UNIT VIII POWERPOINT
Karen, Good power point submitted. You wrote a strong research paper here. Planned writing of paragraphs, supported evenly by citations throughout, exact source formatting, and your suggestions as well. Good work! Content: You did a good job in analyzing the readings and accurately describing the assignment. You definitely understand the principles behind these critical areas of the assignment, and you analyzed the situation correctly and appropriately. However, a bit more of a conclusion is needed. 36 points Organization: Your paper is well-written and is clear in addressing the key concepts. 20 points Grammar: (organization, thesis/position statement, grammar, spelling, vocabulary, and formatting): Your paper is well written, i.e., it is well organized. 20 points Referencing (citations and references): Your paper makes good use of citations and references throughout, and uses good APA format. 20 points
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Introduction
Training and development involves improving the knowledge and skills of the employees.
Employees appreciate the acquisition of new skills which enable them to engage in more challenging roles in the company.
Providing ongoing training opportunities for the employees within the human resource division shows a company commitment to the growth of the employees.
Ongoing education of the employees can cost very little in costs unlike other activities in the company.
One of the ways to staff a company’s roles is to develop the talents of the employees.
In order to maintain a competitive edge in the marketplace, your company must invest in the training and development of your employees. Human Resources Development (HRD) focuses on both training employees for their current jobs and developing skills for their future roles and responsibilities.
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Importance of human development within the human resource department
It provide a cheaper way to staff the roles in the company through development of talents.
Encourages the development of a teaching and learning culture in the company.
Encourages the employees to collaborate and interact with their peers in the organization.
The development of human resource enriches the company’s knowledge base.
It is easier for the company to fill a vacant and bring the employee to speed when they hire internally.
Human resource development enable the company to source skills within the organization.
HRD activities include: training for managers, supervisors, and teams; tuition reimbursement programs; customer service training; performance management; harassment prevention training; 360 degree reviews (multi-rater feedback system); and career coaching.
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Knowledge that I posses that will help me in my future career as a leader
I know my areas of weakness and therefore it ,will easier to work on how to overcome them as a leader.
Knowing you’re the areas that you are weak at does not make you weak but rather enable you to assign those roles to those who have the ability to perform them.
One way to improve your areas of weakness is by working on them and the first step to do so is identifying those areas.
I have a good level of honest that will enable me to communicate effectively with my peers as a leader.
How understand how other people perceive me by simply observing their behaviors.
One of the greatest ways to study is to learn from peers and managers. Unfortunately, that is also the most complicated learning method to establish throughout the company. However, it is not enough to engage a training consultant to provide a couple of one-off courses. We are talking about every day on-the-job learning.
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Knowledge that I poses that will help me as a leader in my future carrer
I know that in order to effectively the needs of my team have to be perceptive.
I understand that one way to effectively work as a team is by clear communication among the team members.
I understand that the trust of the members of the group help the group to work more closely in the achievement of the company’s goals.
I know how to build a strong team by recognizing the values of every member of that team.
I understand that in order to effectively achieve the organizational goals, I have to understand the overall purpose of the organization.
The kind of culture where managers want to develop their team members and are valued for that effort, and where all employees are encouraged to learn new skills and share them, is not easy to create. And, as with all other corporate initiatives, the company internet is a great tool to promote this culture and elicit the desired behaviors.
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The knowledge that I still need to help me as a future leader.
To know to effectively communicate as communication plays an important role leadership.
Understand different ways to motivate my team members to improve their working morale.
Learn how to analyze risk and how to take them rum different scenarios in the company.
Learning how to analyze various scenarios will enable me to make better decisions.
Learn hot to set different goals for my team members.
Effectively understand how to evaluate the performance of my team members in order to help those who need improvements.
Know to effectively articulate a vision for different projects in the organization.
For example, if all your employees need basic Excel skills, the easiest way to identify the gap between the reality and the expectation is to conduct an anonymous self-assessment (or an assessment by team leaders) and consolidate the results at department level.
