{"id":109666,"date":"2021-02-22T15:16:16","date_gmt":"2021-02-22T09:46:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.vskills.in\/certification\/tutorial\/?page_id=109666"},"modified":"2024-04-12T14:30:42","modified_gmt":"2024-04-12T09:00:42","slug":"auditing-learning-attitude-of-line-managers","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.vskills.in\/certification\/tutorial\/auditing-learning-attitude-of-line-managers\/","title":{"rendered":"Auditing Learning Attitude of Line Managers"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Line managers include various departmental heads in the organization. Their learning attitude not only adds to their personal development but also development of their subordinates and organization as a whole. Dimensions to evaluate are listed below.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Performance of Planning and Review Discussions<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Use of Performance Management System for learning about oneself and one\u2019s potential.<\/li><li>Adequate time spending by seniors.<\/li><li>Promotion of upward communication.<\/li><li>Use of KPAs and KRAs as benchmarks and communication mechanisms.<\/li><li>Review session by seniors to know field realities from juniors.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Departmental Meetings and In-house Communications<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Use of departmental meetings as a source of learning and communication by managers.<\/li><li>Conduct of daily, weekly, monthly or annual meetings, and are informative.<\/li><li>Discussion of issues among employees, and learn from each other\u2019s point of view.<\/li><li>Decisions are based on wisdom generated in the meetings.<\/li><li>Use of internal circulars to assimilate the information.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Reading Books<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Reading culture in the organization.<\/li><li>Buying book on professional or general knowledge and use of library among managers.<\/li><li>Presence of book budget or professional development budget for buying and learning of books.<\/li><li>Culture of sharing good books read by the managers.<\/li><li>Presentations of book reviews and summaries through in-house magazines.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Internet<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Access to internet by almost everyone.<\/li><li>Use of internet by almost everyone.<\/li><li>Extensive use of internet for getting business related information and functional updating of the competencies of managers.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Project Report<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Project reports, reports by consultants, strategy and vision studies, research reports, etc. are commissioned by the company and are used as learning resources.<\/li><li>Participation of organization in benchmarking surveys, and employee engagement surveys, and attempt to learn from such studies.<\/li><li>Seriousness and access of the same among all.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Outside Visitors and Others<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Use of outside visitors and others as a source of information and benchmarking by managers and employees.<\/li><li>The visitors from other organizations, professional associations, academic institutions, consultants, etc. seem to be source of learning.<\/li><li>Learning and picking up best practices from them.<\/li><li>Managers kept in touch with them.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Each Other<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Internal customers as a source of learning.<\/li><li>Use of colleagues in the same department as source of learning.<\/li><li>Seniors use their juniors as source of learning.<\/li><li>All employees consider each other as source of learning.<\/li><li>Cross-functional task forces, inter-departmental teams, etc. are used as learning sources.<\/li><li>Use of discussions, debates and formal learning sessions in the organization.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Newspapers and Magazines of Business as Sources of Learning<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Encouragement to managers to subscribe to newspapers, journals and magazines.<\/li><li>Reading and updating knowledge base by employees.<\/li><li>News items, benchmarking practices, innovations etc. picked up from news papers and magazines and used for discussions and debate.<\/li><li>Encouragement from company to all employees to keep in touch with latest developments<\/li><li>through these sources.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Functional Journals and Other Literature<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Encouragement to line managers to subscribe to functional journals.<\/li><li>Allotment of professional development budget for each department or manager.<\/li><li>Reimbursement of expenses for subscription to journals and adequate journals being subscribed in library.<\/li><li>Conduct of occasional seminars to share the recent developments in technology, business, markets, etc.<\/li><li>Encouragement for conferences and seminars by the organization.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Training Programs: In-house Programs and Seminars<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Emphasis on in-house training program or online learning as source of learning.<\/li><li>Availability of good budget for promoting in-house training and other learning activities.<\/li><li>Availability of proper infrastructure and facilities for the same.<\/li><li>Seriousness among managers for the same.<\/li><li>Learning from training programs is followed by actions and is supported by top management.<\/li><li>Sharing of knowledge action plans with others by trainees.<\/li><li>Training impact in terms of efficiency improvement, productivity, cost-saving, etc.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Training Programs: Outside Programs<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Emphasis on outside training program as a source on learning.<\/li><li>Availability of good budget for promoting in-house training and other learning activities.<\/li><li>Availability of proper infrastructure and facilities for the same.<\/li><li>Seriousness among managers for the same.<\/li><li>Learning from training programs is followed by actions and is supported by top management.<\/li><li>Sharing of knowledge action plans with others by trainees.<\/li><li>Training impact in terms of efficiency improvement, productivity, cost-saving, etc.