ASSIGNMENT
You may know McCormick & Company from its flavorings and spices that enhance the taste of appetizers, main dishes, and desserts. You should also know that training and development play a strategic role at McCormick & Company. Learning is driven by the company strategy. The company’s main strategies include growing sales, fostering innovation, managing the cost base, and planning for succession.
To ensure that training and development are strategic, the director of learning and development has positioned the training department as a team of performance consultants who serve the needs of the business. Also, McCormick & Company has emphasized teaching at all levels of the organization, with the goal of making the company more agile and able to adapt to change and cope with the loss of expertise due to the retirement of baby boomers. Teachers include trainers and all employees with supervisory responsibility, regardless of their level.
McCormick & Company’s board of directors will provide additional funding for training and development initiatives if a business case is made for additional financial resources.
