessibility (time/location)
- Own pace
- Consistency of training
- Quick dissemination of knowledge
- More effective transfer of knowledge
- Effective learner-centred development
- Blended learning, involving on-line discussions, virtual classrooms
- Management Development
- Better business fit in terms of aims/objectives, values and ethics
- Enhances career development strategies
- Enhances co-operation and integration at planning/operational levels
- Enhances decision making processes - making them more informed, such as forecasting, change management
[edit] See also
[edit] References
- ^ Sloman, M. Training in the Age of the Learner. London. Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development, (2003)
- ^ Marchington, M. and Wilkinson, A. Human Resource Management at Work (People Management & Development) 3rd edition, 2006. London CIPD ISBN 1-84398-062-2
