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