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Description

Training Management: Mastering the Framework, Building the Plan and Securing the Budget

Three days to acquire the practical and governance foundations of corporate training management

  • 3 days — 21 h
  • In-person or virtual
  • Foundation
  • Up to 6 participants

Training management is often added to an existing role. The questions arrive without warning. Which route applies to this employee. What can be funded. What to tell a manager who has already promised a course. Which documents must be kept. Answers are improvised case by case and approval deadlines are sometimes missed.

These 21 hours provide the foundations you need. You position the stakeholders and the available routes. You distinguish what the employer must provide from what it chooses to provide. You build a skills development plan and its budget. You identify approval circuits and the supporting documents expected. You leave with clear reference points to handle routine requests on your own.

Learning objectives

  • Position the stakeholders involved in corporate training and their respective roles
  • Distinguish the employer's obligations from the initiatives it chooses to undertake
  • Build a skills development plan and its associated budget
  • Identify the appropriate route for an individual training request
  • Assemble a complete funding and approval file within the expected deadlines

What makes this programme different

A decision tree for directing an individual request to the right route
Real manager questions addressed in session with the answer to give
A plan and budget template completed using your own company data

Programme

1Positioning the framework

Stakeholders, obligations and funding

  • Stakeholders in corporate training and the role of each
  • Employer obligations towards employees, including mandatory and role-critical training
  • Training budgets, cost centres and internal approval circuits
  • What qualifies as a training activity and the conditions to be met

2Gathering needs

Requests, reviews and screening

  • Sources of training needs across the organisation
  • Using performance and development reviews as an input
  • Discussion with the line manager to clarify a request
  • Screening requests that call for training from those that do not

3Building the plan and the budget

Trade-offs, costing and approval

  • Consolidating requests and structuring the plan
  • Costing an activity beyond the course fee, including travel, venue and time away from work
  • Making trade-offs between priorities and the available budget envelope in AED
  • Presenting the plan for approval by management

4Directing individual requests

Routes, conditions and responses

  • Main routes of access to training for an employee, from employer-funded to co-invested and self-funded
  • Conditions and steps specific to each route
  • Responding to a request that falls outside the approved plan
  • Training during and outside working hours

5Delivering and monitoring

Providers, records and evaluation

  • Selecting a provider and the points to verify before committing
  • Records to assemble and retain
  • Monitoring delivery and handling absences
  • End-of-course evaluation and use of participant feedback
  • Year-end review of the training plan

Who is it for

Training assistants and coordinators · HR assistants and generalist officers who take on the training remit.

Prerequisites

No prerequisites

Dates & locations

36 scheduled dates between November 2026 and December 2027. Seats are confirmed in the order enquiries are received.

November 2026

December 2026

January 2027

February 2027

March 2027

April 2027

May 2027

June 2027

September 2027

October 2027

November 2027

December 2027

None of these dates suit you? We open additional sessions on request, and any programme can be run privately for your team.

Practical details

Before the programme
Online positioning questionnaire. Your development objectives are shared with the trainer, who tailors the practical case studies to your context.
Teaching methods
Theoretical input, workshops and practical case studies. Digital course materials and method sheets provided.
Assessment
Multiple-choice tests and role-play exercises. Assessment of learning at the start and end of the programme, with immediate and 60-day follow-up evaluations.
After the programme
One year of access to the e-learning platform. Self-assessment of the skills acquired and a 30-day follow-up session with your trainer.
How to register
Registration online or on the basis of a quotation.
Lead time
11 working days after confirmation of registration.
Accessibility
Accessible to people of determination. Contact our accessibility coordinator to design a suitable solution: contact@mpf-academy.ae
Start dates
Rolling intake: in addition to the scheduled sessions, this programme can start on request.