Details
Organisations that learn faster gain a decisive advantage. This course equips managers with the practical tools to build a strong learning culture that drives performance, innovation, and resilience. Participants learn how to assess current learning practices, target skills gaps, and implement cost-effective development strategies that improve productivity, quality, and employee engagement. By linking learning initiatives directly to business outcomes and return on investment, this course helps organisations reduce risk, retain critical knowledge, and create a workforce that adapts confidently to change.
By the end of this course, participants will be able to:
- Explain the concept and value of a learning culture within an organisation
- Assess the current state of learning and development practices in a workplace
- Collect, analyse, and interpret learning-related data accurately
- Develop and promote strategies that support individual and organisational learning
- Identify costs, funding options, and key stakeholders involved in learning initiatives
- Implement and sustain a learner-centred, continuous learning environment
- Evaluate the impact and return on investment of learning strategies using recognised models
Delivery Methods
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Discounts Available
Brochure:
Audience
- Aspiring and first-time managers
- Team leaders and supervisors
- Middle managers responsible for people development
- HR practitioners supporting learning and development
- Project and operational managers
- High-potential employees preparing for leadership roles
Pre-Requisites
Learners should have communication skills equivalent to NQF Level 4.
Course Outline / Curriculum
1. Understanding and Defining a Learning Culture
- Definition of a learning culture and its role in organisational success
- Key disciplines underpinning a learning organisation:
- Personal mastery
- Mental models
- Shared vision
- Team learning
- Systems thinking
- Benefits of a strong learning culture, including adaptability, productivity, quality, and communication
- Distinction between traditional training and continuous, growth-oriented learning
2. Investigating and Analysing the Current Learning Status
- Identifying the organisation’s current learning maturity and practices
- Collecting data from multiple sources such as documents, interviews, and observations
- Data collection methods:
- Observation (naturalistic and participant)
- Interviews
- Questionnaires
- Skills audits and skills profiles
- Importance of accurate, reliable data for effective decision-making
- Analysing quantitative indicators (e.g. participation rates) and qualitative indicators (e.g. perceived value of learning)
3. Developing Strategies to Promote a Learning Culture
- Setting SMART objectives for learning promotion initiatives
- Individual learning strategies:
- Individual Development Plans (IDPs)
- Coaching and mentoring
- Special projects and job exposure
- Organisational learning strategies:
- Action learning
- Cross-functional teams
- Employee-led work-out sessions
- Aligning strategies with identified needs and organisational goals
4. Costs, Funding, and Stakeholder Involvement
- Viewing learning and development as a strategic investment
- Identifying funding sources such as budgets, levies, grants, and subsidies
- Applying cost-benefit analysis and ROI models
- Engaging key stakeholders:
- Sponsors
- Users
- Quality and risk managers
5. Implementing and Sustaining a Learning Culture
- Actively promoting learning opportunities through communication and leadership support
- Role of managers as learning role models
- Creating a learner-centred environment that removes barriers to development
- Encouraging experimentation, innovation, and calculated risk-taking
- Characteristics of a sustainable learning organisation
6. Evaluating the Impact of Learning Strategies
- Importance of evaluating learning effectiveness and impact
- Applying multi-level evaluation models:
- Reaction
- Learning
- Behaviour change
- Organisational results
- Return on Investment
- Using evaluation findings to improve future learning initiatives and strategies
Schedule Dates and Booking
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