Job Role Of A Training Manager And Organizational Development Manager

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The current job market shows an emerging trend of replacing the job role of 'Training Manager' with that of a 'Organisation Development Manager'. The trend is highly influence by the fact that the Training Manager role in the organisation perspective is usually from a smaller scale or in focused groups, and it is usually someone who develops and delivers job and skills training to the employees. Whereas, the role of an Organisation Development Manager is usually seen to be at a larger scale, and throughout organisation as a whole, it is usually someone who analyses and studies the organisation and implements change. The main role of a Training Manager is usually to identify and assess the future and current training essentials through job …show more content…

Interpersonal competencies can promote effective helping relationships, such relationships usually starts with a grasp of what the organisation's perspective is and this requires listening to members of the organisation perceptions and feelings, to better understand how they see themselves and the organisation, and this process is called 'active listening'. This understanding can provide a starting point for collective diagnosis and problem solving. Establishing trust and rapport with organisation members will allow them to share pertinent information and working effectively together. This requires them to be able to converse in members' own language, so as to give and receive feedback about how the relationship is progressing. In order to help individuals learn new skills and behaviours, the Organisation Development Manager must serve as a role model of what is expected, and must act in ways that are credible to the organisation members to provide them with necessary coaching and counselling to develop and …show more content…

This role may involve a variety of different training methods that ranges from one to one instruction to project work. Whereas, the Organization Development Manager have two main feature in its job role. One, is to analyse the organization's problems and recommend solutions that may require training. The more detailed activities will include liaising with line manager, advising training managers on training aims, objectives and policies, etc. Two, the Organization Development Manager is concern with the planning, organizing, controlling and developing training functions. In particular, the manager sets out the goals and work out training policies and plans, liaising with other departments to show them the ways that the training can contribute to improving the employees' performance. This also includes ensuring and overseeing the development, delivery and evaluation of appropriate training activities, recruiting and developing training personnel, and controlling activities against an overall training plan and

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