(Podcast) Human Resource Development

Episode 9 introduces the concept of career development. You will be exposed to different phases of career development. The discussion will focus more on career development phases as elaborated by Ivancevich and Bohlander, Snell and Sherman. Besides these, the three main phases in the process of designing career development programmes will also be highlighted. The three phases are the assessment phase, direction phase and development phase. This topic also discusses the relationship between the choice of career and a person's personality based on Holland's model. We will end this topic by exploring the various strategies that can be used for workersÊ development like the information system and career paths, skill assessment and ongoing training, career development for those lagging behind, career counselling for every employee as well as career development workshops for managers.

Episode 10 will focus more on career management as well as issues and challenges in career development. This topic starts off by identifying the role played by an individual and the organisation in career management. The topic continues with the career management process followed by an effective career management system. Lastly, issues related to career management and development will be discussed. The three main issues discussed will be career development for females; dual-career couples; and loss of job as well as down-sizing. The discussion that follows will be about the three challenges faced by an organisation, namely, who will be responsible for career development activities, how much emphasis should be given to help improve employeesÊ careers and developing a unique workforce in an organisation.

Episode 7 will discuss the implementation of a performance appraisal system. This topic will touch on the reasons an appraiser and the individual being appraised should be trained; the type of training that can be conducted as well as the common errors that an appraiser makes; ways of handling performance interviews and the kind of interviewing methods usually used; ways of improving ineffective work performance; and lastly, the issues and challenges related to performance appraisal.

Episode 8 exposes you to career development and management. It will explain the definition of career and career planning. A number of career-related terms will be introduced to help you understand the discussions that follow. The discussions will then focus on work concepts and identify the roles played by individuals, managers and organisations in career planning. This topic will end with a few career paths that an individual will follow in his career.

Episode 1 introduces the first activity in human resource development. Discussions on training and development are divided into four sections. Section one introduces training and development. You will then be exposed to the role and importance of training and development. Before moving to Topic 2, you will learn about the principles of learning and training as well as the training process.

Episode 2 touches on the analysis and design needs of training and development. Here, you will find out about the two early phases of training and development - training needs analysis and design training programmes.

Episode 3 discusses the phases of training programme implementation and evaluation.

Episode 4 focuses on training management. It will discuss the role of the trainer, course management as well as issues and needs in training.

Episode 5 introduces performance appraisal. This topic will explain the differences between management evaluation and performance appraisal. Besides that, you will be exposed to the various objectives, uses and implications of a performance appraisal. This topic will end with a discussion on how to plan a performance appraisal by looking at how it might fail and the criteria for a successful performance appraisal.

Episode 6 touches on matters related to designing a performance appraisal system such as the steps in the designing process, guidelines in developing evaluation standards, criteria for measuring performance, approaches in evaluating performance and an evaluator's sources in evaluating.