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Seniors and Mentors from Inside the Company and Outside<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Presence of formal mentoring program.<\/li><li>Seriousness among mentors for the same and they spend adequate time and resources.<\/li><li>Seniors learn from their seniors and mentors.<\/li><li>Well working of mentoring and coaching programs.<\/li><li>Acknowledgement by juniors about what they have learnt from the programs.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Mistakes and Failures as a Source of Learning<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Encouragement of mistakes and failures as a source of learning.<\/li><li>Presence of high degree of risk-taking.<\/li><li>Availability of implicit budget for failure.<\/li><li>When failures occur, managers sit together and try to analyze them and learn from them.<\/li><li>Lessons from such failures are documented and disseminated for future use.<\/li><li>Managers seem to learn a lot from mistakes and failures.<\/li><li>There are stories in the company about how failures and mistakes have been used as a source of learning and benefited the company.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Other Sources<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Use of this source is wide spread in the organization.<\/li><li>Almost all managers use it effectively.<\/li><li>This has resulted in tangible benefits to the company.<\/li><li>This has become the part of the culture of the organization.<\/li><li>Organization supports this through budgets, time and other ways.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Learning Attitude Assessment Methods<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Interviews<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Interviews of Line Managers: To Assess<\/li><li>Use of Performance Management System and its effectiveness.<\/li><li>Reading habits, encouragement by the company for reading, facilities provided by the company, etc.<\/li><li>Organizational policy on the internet.<\/li><li>Use of outsider visitors for learning.<\/li><li>Subscription to newspapers, professional journals and magazines and the types of news items read.<\/li><li>Nature of in-house training programs used and their usefulness.<\/li><li>Nature of outside training programs used and their usefulness.<\/li><li>Treatment of mistakes and its role in learning.<\/li><li>Interviews of Trainees: To ascertain effectiveness of training programs.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Observation<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Sample of meetings in action.<\/li><li>Library and other reading facilities, number of visitor, borrowing patterns, kinds of books borrowed.<\/li><li>Special meetings, seminars to learn from visitors.<\/li><li>Meeting opportunities such as committee rooms.<\/li><li>Journals in the room of line managers and library.<\/li><li>Seminars and training programs in action.<\/li><li>On-going mentoring and coaching.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Secondary Data<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Data available on use of Performance Management System (PMS) in the form of surveys, meetings, etc.<\/li><li>Organisational policies in respect of purchase of books, data from finance department on<\/li><li>expenditure on purchase of books.<\/li><li>Notice boards, file of circulars, and training center data on visitors.<\/li><li>Expenditure on professional journals.<\/li><li>Training and seminar records.<\/li><li>Circulars, case studies, and internal noting or communications on learning from mistakes.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Questionnaire<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Standard questionnaire can be used for line managers.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Line managers include various departmental heads in the organization. Their learning attitude not only adds to their personal development but also development of their subordinates and organization as a whole. Dimensions to evaluate are listed below. Performance of Planning and Review Discussions Use of Performance Management System for learning about oneself and one\u2019s potential. Adequate&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-109666","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v24.5 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Auditing Learning Attitude of Line Managers - Tutorial<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.vskills.in\/certification\/tutorial\/auditing-learning-attitude-of-line-managers\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Auditing Learning Attitude of Line Managers - Tutorial\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Line managers include various departmental heads in the organization. Their learning attitude not only adds to their personal development but also development of their subordinates and organization as a whole. Dimensions to evaluate are listed below. Performance of Planning and Review Discussions Use of Performance Management System for learning about oneself and one\u2019s potential. Adequate...\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.vskills.in\/certification\/tutorial\/auditing-learning-attitude-of-line-managers\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Tutorial\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/vskills.in\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2024-04-12T09:00:42+00:00\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"5 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.vskills.in\/certification\/tutorial\/auditing-learning-attitude-of-line-managers\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.vskills.in\/certification\/tutorial\/auditing-learning-attitude-of-line-managers\/\",\"name\":\"Auditing Learning Attitude of Line Managers - Tutorial\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.vskills.in\/certification\/tutorial\/#website\"},\"datePublished\":\"2021-02-22T09:46:16+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2024-04-12T09:00:42+00:00\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.vskills.in\/certification\/tutorial\/auditing-learning-attitude-of-line-managers\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.vskills.in\/certification\/tutorial\/auditing-learning-attitude-of-line-managers\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.vskills.in\/certification\/tutorial\/auditing-learning-attitude-of-line-managers\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/www.vskills.in\/certification\/tutorial\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Auditing Learning Attitude of Line Managers\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.vskills.in\/certification\/tutorial\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.vskills.in\/certification\/tutorial\/\",\"name\":\"Tutorial\",\"description\":\"Vskills - A initiative in elearning and certification\",\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.vskills.in\/certification\/tutorial\/#organization\"},\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/www.vskills.in\/certification\/tutorial\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Organization\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.vskills.in\/certification\/tutorial\/#organization\",\"name\":\"Vskills\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.vskills.in\/certification\/tutorial\/\",\"logo\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.vskills.in\/certification\/tutorial\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.vskills.in\/certification\/tutorial\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/vskills-min-logo.