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Question 1

Foundations of Tand D

Answer 1

Inflow - recruitment, selection , staffing

Internal flow- training,development, talent management and Perf management

Outflow - Exit policies, retirement policies

Training - organisations planned efforts to help employees acquire job related knowledge,skills abilities and behaviours to apply on the job

Development - combination of formal education, job experience, relationships, and assessment of personality and abilities to help employees prepare for the future of their careers

Question 2

Context of T&D

Answer 2

Work:
Flexible, changing employee relations, top down+ bottom up , pro active behaviour, lifelong learning

Career :
Longer + more complex 
Horizontal + vertical 
Unpredictable 
Fading boundaries 
Agency 
Meaning 

Dilemmas :
Job security v employment security 
Wanting v needing to be flexibilty 
Objective v subjective 
Retraining v rehiring

Question 3

Trends in T&D

Answer 3

Role of higher education ; from elite to all

Changing perspectives on TD and MD from exclusive to inclusive

Rise of evidence based TD : from gut feeling to HR analytics

Changing employment relations : multiple commitments, projects work etc