Trainer Training:
Training for Trainers Course,
Leading to Diploma Postgraduate - in
Trainer Training, Double Credit, 60 Credit-Hours, Accumulating to
A Postgraduate Certificate, with 120 additional
Credit-Hours, a Postgraduate Diploma, with -300
Additional Credit-Hours.
Click to download the PDF Brochure, for this Course
Calling all current
and aspiring trainers, teachers, lecturers,
consultants, managers, supervisors, corporate
facilitators, corporate trainers, team leaders, lead
employees who need to excel at designing, developing
and delivering successful trainings, All others
desirous of gaining the needed expertise in training
and development! This ‘Trainer Training: Training
for Trainers Course’ will enhance your career as a
trainer, consultant or educator. Like no other
trainer training course, it explores the scientific
bases of training and development, focusing on
learning and memory enhancement. If your answer to
at least one of the questions below is no, then this
trainer training course is for you:
Do you know the difference between education, training and
development?
Do you know what constitutes a ‘Learning Organisation’?
Are you aware of the fundamental principles of learning and
memory?
Can you design an effective training programme?
Do you know the taxonomy of educational objectives?
Can you establish behavioural objectives;
Can you deliver an effective oral/visual presentation?
Can you conduct an effective training needs analysis?
Are you aware of the role of the internal trainer?
Are you conversant with Aptitude, Treatment Intervention (ATI)?
Course Co-ordinator:
Prof. Dr. R. B. Crawford is Course Coordinator. He
is the Director of HRODC Postgraduate Training
Institute, A Postgraduate-Only Institution. He has
the following Qualifications and Affiliations:
Doctor of Philosophy {(PhD) {University College
London (UCL) - University of London)};
MEd Management (University of Bath);
Postgraduate (Advanced) Diploma Science Teacher Ed.
(University of Bristol);
Postgraduate Certificate in Information Systems
(University of West London, formerly Thames Valley
University);
Diploma in Doctoral Research Supervision,
(University of Wolverhampton);
Teaching Certificate;
Fellow of the Institute of Management Specialists;
Human Resources Specialist, of the Institute of
Management Specialists;
Member of the Asian Academy of Management (MAAM);
Member of the International Society of Gesture
Studies (MISGS);
Member of the Standing Council for Organisational
Symbolism (MSCOS);
Member of ResearchGate;
Executive Member of Academy of Management (AOM).
There, his contribution incorporates the judging of
competitions, review of journal articles, and
guiding the development of conference papers. He
also contributes to the Disciplines of:
Human Resources;
Organization and Management Theory;
Organization Development and Change;
Research Methods;
Conflict Management;
Organizational Behavior;
Management Consulting;
Gender & Diversity in Organizations; and
Critical Management Studies.
Professor Dr. Crawford has been an Academic in the
following UK Universities:
University of London (Royal Holloway), as Research
Tutor;
University of Greenwich (Business School), as Senior
Lecturer (Associate Professor), in Organisational
Behaviour and Human Resource Management;
University of Wolverhampton, (Wolverhampton Business
School), as Senior Lecturer (Associate Professor),
in Organisational Behaviour and Human Resource
Management;
London Southbank University (Business School), as
Lecturer and Unit Leader.
His responsibilities in these roles included:
Doctoral Research Supervisor;
Admissions Tutor;
Postgraduate and Undergraduate Dissertation Supervisor;
Programme Leader;
Personal Tutor.
Delegates will be Treated to a Selection of Our Branded
Complimentary Products, which include:
Leather Conference Folder;
Leather Conference Ring Binder/ Writing Pad;
Key Ring/ Chain;
Leather Conference (Computer – Phone) Bag – Black or
Brown;
8-16 GB USB Flash Memory Drive, with Course/ Programme
Material;
Metal Pen;
Polo Shirt;
Carrier Bag.
Trainer Training:
Training for Trainers Course,
Leading to Diploma Postgraduate - in
Trainer Training, Double Credit, 60 Credit-Hours, Accumulating to
A Postgraduate Certificate, with 120 additional
Credit-Hours, a Postgraduate Diploma, with -300
Additional Credit-Hours.
