I work in a large (public sector) organisation that has many different departments. As we are a small L&D team, historically we have used the approach to visit all departments, once a year, gather up all training needs for the year, formulate a training plan and then manage & coordinate the training implementation. These training needs vary from:
Technical training
Management and leadership ( my responsibility)
organisational initiatives
I.C.T training etc
CPD
the list is endless and the training plan is massive! it is becoming too much and I am toying with the idea of devolving the budget to the departments to manage but keeping the management & leadership as that is my role ( L&M Advisor) letting individual mangers look after their own budget. I have not starting working through the risk yet and I am concerned about quality and evaluation etc. I suppose what I am looking for is some suggestions, what you do in your organisation, is there a set format that others use.
I might be over thinking this but would really value your input
Thanks all
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HI Jude,
Does each department only have one manager? (How many staff in each department). How do you divvy up the budget between departments? Do you oversee prioritisation of training according to strategic need?
You could pilot your idea with one or two departments perhaps and see how it goes?
You would probably need to provide very clear instructions regarding how they would be expected to go about the task of managing their own budget and training. This might include ensuring transparency and prioritising in accordance with your plan.
I am dashing but will come back to let you know how we manage training here.
Alison