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/www.vskills.in\/certification\/tutorial\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/vskills-min-logo.jpg\",\"width\":73,\"height\":55,\"caption\":\"Vskills\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.vskills.in\/certification\/tutorial\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/\"},\"sameAs\":[\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/vskills.in\/\",\"https:\/\/x.com\/vskills_in\",\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/company-beta\/1371554\/\",\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/channel\/UCMWnscxPwRF_PqXo9B7q_Tw\"]}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Auditing Learning Attitude of Line Managers - Tutorial","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/www.vskills.in\/certification\/tutorial\/auditing-learning-attitude-of-line-managers\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Auditing Learning Attitude of Line Managers - Tutorial","og_description":"Line managers include various departmental heads in the organization. Their learning attitude not only adds to their personal development but also development of their subordinates and organization as a whole. Dimensions to evaluate are listed below. Performance of Planning and Review Discussions Use of Performance Management System for learning about oneself and one\u2019s potential. Adequate...","og_url":"https:\/\/www.vskills.in\/certification\/tutorial\/auditing-learning-attitude-of-line-managers\/","og_site_name":"Tutorial","article_publisher":"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/vskills.in\/","article_modified_time":"2024-04-12T09:00:42+00:00","twitter_misc":{"Est. reading time":"5 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/www.vskills.in\/certification\/tutorial\/auditing-learning-attitude-of-line-managers\/","url":"https:\/\/www.vskills.in\/certification\/tutorial\/auditing-learning-attitude-of-line-managers\/","name":"Auditing Learning Attitude of Line Managers - Tutorial","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.vskills.in\/certification\/tutorial\/#website"},"datePublished":"2021-02-22T09:46:16+00:00","dateModified":"2024-04-12T09:00:42+00:00","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.vskills.in\/certification\/tutorial\/auditing-learning-attitude-of-line-managers\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/www.vskills.in\/certification\/tutorial\/auditing-learning-attitude-of-line-managers\/"]}]},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/www.vskills.in\/certification\/tutorial\/auditing-learning-attitude-of-line-managers\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/www.vskills.in\/certification\/tutorial\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Auditing Learning Attitude of Line Managers"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/www.vskills.in\/certification\/tutorial\/#website","url":"https:\/\/www.vskills.in\/certification\/tutorial\/","name":"Tutorial","description":"Vskills - A initiative in elearning and certification","publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.vskills.in\/certification\/tutorial\/#organization"},"potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/www.vskills.in\/certification\/tutorial\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https:\/\/www.vskills.in\/certification\/tutorial\/#organization","name":"Vskills","url":"https:\/\/www.vskills.in\/certification\/tutorial\/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.vskills.in\/certification\/tutorial\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/www.vskills.in\/certification\/tutorial\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/vskills-min-logo.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/www.vskills.in\/certification\/tutorial\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/vskills-min-logo.jpg","width":73,"height":55,"caption":"Vskills"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.vskills.in\/certification\/tutorial\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/"},"sameAs":["https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/vskills.in\/","https:\/\/x.com\/vskills_in","https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/company-beta\/1371554\/","https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/channel\/UCMWnscxPwRF_PqXo9B7q_Tw"]}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vskills.in\/certification\/tutorial\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/109666","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vskills.in\/certification\/tutorial\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vskills.in\/certification\/tutorial\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vskills.in\/certification\/tutorial\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vskills.in\/certification\/tutorial\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=109666"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.vskills.in\/certification\/tutorial\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/109666\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":109668,"href":"https:\/\/www.vskills.in\/certification\/tutorial\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/109666\/revisions\/109668"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vskills.in\/certification\/tutorial\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=109666"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vskills.in\/certification\/tutorial\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=109666"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vskills.in\/certification\/tutorial\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=109666"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}