Description:
| Aims: To provide an introduction to the processes of organization and individual (career) development through a knowledge-based perspective.
To explore the role of training and development at an organizational and individual level.
To provide several frameworks for the links between Knowledge and Organizational Development.
Learning Outcomes: Upon completion of this unit the student would be able to:
* Provide a framework for analysis and understanding of current thinking in organizational and career development;
* Understand the nature and contribution of knowledge, learning and development to organisational development and success;
* Appreciate the role and responsibilities of the organization and the individual in training and development;
* To understand the role of learning in career development;
* Differentiate between employee and management development;
* Make suggestions for creative and innovative approaches to adult learning.
Skills: Analysis of case material (taught)
Critical reflection on theory (taught)
Application of theoretical models (taught)
Conversations with practitioners (facilitated)
Design of a learning intervention (taught and facilitated).
Content: The nature of Organization and Career Development; The role of knowledge, training and development in organisations at individual (career) and collective levels; The process of organisational learning; Theories and practice of learning; career development and succession-planning; managers as developers; learning technologies; the training and development cycle; assessment methodologies; evaluation techniques; feedback mechanisms; new approached to CPD including individual career management and professional development.
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