Supporting Development

Singapore University of Social Sciences

Supporting Development (BXL623)

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Language: English

Duration: 6 months

Fees: To be confirmed

Area of Interest: Education

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Funding: To be confirmed

School/Department: Institute for Adult Learning

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Synopsis

In this course, learners will examine a range of examples of development and growth in different organisations. In the process they will uncover assumptions about learners, learning, innovation, and change. The language of ‘skill’, ‘capability’ and ‘development’ and its implications for approaches to talent development will be an important focus. They will examine cases where organisations use a war of talent and a wealth of talent approach and their outcomes. This will provide an overarching frame for conceiving of development in and of the organisation. Such framing also impacts on relations between educational institutions/training providers and enterprises. Supporting development in and of an organisation, requires understanding of what it means to have meaningful relations between institutions in the ecosystem that can support an organisation’s capability development and strategic directions.

Level: 6
Credit Units: 5
Presentation Pattern: Every semester

Topics

Approaches to learning and development in organisations
War of talent or wealth of talent and the role of HR
Implications of talent development approaches for learning, innovation and change
Do organisational development approaches help?
Does language matter? Skills, capability and development
Skill development in organisations
Leaders supporting development – what does it entail?
Relations between institutions in ecosystems for supporting a wealth of talent
Labour markets, job design, institutional frameworks and business models
How ecosystems contribute (or not) to talent development
Designing a plan for supporting development
Reflexively synthesising key concepts

Learning Outcome

Differentiate between different approaches to talent development
Critique ecosystems relations that enhance or inhibit learning and development
Examine the implications of language use of skills, capabilities and development
Create a frame for analysing development in relation to learning, innovation and change
Judge current development approaches and their alignment with organisational strategic
Design a plan for supporting development