Learning & Development Strategies & Innovative Tools
Most companies encourage growth, learning and development of their employees throughout their organizations, as it is considered highly productive to build each person's skills to enable them to become better and more efficient at what they do. However, in today's uncertain business environment, such organizations are facing greater pressure and budgets are being tightened. Companies are being forced to cut major costs, while many organizations will have to reduce learning and development budgets. Corporate training budgets are being ignored; sales, customer service, IT, manufacturing, finance, and other business units are postponing hiring, training staff and building programmes to facilitate the development of their workers. Nonetheless, amidst this mayhem, one major criterion continues to drive organizations towards a profitable direction - effective human capital.
"..training and development, what's good for people is good for the organizations in which they work. What's good for people's development is good for organizational performance, quality, customer satisfaction, effective management and control, and therefore profits too." (Businessballs.com)
A learning and development programme is the key to effectively develop employees throughout organizations and assist the business pass hard times. It is the means to develop the capabilities that will underpin organizational effectiveness. Employees' internal skills and capabilities must be developed via short and long-term strategic development programmes that are required to support the value-creating internal processes. Learning and development needs must be met to articulate the capabilities required by an organization that will sustain competitive advantage and ensure organizational survival.
Human Resource professionals should be supported in their efforts to enhance staff skills and abilities, both in their current positions and in their future career development, to achieve rises in productivity during tough times, yet maintain learning and development investments and high value performance-driven training programmes, Asia Business Forum is pleased to support Human Resource professionals by organizing the "Learning and Development Strategies and Innovative Tools" conference that will empower organizations and individuals to lead their teams towards higher performance levels, while encouraging employee learning and development within their organizations over the longer timeframe.
*Most presentations will be in Thai.