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Practical Quarter/Training and Development: Onboarding

  • Code

    L.24463

  • Amount of hours required

    84

  • Language

    en-GB

  • Quartile of execution

    4

In this course, we will take a closer look at the role of Talent Management and Training & Development in organisations, with special focus on onboarding. Onboarding is a growing focus of Organisational Training & Talent Development departments. Successful onboarding is more then mere orientation. It should be a strategic programme that brings diverse stakeholders together to engage new hires over the first year of their tenure. Successful onboarding should increase employee productivity and engagement levels, reduce turnover and elevate a company’s employment brand in the eyes of prospective hires (Stein A). Christiansen L. 2010).

This course will focus on:

  • Understanding of the function and role of training and development professionals with a special focus on onboarding;analysing and translating client’s onboarding challenge into an HR specific report 
  • Developing an e-learning module in form of a 'digital presentation with voiceover' 
  • Present and conduct a two-way meeting with the client to engage in open feedback conversation 

Competences

  • AMA-IHRM 1 Credible Activist
  • AMA-IHRM 2 Strategic Positioner
  • AMA-IHRM 3 Capability Builder
  • AMA-IHRM 5 HR Innovator and Integrator

Learning goals

At the end of this course students are able to design an Onboarding intervention that contributes to solve an organizational problem by:

  • Analysing the organizational problem, management problem or learning needs
  • Analysing a target group and target audience for your advice as applicable
  • Designing an advice, solution to a client company problem
  • Designing relevant L&D tools (digital module and sheets, exercises, assignments, etc.)
  • Conduct all of the above in a Client Meeting

Students are able to pitch a thorough analysis of the organizational problem and clear ideas on Onboarding intervention to the client in a convincing manner.

Tests

Code Name
T.50616 Practical Quarter/Training and Development: Onboarding
PR Practicum