When a staff development programme proves successful in a local setting, global HR executives can be faced with the challenge of rolling it out on an international scale. In this situation it may be difficult to avoid losing some of the course’s effectiveness. Whether a company chooses to document and deliver the specifics or ship out the trainers, they must ensure that the impact of the original course is not compromised.
Asian talent hub
Chemical company BASF is set to launch a global learning campus to provide its employees with best-in-class learning opportunities focused on life-long learning. The first of its facilities will be set up in Asia Pacific, in Singapore. Hans-Christian Marxen, Senior VP, HR APAC for BASF asserted that the country was the perfect place to start the venture due to its highly-educated population looking for development opportunities to give themselves an advantage. The first programmes to be offered in the APAC campus will be centred on topics deemed core to the region’s development such as a ‘New Leader Program’—a programme designed to groom new leaders and accelerate their transition from individual contributor to team leader, and the ‘New Employee Program’—aimed at helping newly joined talents integrate into the company smoothly and be more efficient in their roles.
E-learning platform
In addition to the proposed bricks-and-mortar learning hubs, virtual courses will be designed and delivered online in order to enhance their immediate and continued accessibility, allowing for the best training secrets to be shared, retained and made available to future trainees. According to Dr Wolfgang Hapke, President, HR, the advanced learning platform will allow BASF to, “Combine global and regional customised programmes, in order to support the continuous development of employees while contributing directly to the company’s ambitious growth targets.”
Paul Arkwright
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