Human resource development. Andragogy in present day organisations

Résumé ou Introduction

The level of technological advancements and global growth experienced by organisations in recent years have come along with challenges that organisations have to face if they must be successful and survive in the world‘s most dynamic and turbulent business environment. To be able to cope in such an environment, organisations are looking forward to upgrade the skills, knowledge, experiences and competences of their employees through learning and development to complement the changes that are constantly being introduced into the organisation as result of external forces from the outside and business world.

Learning instituted by change is a very crucial issue nowadays as far as organisational success is concerned. It is so central to organisational success and performance that no organisation can choose whether to educate or develop its employees. An organisation’s human resources are its most dynamic assets as a result; staff learning and development should be the first priority in every organisation as no organisation can do without it.

Managing and accommodating change whenever it occurs is a skill that can not be ignored as change does not occur in isolation; it is always accompanied by more or new responsibilities. Thus, for employees to be effective in handling their new responsibilities brought about by change, it is very vital for those employees to be educated in a way that would suit their objectives, needs, interests and levels.

This paper analyses a brief case study of a learning and development intervention of justices’ clerks and demonstrates critically how the theory of Andragogy, Adult learning, was applicable during the programme and how it accounts for the success recorded at the end of the learning and development intervention.