Post on 31-Mar-2015
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The future of Learning & Developmentin Revenues and Benefits
Julie Maycock, Learning & Development Officer
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It’s a Big Topic !
We need to consider:• The importance of Learning &
Development,• Where we are now,• Why we’re where we are,• What we can do,• What the Vision is,• And How We Get There...
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Why is L&D an Important Topic?
• RETENTION, BUDGETS, EFFICIENCY, CHANGE, INNOVATION, IMPROVEMENT, KLOE, COMMUNICATION, PERFORMANCE.
• How do we achieve them?• By utilising our biggest Resource:• Is our Biggest Resource Staff• No, it’s Knowledgeable, Capable, Loyal,
Engaged Staff• Knowledge (L&D) is a resource!
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What’s the Current Approach?Leg Train v
E-mail Circulars
TNA
Corp vService
NonR&B
Budget vNo Budget
Partnerships
Qualifications
Conferencese-L&D
Seminars
Forums
In House Officer
QA v No QA
Private Sector
CIPFA
IRRV
SPNVQ
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Straw Poll – External Provision
Surveyed 10 Local R&B Services:• Spent between £0 to £13,000 last year,• Some had internal trainers, some didn’t,• Some used IRRV, some used CIPFA,• Some funded qualifications, some didn’t,• Some had their own budget, some dipped
into centralised corporate budgets,• Some paid other LA’s to provide. • BUT – THEY ALL HAD COMMON
GOALS!
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So What Do We Have?
REINVENTIONDUPLICATION
NO ECONOMIES OF SCALENO KNOWLEDGE SHARINGPRIVATE SECTOR CONTROL
So, in a word:
CHAOS !!!
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Should we bring it all together?
• Pressures not to: - League Tables, - Funding Competition, - Protectiveness, - It is Difficult.
• But, if we take control, what can we have?
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Up to datePractice
ApprovedProviderRegister
Research
InvestmentOpportunities
SPOCFor
Legislation
Mentoring Network
Communities Of
Practice Skills Register
Share BestPractice
BenchmarkAchievements
Shared Officers
Extensive Programme
Range
VFM
Joint Procurement
Pooled Ideas
Pooled Knowledge
Pooled Resources
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So What’s the VISION?
Academic opinion:
“An organisation should learn if any of its units acquires knowledge that it recognises as potentially useful to the organisation”.
Huber, 1991
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The Vision
Thames Valley University of Revs & Bens:• Shared Training and Lecturing Resources,• Centrally controlled programme of training,
development, qualifications, discussion forums, think-tank sessions, best practice documentation etc etc.
• Central register of skills and needs,• Jointly agreed resource allocation and
Curriculum,• Marketing Services externally to other LA’s and
agencies – to achieve ultimate Value for Money.
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How do we get there?
• Pool information,• Evaluate current benefit from
investment,• Agree priorities,• Pool skills and needs,• Pool budgets,• Explore Funding Opportunities,• Employ research student, • Use the TVA or a Shared Service Board.
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What are the benefits?
• Shared knowledge, training and development could lead to shared:
- Competency Frameworks, - Contingency Resources, - Income Generation,
- Project Management…..• Beacon Scheme example – 79% of visitors report the
subsequent implementation of change or improvement (63% adapted, 29% enhanced or accelerated and 8% adopted).
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Getting Started….