From the course: L&D Foundations: Essential Skills for L&D Leadership
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Organizing learning and development
From the course: L&D Foundations: Essential Skills for L&D Leadership
Organizing learning and development
- Centralize or decentralize? That is often the question when determining how best to organize, resource, and manage the many shapes and sizes of the L and D function. As an L and D leader at a large technology company, I operated in a decentralized model. Each business unit had their own L and D team, but when the company merged with a competitor, we were challenged with integrating their centralized L and D structure. On the one hand, my company wanted to ensure that the learning needs of each separate business unit wouldn't be ignored. On the other hand, senior leaders wanted to realize the consistency and economies of scale from a unified and centralized approach to training. Our task as L and D leaders was to blend these disparate models into something that worked for all. We formed a task force to make this happen. We started by surveying all stakeholders and L and D staff to assess the pros and cons of each structure. Common themes arose. My company valued responsiveness and…
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