Practising Learning and Development in South African Organisations 3e offers an outcome-based, occupation-directed and work-based L&D approach to workplace learning design. It presents an insightful investigation into the learning preferences of a digital society in the rapidly evolving twenty-first-century workplace, in a new chapter on learning design.

Key Features

• An updated overview of skills development legislation and the implications for workplace learning design, delivery, assessment, evaluation and quality assurance in the South African context
• Insight into the psychology of adult learning, motivation and performance
• Guides students and L&D professionals through the classical Dynamic Learning Cycle
• Practical guidelines for both modern online learning design and outcomes-and work-based learning design, delivery, assessment and evaluation
• Explores the dynamics and methods of effective learning and development needs analysis, and how a needs analysis informs the workplace skills plan
• Explores L&D management from an HRD strategic and value-adding perspective
• Integrating theoretical and practical perspectives, this book gives a comprehensive overview of the National Skills Development Framework

Chapter 1: The South African learning and development landscape

Chapter 2: The psychology of learning, employee motivation and performance

Chapter 3: Conducting a learning and development needs analysis

Chapter 4: Outcomes-based workplace learning design

Chapter 5: Online learning design 

Chapter 6: Delivering learning and development interventions

Chapter 7: Assessment and moderation in learning and development

Chapter 8: Evaluating learning intervention effectiveness

Chapter 9: Managing learning and development in the workplace

Chapter 10: Profession and practice of learning and development

This text is a must-have for undergraduate students, and practicing L&D and HRD professionals alike.