One of the biggest issues facing human resources professionals today, is the need to train and develop the organization’s employees. The development of a skilled and educated workforce is seen as an ongoing priority that is being woven into many organization’s strategic plans.One of the biggest issues facing human resources professionals today, is the need to train and develop the
organization’s employees. The development of a skilled and educated workforce is seen as an ongoing priority that is being woven into many organization’s strategic plans.

Continuing education should aim at keeping people professionally alive, growing and productive. It is an answer to those who believe they have reached their professional limits. Continuing education itself is
difficult to define since it seems to mean all things to all people. However, the basic definition of
continuing education is the provision of further education and training to allow the employees, at
whatever level, to develop to their full potential so that their competencies and professionalism reaches the maximum value in their industry.

It has been noted that the continuing education is changing from traditional lectures and meetings
concerning particular problems to more organized courses, training and workshops in response to the
increasing customers demand and the rapid technological development. All of these factors have fueled the need for the continuing education to the extent that it’s becoming an annual obligation in many
professions, particularly in the medical field to maintain and improve patient safety, which is a
global priority.

Many experts have come to believe that learning and competitiveness are now interdependent in this information age whereas organizations are facing more challenges with fewer people, and those people must learn how to work harder, smarter, faster, and better. Therefore, there must be a thread of further education in the human resources structure.

As the need for learning is growing and the financial resources are disseminated this has led to an
increasing focus on demonstrable results as well as Return On Investment (ROI). As a result many
organizations started to focus more heavily on the evaluation of the training programs to enhance the training effectiveness and deliver positive tangible outcomes to the working environment.
 
Health Advance Institute provides education and training in a way that is innovative, responsive and
holistic through customized solutions to meet our clients’ specific challenges, no matter how complex. We believe that the ongoing involvement of our experienced consultants on every assignment is the key to ensuring that our clients’ needs are met.  We assure our client our ability to effectively evaluate
employees’ performance within the context of continuing education and measuring how much has been learned in the training program. A final exam, a case study, role-playing or group discussions at the end of a training program is an example of our learning measures. We believe strongly that “What gets
measured gets done”.

Most importantly to build an effective learning environment there must be a collaborative effort between
senior management, as they determine the organization’s future direction and strategic objectives and the HR and training departments, as they determine learning needs, training topics and learning objectives to achieve service excellence.

In this catalogue we have put programs together to assist individuals to be the driver of the step of change that’s happening. We are now able to offer a more flexible and richer learning experience for
our clients.

Our catalogue is also electronically available. For more information you can visit our website at
www.hai.co.za We look forward to hearing from you, whether you wish to discuss your needs, in need of a quotation or just to answer questions.

With kind regards,

Health Advance Institute