In today's tough business climate, you need a strategic approach to training to achieve the level of cost-effectiveness and service delivery necessary for success. 'Practical Training Strategies for the Future' offers advice, guidance and practical tips to help you accomplish this. It provides a step-by-step approach to developing a training strategy. Developed with the busy manager or training professional in mind, it has an easy-to-use format featuring diagrams, summaries and checklists. Contents include:
*Introducing a strategic approach to training
*Training links to HR strategy
*Tailoring training to the needs of the business
*Promoting individual learning and development
*Working with technology
*Skills for the strategic training function

Introduction
1 Introducing a strategic approach to training
*Introduction *What do we mean by strategy? *What is a training strategy? *Why is strategy important? *Developing a training strategy *Current situation analysis *Identifying the desired future situation *Moving from the present to the future *Summary
2 Training links to HR strategy
*Introduction *Integrating training at different levels *Areas of HR *Recruitment and selection *Human resource planning *Reward management *Employee services *Employee relations *Employee development *Potential levels of involvement in HR strategy *Working across categories - performance management *Summary
3 Tailoring training to the needs of the business
*Introduction *Mechanisms for delivering training *The changing balance in training delivery *Implications for the training function *Delivering training at different levels *Determining levels of training *Summary
4 Promoting individual learning and development
*Introduction *Multi-skilling and multi-scoping *Supporting self-directed learning *Empowering to learn *Competencies for learning *Managing in a learning environment *Training in a learning environment *Creating a learning organisation *Developing learning contracts *Summary
5 Working with technology
*Introduction *The trainer's role in the introduction of new applications *Introducing new applications to the business *Getting involved *Planning the training *Producing the training plan *Documentation *Delivery mechanisms *Using technology in training *Strategic training technology *Digital broadcast technology *Internet/intranet *Introducing an intranet *Summary
6 Skills for the strategic training function
*Introduction *Future requirements for skills and knowledge *Delivery through projects *Project process *Managing a project team *Delivery through consultants/contractors *Summary
Appendix 1: Ten-point training strategy statement
Appendix 2: IT security policy
Appendix 3: Bid evaluation matrix
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