Lecture seven

Question 1

Internal drivers for Human Resource Development

Answer 1

Internal labour market (Replacement, successiom, change)
Changes to internal systems
Development of core and functional competence
Changing organisational strategy, mission, plan or culture and values
Employee career and personal development needs
Capacity for flexibility

Question 2

External drivers for HRD

Answer 2

External labour market (changing supply of skills, level of unemployment)
National and EU legislation and/or code of practice
Accreditation criteria
Development or adaption of new technology or business processes
Market factors (bench marking HRD practices against competitors)
Changing economic context

Question 3

Define training

Answer 3

“Planned, sructured and often formalised learning experiences that seek to develop specific skills and knowledge needed for effective job performance.”

Question 4

Define learning

Answer 4

“Fundamental and natural human process involving human growth and change.”

Question 5

Define development

Answer 5

“Changes in a person and in what they can do. it reflects the belief that all people have the potential to be more and more and that this potential needs to be developed as well as utilised