Training Management and Organisational Learning for Oil and Gas Industries

This course will introduce participants to Organisational Learning & Training Management for Oil & Gas Industries. Organizational learning is a characteristic of an organization that is able to predict changes in signals from its environment (both internal and external) and adapt accordingly.

Organizational learning and the learning organization has flourished and been defined in a wide range of literature, it is part of the discipline of Organisational Development (OD). Training management is about positioning training at the core of what you do. It is about becoming a ‘Learning Organisation’.

• Learn about organizational learning as a key management process.
• Comprehend the application of training management in your organization.
• Becoming a learning organization.
• There will be practical workshops/exercises each day where what has been learned will be put into practice.
• The course has been developed to address the special needs of the Oil and Gas environment.

Objectives

• Demonstrate comprehension of Organisational Learning theory.
• Explain the concept of effective Training Management.
• Use the skills of OD for Organisational Learning & Training Management.
• Apply appropriate skills for developing a learning organization.
• Build up training suitable for the oil and gas sector.

Course Outline

Day 1

Organisational Learning Explored

• The concept of learning.
• How does learning differ in the Oil & Gas Industry?
• Behavioral and other psychological theories.
• Implications of organizational learning practices.
• The idea of organizational learning.
• Redefining organizational learning.

Day 2

Training Management Explored

• Managing the training function strategically.
• Training in the Oil & Gas sector.
• The importance of cost-benefit & ROI.
• The concept of talent management.
• Differentiating succession management & talent management.
• Nationalisation issues.

Day 3

Leading Organisation Change

• Experience of change.
• Change at the team level.
• Change at the organizational level.
• Key drivers of change.
• Change management.
• Case Studies of change management in the Oil & Gas Industry.

Day 4

Organisational Development (OD) Explored

• History of OD.
• Organizational development today.
• Maslow and Hertzberg & The Hawthorne effect.
• Case studies: Putting OD into practice.
• Diagnostic tools for OD.
• Organizational Structures.

Day 5

Becoming a Learning Organisation

• Comprehending the learning organization.
• Characteristics of a learning organization.
• Are you ready to change?
• Benefits and barriers.
• The Fifth Discipline.
• Personal action planning.