We believe that people learn in
different ways and therefore the best learning programme
designs utilise a mix of learning methods. For this
reason we have developed the following learning methods
to provide our clients with maximum choice. Consequently
we believe The HRD Group occupies a unique position
within the UK 's training establishment.
All our training courses are underpinned
by the HRD Online training and HR Management system
- using push learning technology - to offer our clients
a blended learning capability.
Use of this system allows course
participants to acquire knowledge in accordance with
their needs, and at a time and pace of their choosing
prior to workshop attendance - and subsequently to contextualise
and consolidate the workshop experience. This learning
method enables classroom based learning to be more effective
and to progress at a faster rate. It also enables the
tutor and peer group to be much more focussed on behaviours,
attitudes, perceptions and skills development - workshops
must achieve change!
HRD
Online has over 400 Business, Management and Personal
Skills online training courses. Each course contains
underpinning knowledge, attached internet pages for
optional research, exercises/studies, a content quiz
for knowledge checking and a notepad, i.e. a spread
of learning methods. Course selection can be achieved
via customisable competencies using 360, self and assessor
feedback. Online training results and Continuous Professional
Development records are all produced. All learning activity
and training results are visible to authorised personnel.
HRD Online training is institutionally approved.
ACTION CENTRED LEARNING
Offers
skills training in a risk free environment. Using experiential
learning methods enables participants to confidently
experiment with new approaches, test new found knowledge,
and develop new skills and attitudes.
As people learn best by doing so
we use experiential learning methods to help participants
review their performance in realistic situations but
ones where errors or mistakes can be made in a way that
does not have serious consequences or cause damage to
themselves or their organisation.
BUSINESS SIMULATION The
HRD Group is a license holder of the well respected
April Executive computerised business simulation. This
system developed around the Western European automobile
industry further enriches our learning methods.
Participants learn by thinking
through business opportunities, and threats, and take
decisions on model specifications, research and development
projects, pricing and promotion, level of production
etc. To be successful teams will need to reflect on
the consequences of their decisions - this leads to
an understanding of how individual decisions impact
on other aspects in business and how to diagnose problems,
develop coping strategies, and be both proactive and
reactive, etc.
The
significant advantage of conducting knowledge tests
is that the individual is not reliant upon their own
or third parties subjective view. The advantage of HRD
Online training knowledge tests is that each question
is linked to learning material and consequently a link
to that learning material is emailed to the participant
for each question they failed to answer correctly.
The TestEd portfolio using
push learning on the HRD Online training system to provide
an approach that must be the most economically avaible
use of quality training resources - anywhere!!!
Where knowledge tests are a compulsory
element of regulatory bodies, with successful completion
is a prerequisite to certification, then the HRD Online
training system has a portfolio of structured, email
driven and blended eprogrammes.
WORKSHOP Learning
methods are not complete without having the human dynamic
present. Workshops are provided by our partners and
range from half day modules, delivered in-house, to
five day intensive sessions, with a residential option.
All workshops are customised in terms of learning objectives,
content, and delivery style.
We however do not subscribe to
talk and chalk but an experiential experience wherever
possible - so for all workshops we place emphasis on
situation analysis so that theory can be successfully
applied within the organisation. To achieve this we
adopt a facilitator style to encourage full and active
participation - in this way momentum and user motivation
is maintained and desire for change cultivated.
Regardless of what learning methods are selected
the true test is can the candidate utilise that learning
to the benefit of their organisation? To meet this challenge
we encourage clients to incorporate within any blended
online training programme a work based assignment.
Work based assignments are supported
by a customisable Assessment portfolio on the HRD Online
training system.
Terms of Reference can be developed
with particular bias towards a current organisational
mission or selected from our library of Level 2, 3,
4 and 5 assignments. These work based assignments are
fully accredited by the Institute of Leadership &
Management.
Our
workshops contribute credits for generic Management Qualifications
as awarded by the Institute of Leadership & Management
(ILM) - when blended with the underpinning knowledge on our Distant
Learning System - HRD Online
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HRD
Online has over 400 Business, Management and Personal
Skills online training courses. Each course contains
underpinning knowledge, attached internet pages for
optional research, exercises/studies, a content quiz
for knowledge checking and a notepad, i.e. a spread
of learning methods. Course selection can be achieved
via customisable competencies using 360, self and assessor
feedback. Online training results and Continuous Professional
Development records are all produced. All learning activity
and training results are visible to authorised personnel.
HRD Online training is institutionally approved.
Offers
skills training in a risk free environment. Using experiential
learning methods enables participants to confidently
experiment with new approaches, test new found knowledge,
and develop new skills and attitudes. 
The
HRD Group is a license holder of the well respected
April Executive computerised business simulation. This
system developed around the Western European automobile
industry further enriches our learning methods.
The
significant advantage of conducting knowledge tests
is that the individual is not reliant upon their own
or third parties subjective view. The advantage of HRD
Online training knowledge tests is that each question
is linked to learning material and consequently a link
to that learning material is emailed to the participant
for each question they failed to answer correctly. 
Learning
methods are not complete without having the human dynamic
present. Workshops are provided by our partners and
range from half day modules, delivered in-house, to
five day intensive sessions, with a residential option.
All workshops are customised in terms of learning objectives,
content, and delivery style. 
