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Learning Needs Analysis and Evaluation will help you to ensure that learning in your organisation is focused in the right areas and on the right people. It will enable you to assess whether learning interventions actually work and deliver improved performances that make a difference to your business. Easy to navigate and clear sections that are full of practical case studies and visual aids take you step-by-step through the process of designing, developing and implementing learning programmes.

Taking business needs as the major driver for learning activities,...

Training Practice is the definitive introduction to training, learning and development and an invaluable book for trainers seeking further information on the subject to develop their career, HR professionals, and students studying for certificates in Training Practice. Key areas covered include training in organisations, identifying learning needs and appropriate learning opportunities, designing and delivering training, assessment, review and evaluation, management and administration, and the trainer today and in the future.

Each easy to navigate chapter has a clear...

Managing Projects offers a hands-on resource for building practical competencies for anyone who must manage one or more small- to mid-size projects. The book is filled with targeted processes, tools, techniques, and influencing skills that address the more difficult -people- side of project management. The author shows how to: influence stakeholders 360 degrees around you; encourage accountability from others who do not work for you and have plenty of projects to juggle without adding your priority; negotiate time, cost, quality, and scope with executives; and courageously tell the truth...

IIn order to be effective, Learning and Development (L&D) programmes must be linked to an organisation's overall business strategy. Creating a Learning and Development Strategy is an engaging, practical and accessible guide which shows HR business partners and L&D professionals how to achieve this. It covers how to plan, create and implement an L&D strategy which aligns to business goals which will not only create value for individual employees but for the organization as a whole.

Through the use of strategic information and tools, along with practical examples,...

This book is one of a series of books entitled "Essential Skills for the Public Sector." It sets out the process of identifying a clear vision, SMART objectives, strategies and action plans for public sector and not-for-profit organisations. Business planning is an essential process to ensure the long term future viability and sustainability of an organisation. It gives direction and a framework within which public services can be delivered and continuously developed to meet the challenges of change and constraints. Effective planning assists managers to ensure they deliver the best...

Whether attending conferences, visiting clients, or going to sales meetings, travel is an unavoidable necessity for many businesspeople. Today's high-tech enabled businessperson travels with electronic devices such as smartphones, tablets, laptops, health sensors, and Google Glass. Each of these devices offers new levels of productivity and efficiency, but they also become the weak link in the security chain: if a device is lost or stolen during travel, the resulting data breach can put the business in danger of physical, financial, and reputational loss.

In his passionate, streetwise style, Chef Mark Garcia's mission is to strengthen the positioning and messaging of chefs, restaurateurs and food-service professionals by training them on best practices and techniques that lead to profitable digital marketing campaigns and promotions.

With the massive proliferation and...

This is an invaluable collection of reflections and experiences from world-class researchers undertaking Critical Management Studies (CMS).

The editors and contributors reflect on ethics and reflexivity in critical management research, and explore the identity of the critical researcher both as an individual and working within collaborative projects. Using contemporary accounts from those engaged in real world fieldwork they outline what critical management is, and explore its relationship to management research.

The book discusses the implications of critical management...