Organization Structure

Jan 21, 2014

I'm curious, where does the training (or learning) group fit in the organizational structure of your company? Do you fit into HR, Operations, Safety, something else?Are the training departments silo'd off into different areas or are is the training department it's own entity servicing the different areas of the company? Freelancers what is your impression of where training fits into organizational structures of the companies you deal with?

For myself the training department is part of Health, Safety, and Environment. In one of my previous jobs the training depart shifted around several times, from Health and Safety of a division, to a service for all operations and then back to HSE in a division again (while providing some services to other divisions). There was a separate HR led leadership training group and a call centre training group also.

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Mike Taylor

Hi Cary!  I've been in both types of training departments: Centralized and with operational business units. I don't think there is necessarily any one "right" answer and the best answer depends on your organization and  circumstances. In large enough organizations it's not uncommon to find both types of training teams. 

Personally I always liked being in the operational groups because that way you are usually much "closer to the action" or to the "front lines" and better able to get input and feedback directly from the people you are serving. What is your opinion? 

I'd love to hear what others here think about that question too. 

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