Question 1:

(a) Consider how your organization, or any organization of your choice, currently identifies the Training needs, i.e., on a deficit basis or looking more towards future needs.

(b) Project yourself into the future and explore the likely skills gaps for individuals in some departments and analyse how do you envisage closing these gaps?

(a) ‘Informal learning is thought to be vastly more effective in building proficiency than more formalized learning methods'. Discuss how far you agree with this statement

(b) "A formal mentoring scheme is useful in an organization." Discuss.

Question 2:

"The traditional view of employee development was very much that it is an expense or cost ... [but] in many organizations, this traditional view of training and development is being challenged."

(a) What are the reasons for this change of attitude?

(b) Describe and justify the principal components of a strategic approach to human resource development.