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How I plan to obtain this knowledge
One way I plan to acquire this knowledge is by asking questions from my superiors.
Another way is by observing the behaviors of the leaders in my organization.
In order to acquire effective communication knowledge, I plan to take professional communication classes.
Learn by studying how past successful larders solved various situations.
Take up the role of a group leader so I can learn by practice as in the organization.
Interact more with my peers so I can learn more about their needs.
Communications channels in a digital workplace that are synchronous (like chats and video-conferencing) or asynchronous (like activity streams conversations and forums) can be used to enhance the training and coaching experience for all employees, whatever their location.
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How I will leverage my knowledge to motivate and empower my employees
One way I will use my knowledge to motivate my employees by understanding their needs.
Design a way by which the fulfillment of the company’s needs leads to the fulfillment of my employees needs.
I will use my knowledge to encourage my employees to work as a team and this will help them to understand each other more.
Develop an effective reward program for the employees who perform exceptional work.
Enhance clear communication to ensure that my employees clearly understand their roles.
Earn my employees trust so they can come to me for assistance whenever they have a problem or a challenging task.
If you really want to know what people think, just ask them. You may receive feedback that you’re not listening or showing appreciation as well as you could be. If you’ve established an environment of honest and open communication, you should be able to ask about your good qualities and the areas you need to improve on. Your staff will appreciate your effort.
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Other ways I will my knowledge to motivate my employees
By building collaboration and interaction culture within the ,company.
This will help my employees to be more acceptance of the values and beliefs of their peers.
Create a conducive environment for the employees to in and this will improve the productivity of the employees.
By recognizing and effectively rewarding the work done by my employees.
By treating all the employees with fairness for instance by ensuring fair remuneration based on the work performed by each employee.
By continuously developing the skills of the employees to ensure their career growth.
Knowing your areas of weakness does not make you weak; on the contrary, it allows you to delegate to others who have those abilities, in order to achieve the common goal. Rather than clinging to the false belief that they can do it all, great leaders hire people who complement, rather than supplement, their skills. Working on your areas of weaknesses will improve your leadership ability – and recognizing them makes you more human.
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What I can do to increase workplace morale
Providing the employees with a conducive environment which will help to increase their productivity.
Enhancing clear communication channels within the organization.
Ensuring fair remuneration for work done by the employees.
Giving all the employees equal opportunity for growth in the organization.
Respecting the beliefs and values of every employee in the company.
By being available for the employees so they can come to me with any problem.
Ensuring that the employees have all the resources they require to effectively perform they duties.
Effective leaders have an easy level of honest communication with their teams and their peers, and a thorough understanding of how they are perceived. Testing others’ perception of you can be as simple as observing their behavior.
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Conclusion
Human resource development within the human resource division provide a cost effective way of development of employees talents.
Understanding the values and the needs of the team members enable a leader to build a strong team.
Effective communication by a leader to his employees gives clear directives of what is expected of everyone in the organization.
Productivity of the employees can be increased by improving their motivation for instance by recognizing their efforts.
A good leader treats all his employees equally and fairly without discrimination.
Understanding how to respect your peers values and beliefs helps to build leadership qualities in a person.
One way to learn how to be an effective leader is by observing the behaviors of successful leaders.
Today’s business professionals know that in order to achieve success, they must commit to lifelong learning and skill building. Enrolling in online business courses is one route to improving your leadership skill set, and earning valuable leadership certification.
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References
Nadler, L. (2000). Corporate human resources development: A management tool. Madison, Wis: American Society for Training and Development.
Southern African Development Community., & Southern African Development Community. Consultative Conference (2000 : Mbabane, Swaziland). (2000). Human resources development. Gaborone: SADC.
Training: The magazine of human resources development. (2009). (Factiva.) Minneapolis: Lakewood Publications.