Implementation of Virtual HRMD Library for Training and Development of HR Consultants in TechnoLogica Elizabeth Vatchkova, Galina Ivanova

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Implementation of Virtual HRMD Library for
Training and Development of HR Consultants in
TechnoLogica Elizabeth Vatchkova, Galina
Ivanova

Global Insights in People Management 21-22 May,
Hilton Hotel, Nicosia
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Contents

• The need for virtual HRM training
• Prerequisites
• Technical environment ?
• Principles
• Training content
• Organization
• Advantages and disadvantages

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The need for virtual HRM training in Bulgaria
today

• Fast economic development
• Drastic drop of unemployment from 17 (2000) to
  6,8 (2008)
• Labor force deficit nearly in all spheres
• Intensive war for talents
• Big demand of HR activities and specialists
• The need to learn ? ???????? ?

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Prerequisites for virtual learning for clients

• Elaborations of electronic content for module HRM
  training for four categories of consumers
• Every topic a specific set of knowledge and
  abilities for four different groups
• Adaptation of ?LSe for the needs of HRM training

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Consumers of virtual library

• HR managers at start up level ?
• HRM bachelor students
• SHRM master level students
• Applicants to cover the professional standards of
  BHRMDA

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Current users of virtual HRM training
Portal module
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The client is important

• TechnoLogica specialized in design and
  distribution of information technologies for HRM
• Highly qualified team of young consultants with
  good computer skills ?
• Motivated for the development of their products
  and services

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Technical environment

• ?LSe (adapted for the needs of HRM corporate
  training)
• Moodle (adapted for the needs of the university
  education)

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Characteristics of ?LSe (1)

• Multilanguage e-learning software platform
• Universal e-learning platform
• Adaptable to the structure and requirements of
  the learning organization
• Differential access levels
• Flexibility in learning resource sharing between
  teachers

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Characteristics of ?LSe (2)

• Statistics for users visits in the learning
  resources and statistics for active learning
  forms results
• Fast and easy way for learning resource edit,
  import and export
• Interoperability of one learning resource in many
  different themes

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Training principles for corporate clients

• Adaptation (of learning according to individual
  preparation level)
• Multi-variants materials
• Modules rotation
• Gradually increasing competences
• Individual practical purposes (depending on the
  problems, which the client working on)

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Training modules

• Selection, employment and socialization of
  personnel
• Training and development
• Reward and motivation
• Performance assessment
• Carrier management
• Health and safety working conditions

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Assessment procedures

• Every task assignment is analyzed and commented
  
• Preliminary defined, valid for all trainees
  assessment criteria are used
• Individual recommendations are applied

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Documentation

• Detailed and comprehensive information is
  produced
• Stored in individual archive
• This archive can be given to the employer for
• Assessment needs
• Future trainings
• Additional task assignments

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FOUR ACCESS LEVELS TO THE HRM VIRTUAL
LIBRARY (visitors, students, teachers,
administrators)
Registered users
Visitors

Portal Module Common information for present
and forthcoming learning modules
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Authorization
Teachers
Students
Administrators
Learning resources publishing
System administration
Learning materials reading and using active forms
of learning
Common communication (FORUM, DISCUSSIONS, CHAT)
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Website of TRANSBUSINESS - ? International
Business School
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HRM Virtual Library Entrance
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Courses for consultants of TechnoLogica
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Learning theme for students - common view
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Sections (1) ?

1. Contents
2. Summary
3. Goals
4. Expected results
5. Lectures and selected texts
6. Key notions
7. Questions for discussion

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Sections (2)

• 8. Presentations
• 9. Case studies
• 10. Task assignments
• 11. Tests
• 12. Metaphors
• 13. Illustrations
• 14. Literature
• 15. Vocabularies (Bulgarian-English and
  English-Bulgarian) with links in the text

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Training components for consultants
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Active forms of learning

• Individual assignments

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Active forms of learning

• Group assignments - schedule

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Active forms of learning

• Discussion questions

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Active forms of learning

• Common forum for communication
• between teachers and students

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Enabling factors

• Possibility to surmount traditional barriers
  work-load program, budget and etc.
• Multi-modal and adaptive learning content
  presentation
• Partnership, possibility for collaboration
  development between teachers and sharing of
  common learning resources
• Moderate instruction offered in shorter time span
  forms and corrective intervals at set periods of
  time to evaluate the knowledge acquired
• Bringing learning closer to home
• Life-Long Learning

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Advantages

• Flexibility of time and place
• Individual assignments
• Constant observations of the trainees activities
  
• Rapid report on the outcome from the work done
• Simultaneous training of big groups of trainees
• Effective individual consulting

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Expected results

• Wee accepted by trainees
• Essential increase in the quality and
  effectiveness of the training process
• Provokes constant development
• Serve as a basis for life long learning

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Disadvantages

• The competitive spirit is partially lost
• The students have to deal with accumulated
  material and missed deadlines if they does not
  time his studies evenly

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Restrictive factors

• Need for self-discipline and motivation for
  individual work
• Absence of physical contact
• Lack of non-verbal communication
• "Delayed" dialogue (delayed" communication)
  asynchronous learning

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Statistics for learners activitydepending on
recourses visits for one theme in percents
Learning Theme Learner 1 Resources visit, Learner 2 Resources visit, Learner 3 Resources visit,
Learning Theme 1 100.00 100.00 100.00
Learning Theme 2 100.00 83.33 23.33
Learning Theme 3 96.43    
Learning Theme 4 95.24 100.00  
Learning Theme 5 100.00    
Learning Theme 6 96.77    
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Statistics for learners resultsdepending on the
average assignments grades for each theme
Learning Theme Learner 1 average assignments grades, Learner 2 average assignments grades, Learner 3 average assignments grades,
Learning Theme 1 83.50 81.00 59.00
Learning Theme 2 0.00 0.00 0.00
Learning Theme 3 70.00    
Learning Theme 4 55.00 75.00  
Learning Theme 5 0.00    
Learning Theme 6 0.00    
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Statistics for learners results
Learning Theme Learner 1 Learner 1 Learner 2 Learner 2 Learner 3 Learner 3
  Publish answers in time Publish answers out of schedule Publish answers in time Publish answers out of schedule Publish answers in time Publish answers out of schedule
Learning Theme 1 4 0 3 1 3 1
Learning Theme 2 1 2 1 2 1 2
Learning Theme 3 2 1        
Learning Theme 4 1 2 2 1    
Learning Theme 5 0 0        
Learning Theme 6 0 0        
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Illustrations