Workplace Training and Skills Development - BMEGT52S158

The aim of the course is to provide a comprehensive overview of the socio-economic significance of workplace training and skills development, as well as “lifelong learning,” and to present both international and domestic practices in labor market and corporate training. The main objective of the course is for participants to gain insight into the organizational context of designing and managing corporate training systems, leadership development models and methods, and to develop a deeper understanding of the conditions and possibilities for creating and applying a “digital teaching and learning environment.”

1. Is familiar with the strategic issues involved in developing a corporate training system.
2. Understands how the training system is connected to other areas of human resource management.
3. Is familiar with the types of training and the forms of training and skills development.
4. Is familiar with leadership development models, methods, and challenges.
5. Is familiar with possible methods for measuring training effectiveness.
6. Is familiar with the possibilities of applying e-learning and artificial intelligence in corporate training.

1. Is able to develop a company’s training strategy.
2. Is able to assess and identify training needs.
3. Is able to design training programs, develop training topics, select appropriate training methods, and deliver training programs.
4. Is able to design leadership development programs.
5. Is able to develop methodologies and tools for measuring training effectiveness.

1. Open to the latest, trendy knowledge on job and competency analysis.
2. Willingly collaborates with counterparts from other professions on specific issues.
3. Proactively engages and contributes to issues affecting his/her work.
4. Is able to listen to and accept the views and opinions of others.
5. Has a desire for continuous self-development.

1. Ability to independently assess and make decisions on issues affecting his/her professional activities.
2. Ability to plan and develop work and competence analyses independently and to summarise and apply the results of the analyses in a form appropriate to the purpose.
3. Assumes responsibility for the tasks and programmes planned and/or managed by the candidate.
4. Represent his/her profession responsibly and ethically.

Lecture, interactive class exercises, group work, practical exercises.

• Kötelező irodalom - Compulsory literature
• Órai anyagok - Class materials
• Ajánlott irodalom - Recommended Reading
• Bakacsi, Gy., Bokor, A., Császár, Cs., Gelei, A., Kováts, K., Takács, S. (2006): Stratégiai emberi erőforrás menedzsment, Akadémia Kiadó, Budapest.
• Bokor A., Szőts-Kováts K., Csillag S. (2014). Emberi erőforrás menedzsment. Budapest: Nemzedékek Tudása Tankönyvkiadó Zrt.
• Davenport, T. O. (2015). How HR plays its role in leadership development. Strategic HR Review.
• Elbert, N. F., Karoliny M.-né, Farkas F., Poór J. (2000). Személyzeti/emberi erőforrás menedzsment kézikönyv. Budapest: KJK-KERSZÖV Jogi és Üzleti Kiadó Kft.
• Ford, J. K. (2020). Learning in Organizations: An Evidence-Based Approach. Routledge.
• Kraiger, K., & Ford, J. K. (2020). The Science of Workplace Instruction: Learning and Development Applied to Work. Annual Review of Organizational Psychology and Organizational Behavior, 8, 45–72. https://doi.org/10.1146/annurev-orgpsych-012420-060109
• Nemeskéri Gy., Pataki Cs. (2007). A HR gyakorlata. Budapest: Ergofit Kft.
• Noe, R. A., Clarke, A. D., & Klein, H. J. (2014). Learning in the twenty-first-century workplace. Annual Review of Organizati-onal Psychology and Organizational Behavior, 1, 245-275. https://doi.org/10.1146/annurev-orgpsych-031413-091321
• Pernick, R. (2001). Creating a leadership development program: Nine essential tasks. Public Personnel Management, 30(4), 429-444.

The assessment of the learning outcomes described in section 2.2 is based on the preparation of an individual ho-mework assignment, its presentation, and the answering of questions related to the topic.

Preparation and presentation of a term paper.

• Preparing homework and presenting it.: 100

A gyakorlati alkalmakon való részvétel.

The student may substitute an individual homework.

Consulted with the Faculty Student Representative Committee, approved by the Vice Dean for Education, valid from: 04.05.2026.

To achieve the learning outcomes outlined in Section 2.2, the course consists of the following thematic blocks. In the syllabi for the courses offered each semester, these topics are scheduled according to the academic calendar and other circumstances.