HUMAN RESOURCE MANAGEMENT PRACTICE - Fichier PDF

572 ❚ Human resource development▲Assess current position▲ImplementSet goals▲Plan action▲Figure 38.1Stages in preparing and implementing a personal development planThe plan can be expressed in the form of a learning contract as described earlier in thischapter.Planned experienceExperiential learning can take place by planning a sequence of experience that meetsa learning specification for acquiring knowledge and skills that will prepare people totake on increased responsibilities in the same or different functions and occupations.Aprogramme is drawn up which sets down what people are expected to learn in eachdepartment or job in which they are given experience. This should spell out whatthey are expected to discover for themselves. A suitable person should be available tosee that people in a development programme are given the right experience andopportunity to learn, and arrangements should be made to check progress. A goodway of stimulating people to find out for themselves is to provide them with a list ofquestions to answer. It is essential, however, to follow up each segment of experienceto check what has been learnt and, if necessary, modify the programme.Planned experience used to be known as ‘job rotation’, but was often an inefficientand frustrating method of acquiring additional knowledge and skills. Whathas sometimes been referred to as the ‘Cook’s tour’ method of moving traineesfrom department to department has incurred much justified criticism because ofthe time wasted by them in locations where no one knew what to do with them, orcared.