Learn & Development: Prof. Pearl Malhotra HRM 2020 Session 6 - L&D

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Learn & Development

PROF. PEARL MALHOTRA


HRM 2020
SESSION 6 – L&D
Wise BPO

 What are the current problems that you


can extract from the case?

 Analyse the problems, what trends do


you see?

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Is there a problem? Who has it?

Can it be solved by training?

Training Need What kind of training?


Analysis
What is your training plan?

What is your larger objective?


Training Effectiveness

 Reaction criteria - using self-report measures, represent trainees’


affective and attitudinal responses to the training program.

 Learning criteria - how much they learned from the program

 Behavioral criteria - changes in their job-related behaviors or


performance

 Results criteria - the utility of the program to the organization (e.g.,


productivity, company profits) - most distal and macro criteria used to
evaluate the effectiveness of training
What was happening at Wise BPO?
 High fixed cost
 No support from the finance team
 Output cannot be quantified
 No tangible benefits
 No application/ transference
 Pushed – not motivated
 NO strategic alignment
 Time-waste!
 No career aspirations correlation
 No correlation feedback
Possible solutions

 Self-motivated / employee assessment


 Ask managers
 Mapping
 Data driven app
 Internalise training*
 Flexibility*/ More Pragmatic* (Content*)
 Job Transfer*
 Analyse the training content and delivery method****
 Make it part of daily routine / on-the-job (change cultural)
What was happening at Wise BPO?

 What were the employees demeanour towards training?


 What attitude would be a good attitude for training?
 Self-efficacy, training motivation, Goal setting
 What should be the outcome?
 Affective learning, cognitive learning & skill-based training
 What environment would help nurture learning?
 What are the other aspects development should be related to?
What was happening at Wise BPO?

 What are the important aspects before training?


 What are the important aspects during training?
 Identical elements, Stimulus variety, General principles (concrete situations,
abstract structures are inadequate, Performance environment should be
social, learning by doing)
 What are the important aspects after training?
 Environmental Favourability (task/ social), motivation to apply
 https://www.ted.com/talks/anant_agarwal_why_massively_open_online_c
ourses_still_matter/transcript
Training Culture - Social environment

 My manager encourages and supports me to take advantage of training and


development opportunities
 My manager regularly discusses my training and development needs with me
 My manager jointly sets tasks and development goals with me
 My manager jointly reviews progress on tasks and development goals at timely intervals
 My manager coaches and guides me effectively
How well do the employees answer these ?
(Task Environment)

 Training leads to higher pay


 Training leads to higher job satisfaction
 After training, I feel more motivated at work
 Training helps me to do my job better
 Training improves my promotion prospects
 After training, I feel valued by the company
 Training enables career progress
 Training helps me to grow as a person
(Noe, 1968)
Using “imitation”
Top trends

 Learning shift from standardized to a 24/7 process

 Virtual Reality / Augmented reality – e.g. the KFC (The Hard Way – a KFC Virtual Training
Escape Room, the Chicken Mastery Certification.) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qyhkSyTSdiQ

 Artificial Intelligence (e.g. Volley system used at Starbucks, Comcast) / (Netfllix inspired)–
integrates machine learning to L&D offerings
https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=48&v=XZ6X41YoFUo

 Automatically ingests, integrates, and adds intelligence to unstructured content from


your existing eLearning and knowledge management systems
Top trends

 It’s all about content, content and content and now its is democratized
 Udemy, Harvard Business Publishing, LinkedIn, Skillshare

 Collaboration Tools 
 Delivering learning where people are -  Slack, Workplace by Facebook (integrative
learning platforms)

 HR Learning Software Market will evolve further


 $4 to $5 billion is spent on core learning platforms
What are some of the other non-
traditional ways of imparting learning?
Building learning organisations

 Solving problems systematically (data based)


 Experimenting (small experiments & demonstration projects)
 Learning from past experience (success & failures)
 Learning from others
 Transferring knowledge
Power of
dilemmas,
processes, norms
etc., Culture

Single loop (adjustments/ Triple loop (How are we reaching


Double loop (Causality, why?)
feedback based) causality)
Types of support/ Mentoring

Career (Instrumental) Psychological Support Role-modelling


Support (identification) support
• Sponsorship • Encouragement and • Behaviour to emulate
• Coaching emotional support • Work ethic and values
• Exposure and visibility • Counselling • Inspiration & Motivation
• Protection • Acceptance and
• Challenging assignments confirmation
• Technical skills • Friendship
• Personal feedback

Murphy & Kram, 2006


A network approach

Traditional mentoring Developmental networks


 Hierarchical  Multiple-level
 Single, one-on-one relationship  Multiple, one-on-one, and networked
 Inside your organisation relationships
 Inside and outside the workplace
 Formal, matched relationship
 Informal as well as formal
relationships

Hogins & Kram, 2001; Murphy & Kram, 2006


Mentor

Leaders Peers
DEVELOPMENTAL
NETWORK You

Reverse Industry
mentors associates
 Emerging Economies – Future of work – What seems to be
the biggest challenge?
 Capabilities of knowledge workers
 Human capital development

Biggest concerns  Are organisations shying away from spending money?


for L&D -  US companies on an average budget 8-10% of their
total employee spend on training
(Generally)
 Spends of only 1-2% of employee costs
 Zensar - $15mn/ MindTree increased budgets by 17% -
$20mn in a learning academy campus
 Infosys spends about Rs 14 lakh on the training of each
student, after which it takes them 12 weeks to become
productive (tie-ups with Upgrad, Udacity & Coursera)
 EQUIFINALITY!: Goal can be reached in variety of ways

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