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RTO No: 91223

Assessment Task 2

BSBHRM613 Contribute to the development of learning and development strategie

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Assessment Task 2: Project

Information for students

In this task, you are required to develop a report on organisational learning strategies for a case study company. You are then required to write an organisational learning strategy and policies and procedures for the company.

You will need access to:

a suitable place to complete activities that replicates a business environment including a meeting space and computer and internet access

your learning resources and other information for reference

Assessment and Recognition Policy and Procedures Template

External Training Procurement Policy and Procedures Template

Learning and Development Policy and Procedures Template

Learning Strategies Report Template

Organisational Learning Strategy Template

Performance Appraisal Policy and Procedures

Recruitment, Selection and Induction Policy and Procedures.

Strategic Business Plan.

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review the advice to students regarding responding to written tasks in the Business Works Student User Guide

comply with the due date for assessment which your assessor will provide

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Activities

Complete the following activities:

Carefully read the following:

Grow Management Consultants is a consultancy company specialising in leadership development services. These services include: Mentoring training Coaching Management consultation Management program evaluation Development of cutting-edge tools, resources and expert advice Sharing best and next practices Leading organisations through the process of creating a leadership culture Recognising and celebrating excellence in leadership. The company has a CEO, a General Manager (newly appointed), an Operations Manager, five Principal Consultants, twelve trainers and a small HR team. The company also has a Board consisting of the CEO and General Manager, as well as two Executive Directors who are company shareholders. A new Strategic Plan was recently developed to guide the organisation over the next three years. One of the key objectives of the Strategic Plan is for Grow Management Consultants to become established as a learning organisation. You are the newly appointed General Manager and the CEO has given you the task of developing, implementing and monitoring an organisational learning strategy for the company, as the first step towards establishing Grow Management Consultants a learning organisation. Before you commence this task, you should ensure that you are familiar with the company’s Strategic Business Plan and its objectives in relation to learning and development, as well as the human resources policies and procedures that are in place.

Write a learning strategies report

	You are required to lead learning strategy formation by researching and evaluating organisational learning approaches and methods, examining options for organisational learning, including an assessment of the organisation’s strategic requirements and processes that are in place and then making recommendations for an organisational learning strategy. Conduct your research, analysis and evaluation and develop a report that includes the following: An evaluation of a range of methods and approaches to learning and workplace training and how they would support the company’s strategic requirements as documented in the Strategic Business Plan. As a guide you should describe a minimum of three methods and approaches to organisational learning. An analysis of how organisational learning can contribute to a company’s ability to grow and develop and therefore be more competitive. A review of the company’s existing policies and procedures relevant to organisational learning/training and assessment and any current gaps. These are: Recruitment, Selection and Induction Policy and Procedures. Performance Appraisal Policy and Procedures A review of current best practice for policies and processes that support organisational learning: what are they and what should they include? Recommendations for the structure and content of the company’s organisational learning strategy. Recommendations should be based on your research and the company’s strategic requirements and policies discussed above. Define the ideal technological and systems requirements for an organisational learning strategy and compare to what is currently in place. Define and document communication and consultation process that can be used to support development and implementation of organisational learning strategy. Recommend procedures that can be incorporated into the organisational learning strategy to systematically liaise with educators/instructors, learners and others to monitor the extent to which learning strategies and learning resources are achieving the organisational learning targets. Use the Learning Strategies Report Template to guide your work. As a guide, your report would be between 4 and 5 pages in length.
	Submit your report to your assessor.

Consult with senior management

Now that you have completed the research, it’s time to consult with the senior management team to: outline your findings and ideas discuss the impact of your recommendations on the organisation examine and review the options for deploying new policies and procedures needed across the organisation Go through each section of your report, asking for the other Managers’ feedback on what you have written and discuss their ideas and opinions. You are required to pay particular attention to the language that you use during the meeting. Your vocabulary and the way that you communicate should be appropriate to your audience. During the meeting, you are required to demonstrate effective communication skills including: Speaking clearly and concisely using language relevant to the audience Using non-verbal communication to assist with understanding Asking questions to identify required information Responding to questions as required Using active listening techniques to confirm understanding Take notes on the feedback that you receive.

