One of the most important roles that Human Resources play in an organisation is to ensure that the right people are appointed in the right place at the right time. Manpower costs remain one of the most expensive overheads in business and as such, there needs to be an excellent balance between input and output. This provides immense challenges for HR. It is imperative that training is done efficiently and that the costs are effectively managed. Assume the human resource manager provides you with a challenge to draft a training programme aimed specifically at achieving the organization's strategic objectives. Concentrate on issues such as a training and development philosophy of your department, training policy of your department, training intent and the various steps in the training process.

Scenario deliver a two-day workshop for managers on ............. ( identify ANY issue). It is focused primarily on .................. ( identify ANY issue) Approximately 100 managers need to be trained. give an exanple of a report on the training needs analysis phase (situational analysis) in the company/department. include on which need level the problem exists. State the training objective of the course. Describe what the content of the training would entail, the methods one would use (e.g. lecture, case study) and the instructional media and equipment one would want, and explain why. Also, what type of room set-up would one want and why? Indicate how many sessions one would need for this number of managers, and explain why. Remember to include the audit plan, the lesson plan and the evaluation phase of the training intervention