Session 2 Role And Responsibilities And Challenges Of Training Manager 5e4db

Roles and responsibilities of Training manager

Objective of this session • By the end of the session the students will be able to understand and explain various qualities of training manager that makes them good trainer, changing role of a training manager and challenges to him by using a case study in a given class room environment

Roles and responsiblities of training manager

A presentation by Dr.G.Jawahar

Outline of the session • • • •

Qualities of a training manager Changing role of Training manager Challenges faced by a Training manager Case study and discussion

Roles and responsiblities of training manager

A presentation by Dr.G.Jawahar

Qualities of a Training Manager • • • • • • • • • •

Approachable Aware of role requirements Creativity Empathic Enthusiastic Mental Agility People skills Practices what is preached Punctual Self awareness

Roles and responsiblities of training manager

A presentation by Dr.G.Jawahar

Qualities… • Self development motivation • Sensitivity • Training skills and knowledge • Articulate • Commitment • Credible • Enjoys working with people

Roles and responsiblities of training manager

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Positive attitude Programme skills Resilience Self confidence Sense of humor Stress management, Understandable • Flexible • Organizational and task /skill knowledge

A presentation by Dr.G.Jawahar

Changing role of the trainer • The economic, technological, social and political context within which organizations are now required to operate is in a state of continual flux. • Need to become a ‘Learning organization’ • Need to adopt to the situation and changing culture

Roles and responsiblities of training manager

A presentation by Dr.G.Jawahar

Changing role… • From being ive to being more active in communicating the benefits of training • From reactive to proactive response in dealing with performance problems • Converting problems in to opportunities • From peripheral to perceiving themselves as central and key influence to the organization to realize organizational objectives • From merely a technologist to developing a strategic role –direction to learning function and formulating training policy Roles and responsiblities of training manager

A presentation by Dr.G.Jawahar

Role of training manager… • Trainer: Actually carrying out training • Provider: Deg, updating, maintaining and delivering training programme • Internal Consultant: Analyze organizational problems, and recommend solutions • Innovator: ing and assisting organizations to bring about effective change and solve performance problem • Learning specialist • Planner, and organizer: planning organizing, controlling developing the training function. Setting training goals • Visonory: As a perspective thinker he develops a long term vision for the organization and training function

Roles and responsiblities of training manager

A presentation by Dr.G.Jawahar

The consultancy role of trainer Initial Contract and gaining Entry Preliminary problem identification and definition Contracting Investigation

to client Decide and plan course of action with client Design learning strategy, activities and methods Resource and implement Evaluate Roles and responsiblities of training manager

A presentation by Dr.G.Jawahar

Challenges of a training manager •

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Financial challenges: Often training manager has to work with a challenge from finance department about budget and cost estimate and source of training Technical challenges: He/she has to keep updated with all latest changes in rules regulations, technology, legislations. Process challenges: New methods of training is being ed in the training field. E learning new software etc., using new equipments and resource material has to be up dated and should be able to handle Strategic challenge: The strategic challenge is to monitor and respond to expected changes in skill requirements, and to deliver training which provides demonstrable, measurable bottom line results, both short and the long term. Professional challenge: To keep updated with changing practices and skill, to manage ongoing professional development. Ensuring own development Institutional challenges: How to build good institutions for the well being of HRD department is a big task Ideological challenge: Challenge to be free from favoritism/ nepotism: Maintaining ethics and values: BIG CHALLENGE TO TRAINING PROFESSION AS SUCH : DIFFERENT PEOPLE UNDERSTAND DIFFERENTLY ABOUT TRAINNG FUNCTION

• Roles and responsiblities of training manager

A presentation by Dr.G.Jawahar

Travails of a training manager A case study. • Please form group of three and discuss the case – Identify the problem – Analyze the possible solutions – Answer the question given at the end of the case.

Roles and responsiblities of training manager

A presentation by Dr.G.Jawahar

Conclusion • Training a complex function at times you may get frustration. But if it is carried out with ion, you may get enormous job satisfaction and pleasure resulting in organizational effectiveness

Roles and responsiblities of training manager

A presentation by Dr.G.Jawahar

References • Reading hand book of AIMA • The theory and Practice of Training by – Roger Buckley and Jim Caple

Roles and responsiblities of training manager

A presentation by Dr.G.Jawahar