Developing the Individual: Training and Development 11.9 (Express Exec) - Softcover

Grundy, Tony; Brown, Laura

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1841124508 ISBN 13: 9781841124506

Publisher: Capstone, 2003

Synopsis

Effective Training & Development is essential if you are to continuously get the best from your people and extend the knowledge shelf-life of your company. This module explores the vast array of options available to the HR function including on-the-job learning, formal management education, coaching and mentoring. Cost-effectiveness and measurable payback are also dealt with as cornerstones of any training and development activity.

About this title

About the Author

Tony Grundy is Senior Lecturer in Strategic Management at Cranfield University.?His research focuses on strategic decisions and strategic behaviour and also on links between strategy and shareholder value.?He has consulted with numerous companies including Barclays Bank, BP, Ford, Lex, Hewlett Packard, ICI, Prudential, Nokia, Norwich Union and Tesco.

Dr Laura Brown, MBA, is Director of Cambridge Corporate Development. She has fifteen years management experience in the pharmaceutical industry and was Head of Training at Pheonix International.

From the Back Cover

• Fast-track route to a proactive, individually tailored approach to personal development as a long-term strategy with measurable payback
• Covers options for development including formal training and on-the-job learning as well as diagnosing development needs, developing and evaluation options, and evaluating the return on development
• Case studies from The Dowty Group, Mercury Communications and Hewlett-Packard
• Includes a comprehensive resources guide, key concepts and thinkers including Chris Agyris and Peter Senge, a 10-step action plan for developing the individual, and a section of FAQs

From the Inside Flap

• Fast-track route to a proactive, individually tailored approach to personal development as a long-term strategy with measurable payback
• Covers options for development including formal training and on-the-job learning as well as diagnosing development needs, developing and evaluation options, and evaluating the return on development
• Case studies from The Dowty Group, Mercury Communications and Hewlett-Packard
• Includes a comprehensive resources guide, key concepts and thinkers including Chris Agyris and Peter Senge, a 10-step action plan for developing the individual, and a section of FAQs

Edition details

• Publisher: Capstone
• Publication date: 2003
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1841124508
• ISBN 13: 9781841124506
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 152