Course Catalogues:

Course Code: Course Title: Learning and Development

MBA4014 L- P- C 2 0 2
Type of Course: Discipline Elective

Version No. 1.2

Course Pre- Completion of core subject in Human Resource Management and basics of
requisites Management

Anti-requisites NIL
Course Learning and Development (L&D) plays a vital role in building the human capital of
Description any organization. Each organization draws upon its own unique requirements of
their manpower and devises ways in which they wish to enhance the growth of
their employees, be it in functional domain or in personal growth areas.
Organizations need to train employees to work with persons from different
culture. Many organizations now recognize that learning through training,
development, and knowledge management helps employees to enhance and
nurture their skills directly impacting their job performance, satisfaction, and
career advancement. Training has moved from an emphasis of a onetime event to
the creation of conditions for learning that can occur through collaboration, online
learning, traditional classroom training, or a combination of these methods. The
course deals with the basic concepts, functions and processes of training and
development. The course helps the students to have an understanding of the
methods of training used by organizations.

Course On completion of this course, the student will be able to:

Outcomes
1. Describe learning process using different learning theories. [Bloom’s
Level: Knowledge-Level 1]

2. Illustrate the complete training cycle from identifying the training needs
to follow up and support. [Bloom’s Level: Application – Level 3]

3. Recognize essential ingredients of employee development. [Bloom’s

Level: Comprehension – Level 2]

Course This course will enhance the organizational people management skills of the
Objective: students through experiential learning that will be helpful for managing
organizations by working on training need analysis, training strategies and
employee development programs for developing the human resources in the
organization.
 Assignment
Introduction Data Collection and
Module 1 (Experiential 7 Sessions
to Learning Analysis
Learning)
Topics: Fundamentals of Learning, Phases in Learning, Learning theories -Reinforcement theory,
Social learning Theory, Goal theories, need theories, expectancy theory, Adult Learning theory,
Information Processing Theory, The Learning Process, The Learning Cycle, Instructional emphasis
for learning outcomes. [Bloom’s Level: Knowledge-Level 1]
Training Assignment
Need (Participative Data Collection and
Module 2 9 Classes
Analysis and Learning) Analysis
E-Learning
Topics: Training Needs Assessment, Models of Training Department. Designing the training
program, Principles of Training Design, E-Learning – Meaning , Types, Significance, Process,
Advantages and Limitations, Classrooms Learning Vs E-Learning, Blended Learning, On the Job
Training (OJT), Meaning, Allen’s Four Step Model, Kane’s seven Steps Models, Advantages and
Limitations of OJT, suitability of OJT, Types of OJT, Effectiveness of OJT, Evaluation of Training.
[Bloom’s Level: Application – Level 3]
Assignment
Employee
Module 3 (Experiential Data Collection and Analysis 4 Classes
Development Learning)
Topics: Employee development, Essential ingredients of Management Development, Approaches
to Employee Development , Strategy and Development, Electronic MDPs. [Bloom’s Level:
Comprehension – Level 2]
Targeted Application & Tools that can be used:
Exposure to the different training tools and softwares of various organizations.

Professionally Used Software: Articulate Storyline, TalentLMS, SAP Litmos

Project work/Assignment:
Project/ Assignment:

Assignment: 1] Group Assignment - Identify any one global organization and interact with few employees
and do the training need analysis in an informal way. Develop a training module after interacting with a few
employees and working on TNA. Submit a report as a group with details of the organization, Training Need
Analysis Sheet and Training Module. Student groups should do a presentation on the same. (Experiential
Learning)
Assignment: 2] Individual Assignment -Refer to few research articles on informal learning behaviors and
submit a report with the summary of reviewed articles. (Review of digital/e-resource from Presidency
University – Link is mentioned in references section. Mandatory to submit screenshot of accessing digital
resource. Otherwise, it will not be evaluated).
Assignment: 3] Individual Assignment -Interaction with discussion with a senior employee of Information
Technology organization and outline the training programs attended by him/her and also brief the outcome
of the training and submission of the report (Experiential Learning)
Text Book
T 1: Noe, A. R., & Kodwani, D. A.(2017). Employee Training and Development. 7th Edition,
 Tata McGraw-Hill.
References
Books:

R 1: Blanchard, P. N., Thacker, J. V., & Ram, V. A. (2015). Effective Training. Pearson
Education.
R 2: Bhattacharyya, Dipak Kumar (2015).Training And Development: Theories and
Applications: Theory And Applications, Sage publications.

(Kindly note: Student should visit PU library and access the online resources for the same and
incorporate the assignment as well as attach the photo of log in and log out in person in the
end of the assignment file.)

Research Articles in Journals

https://presiuniv.knimbus.com/user#/home

 Dixit, R. and Sinha, V. (2022), "Investigating tools and techniques to promote workplace training
transfer", Journal of Workplace Learning, Vol. 34 No. 6, pp. 513-531. https://doi.org/10.1108/JWL-
04-2021-0052
Link: https://www-emerald-com-presiuniv.knimbus.com/insight/content/doi/10.1108/JWL-04-
2021-0052/full/html
 Lucena Barbosa, F. and Borges-Andrade, J.E. (2022), "Informal learning behaviors, interaction and
workplace autonomy and readiness to learn", Journal of Workplace Learning, Vol. 34 No. 4, pp.
388-402. https://doi.org/10.1108/JWL-04-2021-0047
Link: https://www-emerald-com-presiuniv.knimbus.com/insight/content/doi/10.1108/JWL-04-
2021-0047/full/html

HBR Digital Articles:

 Grant, Heidi and Goldhamer, Tal (2022). Designing Learning Programs for a Hybrid Workplace,
Harvard Business Review.
Link: https://hbr.org/2022/07/designing-learning-programs-for-a-hybrid-workplace

Case Studies:
 Vishwanathan, Asha,,  Raju, Kaushik Prasanna.,  Kumar S , Khanij.,G,  Krishna, Lakshmi.,  Kamat,
Naveen., UnniKrishnan (2021).Leveraging Artificial Intelligence in a Skilling Ecosystem, IMB875-
PDF-ENG. Harvard Business Publishing.
 Kerr, William R.,  Fuller, Joseph B.,  Kreitzberg (2020). AT&T, Retraining, and the Workforce of
 Tomorrow, 820017-PDF-ENG. Harvard Business Publishing.

Videos
 Social Learning Theory: Bandura’s Bobo Beatdown Experiments
Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XHIhkM1cAv4
 Skinner's Reinforcement Theory
Link:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-JUPlbIBPXk
 Learning and Memory: The Information Processing Theory
Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J1TYC-I2vN0
 Training Program Design
Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u3SXxd4XzQ4
 Planning an Effective Employee Training Program
Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AZjnBPDYh2Y
 Training Evaluation models
Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PFHixVeUVI0
 L&D Trends: Build a Culture of Collaborative Learning with Video
Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2eH9uaiQf6A

Podcast:

 Open Digital Platforms to Spur Innovation

Link: https://hbr.org/podcast/2022/06/open-digital-platforms-to-spur-innovation

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