Click to download the PDF Brochure, for this Course
Course Objectives
By the conclusion of the specified learning and
development activities, delegates will be able to:
Be conversant with the theories of learning and memory
crucial to the development and implementation of
training programmes;
Be aware of the taxonomy of educational objectives and
translate these into individual capability and
achievements;
Determine the most appropriate way to organise training
and development courses;
Be able to equip a training room for maximum impact and
effectiveness, within organisational budget and other
constraints;
Design courses that account for individual training
needs and learning curve;
Design learning objectives, mindful of what can be
realistically achieved - in terms of the experience and
motivation of delegates;
Design learning experiences that will ensure that
learning;
Meet the objectives - taking account of relevant factors
associated with established principles of learning;
Design appropriate delegate activities relevant to the
stated learning objectives;
Demonstrate their ability to prepare for and make
effective oral presentations;
Demonstrate their ability to conduct individual, team
and organisational training needs analysis;
Use different internal sources of information to assess;
Be equipped with the immediate and future training and
development needs;
Be capable of designing evaluation questionnaire for
individual courses, training programmes, and presenters;
Determine when training intervention is necessary;
Link organisational and subsystem business strategy to
training and development strategy;
Position the training department within organisational
corporate structure;
Design appropriate in-course evaluation;
Design appropriate assessments and assessment strategy
of award-bearing components of training programmes;
Effectively structure training courses to incorporate
formal presentations, delegate activities and
evaluation;
Incorporate appropriate 'Ice-breaker' and 'Closure'
activities that will enhance the effectiveness of
individual training courses;
Demonstrate exceptional leadership in the management of
the learning environment
Effectively manage commissioning relationships; and
Effectively manage a training department.
Trainer Training:
Training for Trainers Course,
Leading to Diploma Postgraduate - in
Trainer Training, Double Credit, 60 Credit-Hours, Accumulating to
A Postgraduate Certificate, with 120 additional
Credit-Hours, a Postgraduate Diploma, with -300
Additional Credit-Hours.
Click to download the PDF Brochure, for this Course
Course Contents, Concepts and Issues
Part 1: Education, Training and Development
Education Defined;
General Education;
Specialist Education and Special Education.
Training Defined;
Development Defined;
Behavioural Objectives:
Learner;
Participant or Delegate;
Examples of Specific Behavioural Objectives.
Education, Training and Development as Organization
Development:
Organizational Development Defined:
Emphasis and Concerns.
Organisational Effectiveness Defined.
Part 2: Learning Theory
Learning Defined;
Factors Affecting Learning:
Learning Curve:
Definition;
Factors affecting individual learning progress:
Aptitude, Treatment Intervention (ATI):
Aptitude Defined;
ATI Defined;
Views of ATI:
Universalist View;
Contingency View.
Reinforcement Theory;
Levels of Learning:
The Learning Hierarchy
Simple Recall;
Comprehension;
Application;
Problem Solving;
Synthesis.
Other Related Factors:
Kolb’s Model;
Learning Approaches;
Learning & work motivation.
Part 3: Learning & its Application to Organisations
Bases of Learning Theories;
Examples of Learning Theories;
Classical Conditioning;
Operant Conditioning;
Instrumental Conditioning;
Learning Reinforcement;
Memory Acquisition;
Retention of Memory;
Memory Retrieval;
Skill Acquisition;
Inductive Learning.
Historical Contributions to Learning Theories:
Herman Ebbinghaus (1850 -1909)
Memory;
Retention Curve;
Negative Acceleration;
Learning Curve.
Ivan Petrovich Pavlov (1849 – 1938)
Classical Conditioning (US, UR, CS, CR);
Acquisition;
Conditioning Curve;
Extinction;
Spontaneous Recovery;
Temporal Ordering.
Edward Thorndike (1874 – 1949)
Instrumental Conditioning
Reinforcer;
Law of Effect;
Law of Exercise;
Principle of Belongingness.
Clark Hull(1884-1952)
Reaction Potential;
Habit Strength;
Drive;
Incentive Motivation;
Inhibition.
Edward Tolman (1886-1959)
Latent Learning;
Cognitive Map.
