GRADUATE DEVELOPMENT

Learning, Training and Development in Organizations

Table of Contents

Introduction1

Overview of the Organization2

Objectives for the Development Programme2

Background for the Development Programme3

Jobs for the Graduate4

Person-related Training Needs5

Alignment with HRD strategy of the organization6

Psychological and Sociological Learning Theories to Underpin Proposals8

A Range of Interventions Based on Formal as well as Informal Learning9

How the Learning Will Be Evaluated10

Timetable of the Development Programme11

Business Case for Proposal12

References14

Appendix16

Learning, Training and Development in Organizations

Introduction

Graduate Development Programmes (GDP) plays a crucial role in the career development, professional growth and personal progress of an individual graduate. Successful organizations realize their responsibility towards channelling the capabilities of the country's graduates and provide them with good advancement opportunities. In this case, a Graduate development Programme responses towards the basic need of providing a job to the individual and enhancing their abilities through different training programmes. In this way, these organizations are able to attract the best talent form the market and pool in the abilities of the graduates to make a successful recruitment for their companies. Leonard Cheshire Disability is an organization that realizes the essential role a Graduate Development Programme plays in providing jobs and growth opportunities to the individuals while availing the best services of the most sought-after students after the completion of their academia.

This assignment will be based on the Graduate Development programme (GDP) of an organization with which that is an ideal working place for the graduates, based on the favourable recruitment opportunities and growth it provides. For the sake of this assignment, we have chosen Leonard Cheshire Disability to be the organization of our choice. The reason for choosing this organization is because it provides an extensive and thorough programme for the development of its graduates and its developmental initiatives for the student graduates are highly successful in achieving the desired outcomes (ASHA, CBM, Handicap International Help Age International, 2010).

Overview of the Organization

Leonard Cheshire Disability is a care providing organization that is committed to provide health and social care to over 21,000 disabled people across United Kingdom and to over 55 countries of the world, since the last 60 years. It is a popular organisation among the graduating individuals according to many surveys relates to the best employers in the U.K. the organizations is considered to be an ideal platform, not only for professional satisfaction and career goal achievements but also because of the social connectivity it provides. While the organization provides successful recruitment facilities, it also realizes its responsibility towards the aggrieved humanity, with every possible effort it makes. This organization will provide the individuals with learning and development opportunities while establishing a moral obligation towards the societal welfare (ASHA, CBM, Handicap International Help Age International, 2010).

Objectives for the Development Programme

In this assignment, the focus remains towards the Graduate Development Programme of “Leonard Cheshire” as our main organization. The main objective of the Leonard Cheshire Disability's Graduate Development programme is to work in collaboration with its management to provide networking opportunities for the graduates, facilitates the coordination of mentors and trainers, and ...