1 Managers and Transfer Barriers Organisational politics Short term targets Lack of managerial support Lack of time for planning Enablers Authority to apply their learning Support from manager Belling, R; James, K; Ladkin, Donna (2004). Back to the workplace: How organisations can improve their support for management learning and development. The Journal of Management Development. Vol.23, Issue 3/4, pp

2 Factors that Impact on Transfer Strategic Commitment Management Support Team and Individual

3 Managing Transfer of Learning Line Manager ParticipantFacilitator Research indicates that 10%-13% only of programmed learning is transferred into practice

4 Line Management Support Encouragement to attend Goal setting activities with staff pre & post training programme Reinforcement activities Modelling of behaviours Opportunity to use skills:- breadth and variety number of times over a period of time across a range of complexity and difficulty Performance review standards Understanding staff motivation

5 Personal Responsibility for Learning Needs analysis, feedback and set learning outcomes and objectives with line manager pre & post training programme Actively and emotionally engage in the learning process Observe good examples and role models Experiment, reflect and practice new behaviours Seek and take opportunities to use skills:- breadth and variety number of times over a period of time across a range of complexity and difficulty

6 Managing Transfer of Learning Pre Training During Training Post Training