Question 1: What is off the job training? Why might such training be of benefit to both the employee and the employer?
Question 2: Are nationally set targets for education and training (like those used in the UK) of benefit to the employer? Give clear illustrations to assist your views.
Question 3: Describe the contents of training and learning strategy and describe its part in the overall human resource strategy. Give illustrations to aid your description.
Question 4: As the HR director, you should persuade the Board of Directors to raise the training and development budget in your organization. Describe how you would do this, giving your reasons for the budget increase.
Question 5: Management Development – what is it and who benefits from it?
Question 6: Evaluation of training and learning is vital for future planning but frequently forgotten. Explain the methods of such assessment and clarify why it is important.
Question 7: Give a detailed description of a training needs analysis and describe how it can best be used.
Question 8: Using Kolb’s theory of learning, give a specific illustration of your own or from your own working life where the theory has been successfully applied.