Question Identify a product, service or category of spend and outline its importance and impact to your organisation’s stakeholders. Prepare a brief market analysis and demonstrate how your procurement function will produce value for money outcomes. Your final submission should also review the current approaches to managing prices and costs for the product, service or category you have identified, as well as highlighting the impact of markets to secure cost savings for your organisation. ...

Question Activity 1 Identify the key purposes of the L&D function in organisations. You should include in your notes pages how this has evolved over the last five years. Identify at least three L&D activities that contribute to business improvement. Compare and contrast at least three different roles in L&D. Present a critical assessment of the relative merits of at least three different models of delivering L&D services. Explain at least four of the key roles and res...

Question Drawing on the literature and/or current organisational practice, write an essay where you should: Describe at least three interpretations (each) of the concepts of leadership and management. Explain and justify distinctions drawn between the concepts of leadership and management. Evaluate at least four different approaches for developing leaders and managers Provide at least five examples of how the L&D function can support leadership and management development Identifies...

Question: ·         Define and differentiate between the constructs of collective and social learning and other related constructs e.g. group, co-operative and collaborative learning. You should also explain how these other constructs fit with collective and social learning. ·         Compare different models of collective and social learning. ·        &nbsp...

Question Activity 1The executive team have requested a briefing paper as the basis for an initial discussion. In your brief you should include: An explanation of the terms coaching and mentoring, their similarities and differences, their respective purposes and key benefits for different stakeholders. At least three different types of coaching and three different types of mentoring that can be implemented in organisations. An evaluation of the role of line managers in coaching and mentor...

Question Activity 1Produce a written response in which you: Identify examples of metrics used to inform and measure L&D Evaluate a range of primary and secondary L&D data sources Activity 2Undertake research in an area of L&D and write a business report for stakeholders.Within your report you should: Provide a short rationale for the area investigated Explain how you collected and analysed the data, justifying the approach adopted Draw conclusions and make recommendati...

Question Activity 1A set of slides (or equivalent) with related notes pages which amplify the content on the slides equating to approximately 1500 words in total. Activity 2A draft L&D policy statement of approximately 1500 words that includes an explanation of the process to be adopted), an account of the influencing factors including key stakeholders which have shaped the policy, the L&D practice area(s) covered by the policy, arrangements for review.All reference sources sho...

Question You are asked to develop an electronic professional portfolio which includes the following sections that respond to the following four tasks; Activity 1 Write an evaluative summary which identifies at least three current practices trends and at least two emerging roles in L&D. With reference to the CIPD Profession Map and/or other appropriate framework, identify some of the key knowledge, skills and behaviours required by any L&D professional, irrespective of role. ...

Question: Go to the CIPD website https://www.cipd.co.uk/learn/cpd/cycle this will take you through the suggested CPD cycle. Scroll down and under the heading Stage 1, you will see a Development Plan Template. It is not necessary to follow this template; you may prefer to design one of your own.  Some keep horizontal records, others keep vertical ones.  You may also consider keeping it in the form of a blog.  Do share your ideas and thoughts with others on the Disc...

Question: Go to the CIPD website https://www.cipd.co.uk/learn/cpd/cycle this will take you through the suggested CPD cycle. Scroll down and under the heading Stage 1, you will see a Development Plan Template. It is not necessary to follow this template; you may prefer to design one of your own.  Some keep horizontal records, others keep vertical ones.  You may also consider keeping it in the form of a blog.  Do share your ideas and thoughts with others on the Disc...