(Prerequisite: BUS202 Organisational Behaviour

or other relevant course approved by the Head of the Department of Management)

This course provides students with a knowledge of the nature of the training and development function within organisation and to facilitate students to perform an active role in the maximum utilisation of an organisation's most valuable resource - its people. Ethical issues such as discrimination and equal opportunity are discussed under the topics of developing a training programme, and employee and career development. Topics to be explored include: managing the training and development department, train the trainer, systematic approaches to develop training programmes, career development, management development and the future of human resource development.