You are a line manager at a medium$-$sized company expanding its offices from Gauteng to the Western Cape and KwaZulu$-$Natal.

A few years ago, you completed your BCom degree in Human Resource Development and you plan to further your studies in this field. In $2013$ you were appointed as HR practitioner, and in January $2018,$ you were promoted to the position of Human Resource Development $($HRD$)$ manager. Currently the company outsources much of its HRD activities, because it believes that HRD is not a vital business partner contributing to the success of the company and renders no return on investment. You want to convince management that without the right knowledge and skills, the company will not achieve success in the competitive national and international markets.

You also want to convince the executive team that it will be more cost$-$effective to offer training at their current head office because additional boardrooms are available there. You believe that offering more training in the organisation will change the mindset of employees and enable them to become lifelong learners. However, you will need to explain the cost implications of this decision, especially for staff attending the training from the two new provinces $($the Western Cape and KwaZulu$-$Natal$).$

The management requested a strategic HRD plan from you to show how HRD will contribute to the success of the company. This is seen as $....$

medium$-$term planning

tactical planning

short$-$term planning

long$-$term planning