Design and develop an organisational learning strategy

Using the feedback that you received at the meeting as well as the information you researched and evaluated for your report, create a draft organisational learning strategy for Grow Management Consultants. Your strategy should: Address the overall organisational requirements for an organisational learning strategy, as well as specific instructor and learner requirements, building on from the Learning Strategies Report you developed. Include relevant units of competency as given in the feedback provided to you at the meeting Set out the learning and assessment strategies that you have developed while researching you report and during the meeting. Each strategy should allow some flexibility, so it is more responsive to any changed circumstances or priorities. Include procedures to systematically liaise with educators/instructors, learners and others to monitor the extent to which learning strategies and learning resources are achieving the organisational learning targets. For each strategy, include responsibilities, timelines, resources and performance indicators. Use the Organisational Learning Strategy Template to guide your work.

Write learning and development policy and procedures.

Use the internet to research relevant policies and procedures and develop them into a document that would be appropriate for the case study organisation. Your policy and procedures should include the following: An introduction, giving the reasons that the document has been developed Purpose, setting out the document’s objectives Duties and responsibilities of staff and line managers. Procedures: Identifying Learning and Development needs and opportunities Study leave Funding These must be appropriate for the company’s strategic requirements Use the Learning and Development Policy and Procedures Template to guide your work.

Develop compliant assessment and recognition policies and procedures.

Use the internet to research relevant policies and procedures and develop them into a document that would be appropriate for the case study organisation. These must be appropriate for the company’s strategic requirements Use the Assessment and Recognition Policy and Procedures Template to guide your work.

Develop procurement and supply policy and procedures.

Use the internet to research relevant policies and procedures and develop them into a document that would be appropriate for the case study organisation. They should also be relevant to the supply of training services by external providers and should be appropriate for the company’s strategic requirements Use the External Training Procurement Policy and Procedures Template to guide your work.

Source learning resources or assessment tools

Source two suitable learning resources or assessment tools that can be used for staff training as outlined in your strategy. These can be sourced from anywhere, and if necessary, you should modify them so they are fit for purpose. Ensure they align with your strategy and cover one of the areas of need as outlined.

 

Submit your completed work

Make sure your work covers all of the requirements above, that you have provided enough detail as indicated and proofread for spelling and grammar as necessary. Submit the following documents to your assessor for marking: Organisational Learning Strategies Learning and Development Policy and Procedures Assessment and Recognition Policy and Procedures External Training Procurement Policy and Procedures 2 x learning resources or assessment tools (modified if necessary)

 

Assessment Task 2: Checklist

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Evaluate a variety of methods to learning and workplace training and assess whether they could be used to achieve the company’s strategic requirements?
Describe the contribution that organisational learning can make to a company’s competitiveness?
Ensure that key stakeholders confirm their approval of their approaches to organisational learning?
Research and review a variety of processes and policies that Grow Management Consultants could use to support organisational learning in the organisation?
Research and develop an organisational learning strategy that supports the organisation’s strategic business requirements and the existing policies and procedures?
Research and plan any technological requirements and/or systems requirements that will be needed to support their organisational learning strategy?
Ensure that their organisational learning strategy aligns with the existing human resources requirements and the organisation’s learning requirements?

 

During the meeting, demonstrate effective communication skills including: Speaking clearly and concisely using language relevant to the audience. Using non-verbal communication to assist with understanding Asking questions to identify required information Responding to questions as required Using active listening techniques to confirm understanding?
Develop an organisational learning strategy that satisfies the instructors’, the learners’ and the organisation’s requirements?
Include relevant units of competency in their organisational learning strategy?
Develop organisational learning strategies that are flexible?
Develop organisational learning strategies that can be altered in response to changed circumstances and priorities?
Develop learning and assessment strategies that will support the company’s strategic requirements?
Describe what resources will be required to implement the proposed organisational learning strategies?
Develop procedures to ensure that management and staff contribute to assessing how well the learning strategies achieve the organisation’s strategic learning targets?
Develop learning and development policies and procedures that comply with the company’s strategic requirements?
Develop assessment and recognition policies and procedures that comply with the company’s strategic requirements?
Develop external training procurement policy and procedures that comply with the company’s strategic requirements?
Source two learning resources or assessment tools that meet the requirements of their organisational learning strategies and modify if/as necessary?
Task outcome:	Satisfactory			Not satisfactory
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