This course integrates different aspects of human capital, social capital, intellectual capital and human resources systems in order to determine how to develop long term organizational capability capable of supporting both adaptability and innovation. The importance of organizational alignment and fit in order to enable the systems to be adaptable will be discussed. The subject includes learning theory, training needs analysis; training design, assessment and evaluation; the role of the manager as coach and the outsourcing of training provision to external providers. In addition, it explores approaches to management development and succession planning and techniques for measuring return on training investment. The integrated nature of all aspects of people based interventions will be assessed and the need for all implementation plans to be developed in a holistic way.