B. F. Skinner
Instrumental Conditioning or Operant Conditioning;
Free Operant;
Cumulative Response Record;
Scalloped Function.
Atkinson & Shiffrin
Short – Term Memory;
Rehearsal;
Long – Term Memory.
Part 4: Role of Internal Trainer (1)
Identification of Individual and Organisational Training
Needs;
Plan Training & Development Programmes;
Establish Training & Development Objectives;
Organise and Deliver Training Programme;
Liaise with External Training Consultants & Training &
Educational Organisations;
Evaluate Effectiveness of Training Programme;
Recommend External Programs;
Recommend &, or, Commission Training Consultancy;
Identify Potential Internal Training Facilitators;
Engage in Internal Training Facilitators;
Part 5: Role of Internal Trainer (2)
Evaluate effectiveness of Internal and External Training
Consultants;
Evaluate effectiveness of Specific Training Activities;
Prepare other Trainers;
Manage the Training Environment;
Motivate Delegates & Potential Delegates;
Provide Consultation Service to Managers & other
Individuals;
Devise & or Influence Training Policy;
Interpret & Adhere to Training Policy;
Ensure that Training is Related to Immediate and Long
Term Organisational Strategy;
Monitor the Training Operation;
Ensure that Training Standards are Established, Enforced
& Monitored;
Ensure that Associated Administrative Functions are
Effective.
Part 6: Training Interventions
Formal Training Interventions:
Attributes and Methods;
Out-door Adventure;
Computer-based Training;
Programmed Interactive Learning;
Distance Learning;
Job Rotation and Job Shadowing: Formal or Informal?;
Coaching;
Incidental Learning;
Trial and Error;
Informal Observation;
Modelling Informal Mentors.
Application and Disadvantages.
Part 7: Training Policy and Strategy
Training Policy Vs. Business Strategy;
Training Policy:
Matched with Specific Organisational Needs;
Response to Existing Organisational Ineffectiveness.
Linking Training Policy to Business Strategy:
The Element of Finite Resources;
Good Business Sense;
Enhancement of Organisational Objectives.
Other Arguments.
Education & Training for Personal Development:
Relation to Micro OD;
The Spin-off of Micro OD;
Policy: Aligned to Business Strategy;
Improved Effectiveness.
General Questions:
Contribution to Competitive Advantage or Improved
Organisational Functioning;
Training and Unemployment.
Part 8: Induction, Appraisal and Probation
Induction:
Definition;
Importance;
Formal Training;
Commitment:
Moral;
Remunerative;
Calculative.
Probationary Period:
Fixed Term;
Assessment;
Confirmation.
Performance Appraisal:
Types of Performance Appraisal
Ranking Scales;
Force Ranking;
Paired Comparison;
Self Appraisal;
Paired Comparison;
Self Appraisal;
Critical Incident;
Management by Objectives;
360 Degree Feedback.
Part 9: Learning Organisation: An Introduction
Learning Opportunity;
Circumvention of Formal Communication Channels;
Effective Technology – Based Communication System;
Effective Control System;
Component Supplier – Producer Collaboration;
Effective and Swift Environmental Response;
Flexible Reward System;
Effective Boundary Management;
General Organisational Development: Macro & Micro;
Efforts to Maintain & Improve Organisational Health.
Part 10: Organisational Learning & Learning Organisation
Organisational Learning & Learning Organisation: A
Distinction;
Implicit Learning & Tacit Knowledge:
Characteristics of Implicit & Tacit Knowledge.
Organisational Learning:
Organisation as Individuals;
Benefits;
Learning from One to Many or Many to One;
Social Learning;
Self Adjustment.
Individual & Organisational Learning;
Learning Organisation:
Acknowledges;
Facilitates;
Exploits.
Trainer Training:
Training for Trainers Course,
Leading to Diploma Postgraduate - in
Trainer Training, Double Credit, 60 Credit-Hours, Accumulating to
A Postgraduate Certificate, with 120 additional
Credit-Hours, a Postgraduate Diploma, with -300
Additional Credit-Hours.
Click to download the PDF Brochure, for this Course
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