The Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development

Short training courses

Content of Value-added Learning and Development

PROGRAMME


Value for money versus adding value


  • the difference between ‘value for money’ and ‘adding value’
  • value chains within organisations
  • how L&D can add value

Measuring the added value

  • how to assess ‘added value’
  • review of a range of different learning and development processes and initiatives and how to assess their ‘adding value’ potential
  • measuring tangible and intangible values and outcomes of learning and development
  • measures for ensuring cost-efficient and effective learning and development operations Implementing continued added value
  • processes and tools to aid continuous improvement
  • conducting a learning and development audit
  • benchmarking learning and development services

Marketing and communicating the added value


  • raising awareness of the value that learning and development can add to an organisation
  • methods of marketing learning and development services and the added value contribution of L&D Partnerships to underpin value added L&D
  • identifying the internal and external stakeholders in the provision of learning and development processes
  • identifying and responding to potential barriersto effective partnership processes including issues of power, politics and conflicting agendas.
  • interpersonal skills and strategies to create and sustain added value partnership working
  • harnessing the positive forces within organisations to assist in successful added value L&D