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Strategic Training
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Introduction: Business Strategy
A plan that integrates the company’s goals,
policies, and actions
Performance
Result (2) Learning
(3) Create and Emphasis
Share Knowledge
Meet Business
Need
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Evolution of Training’s Role:
Learning
The acquisition of knowledge by individuals,
employees, or groups of employees
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Evolution of Training’s Role:
Knowledge
Human and Social Explicit Knowledge:
Knowledge: Knowledge that can be
What individuals or teams formalized, codified, and
of employees know or communicated
know how to do
Tacit Knowledge:
Structured Knowledge: Personal knowledge based
Company rules, processes, on individual experience
tools, and routines Difficult to explain to
others
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Intellectual Capital
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The Strategic Training and Development
Process:
Strategic
StrategicTraining
Training Training
Trainingand
and Metrics
Metricsthat
thatShow
Show
Business
BusinessStrategy
Strategy and Development
and Development Development
Development
Initiatives Activities Value
ValueofofTraining
Training
Initiatives Activities
Mission Diversify the Use Web-Based Learning
Learning Portfolio Training
Values Performance
Improve Customer Make Development Improvement
Goals Planning Mandatory
Service Reduced Customer
Accelerate the Pace Develop Websites for Complaints
of Employee Knowledge Sharing Reduced Turnover
Learning Increase Amount of
Customer Service
Employee
Capture and Share Satisfaction
Training
Knowledge
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Decisions a company must make about how
to compete to reach its goals:
1. Where to compete?
In what markets, industries, products will we
compete?
2. How to compete?
On what outcome or differentiating characteristic will
we compete?
3. With what will we compete?
What resources will allow us to beat the
competition?
How will we acquire, develop, and deploy those
resources to compete?
Organization
Organization
What
Whatisisthe
thenature
natureof
ofpractices
practicesrequired
requiredto
to complete
completeour
our
mission?
mission?
Products
Products and
and Services
Services
How
Howdodowe
weensure
ensurethat
thatour
ourproducts
productsand
and services
services meet
meet
strategic
strategicrequirements?
requirements?
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Example: SunU’s Analysis to Align Training
with Business Strategy (2 of 3)
Research
Research and
and Development
Development
How
Howdo dowe
westay
staycurrent
currentin
inthe
thetraining
trainingand
andlearning
learning
fields
fieldsand
and use
useour
ourknowledge
knowledgein inthese
theseareas?
areas?
Business
Business Systems
Systems
What
Whatare
arethe
the processes,
processes,products,
products,tools,
tools,and
and
procedures
procedures required
requiredto
toachieve
achieveour
ourgoals?
goals?
Continuous
Continuous Learning
Learning
How
Howdo
dowe
werecognize
recognizethat
thatlearning
learningatatSun
Sun
Microsystems
Microsystemsisis continuous,
continuous,isisconscious,
conscious,and
andcomes
comes
from
frommany
manysources?
sources?
Results
Results
How
Howdodowe
weobtain
obtainresults
resultsaccording
accordingto
toour
our customers’
customers’
standards?
standards?
(1 of 2)
Measurements that look at performance from
the perspective of:
internal customers
external customers
employees
shareholders
(2 of 2)
Four different perspectives are considered:
Customer
(time, quality, performance, services, cost)
Internal
(processes that influence customer satisfaction)
Innovation and Learning
(operating efficiency, employee satisfaction, continuous
improvement)
Financial
(profitability, growth, shareholder value)
Managing Alignment
Clarify team goals and company goals
Help employees manage their objectives
Scan organization environment for useful information
for the team
Encouraging Continuous Learning
Help team identify training needs
Help team become effective at on-the-job training
Create environment that encourages learning
Coordinating Activities
Ensure that team is meeting internal and external
customer needs
Ensure that team meets its quantity and quality
objectives
Help team resolve problems with other teams
Ensure uniformity in interpretation of policies and
procedures
Internal Growth Market development Add distribution Create new jobs Communication of product
Product development channels Create new tasks value
Innovation Expand global Innovation Cultural training
markets Conflict negotiation skills
Joint ventures
Modify existing Manager training in
products feedback and
Create new products communication
Joint ownership Technical competence in
jobs
Faculty Model
Customer Model
Matrix Model
Corporate University
Model
Virtual Model
Director
DirectorofofTraining
Training
Safety
Safety Quality
Quality Technology
Technology Leadership
Leadership Sales
Sales
Training
Training Training
Training and
and Development
Development Training
Training
Computer
Computer
Systems
Systems
Director
Directorof
ofTraining
Training
Information
Information Marketing
Marketing Production
Production Finance
Finance
Systems
Systems and
and
Operations
Operations
Business Functions
Training S a le s Q u a lit y T e c h n o lo g y S a fe ty
Specialty T r a in in g T r a in in g and T r a in in g
Areas C o m p u te r
S y s te m s
Production
Marketing and
Operations
Business Functions