Whether its the first time you’re switching to eLearning for your organizational training purposes, or simply deploying training for the first time, a learning management system (LMS) is a must.
That’s why 40% of Fortune 500 companies have already employed an LMS to keep their training infrastructure competitive. By next year, a staggering 98% of small businesses are expected to start using an LMS to fulfill their training requirements.
If your business is among those that are considering using an LMS, it is imperative to choose the right one.
The Case Of Pre-Loaded LMS in HRIS
While many HRIS tools come preloaded with an LMS, using them might not always be the best idea because:
- Training is a specialized task that can vary dramatically among industries. Pre-loaded HRIS LMS is not necessarily created with specific industries in mind.
- The LMS integrated in your HRIS is an added component to a system that focuses on a different core competency. This means that the pre-existing LMS that lives in your HRIS may offer limited features and utility.
In other words, for your training initiatives to be effective, and ultimately return a positive ROI, your LMS needs to be customized to accommodate the unique training needs of your industry or competencies.
Managing training initiatives and the data associated with it, along with existing employee data and other HR tasks such as payroll, can prove to be overwhelming. Add to that the need for constant switching between the HR Information System (HRIS) and the LMS and you have a potential administrative nightmare on your hands.
For this reason, it is important to ensure that the LMS you choose is not a boxed product and can be integrated with your existing HRIS .
A few of the benefits of a successful integration of LMS platforms and HRIS are:
Improved usability of data
From eliminating the need for entering and maintaining data on two platforms to reducing the margin of human error and ensuring better data integrity, and integration can make life easier for your HR department.
Moreover, a successful integration will allow you to create custom reports that connect the dots between the data generated on the two platforms. This will open up fresh avenues to introduce innovation to your training in order to better align it with the most pressing needs of your business.
Helps you identify the cream of the crop
While most LMS offer assessment and training tracking abilities, these reports provide you with a limited perspective of how an employee’s training is improving their skills.
However, when these reports are combined with the employee’s work performance reports, you get a holistic view of how your training endeavors are contributing to their growth.
This information can then be used to identify top talent that can be introduced to management (or advanced) training to develop them into leaders at your organization.
Enables personalization of training
It’s no secret that personalization improves the effectiveness of training. With training data, combined with employee data, you can precisely identify the area where individuals and teams need more focussed training.
Then, with the help of your LMS, you can easily deploy different modules, courses, and levels of training to different employees that are categorized on the basis of their daily and training performance.
Conclusion
User-friendliness and price are the two most considered features among businesses evaluating learning management systems.
While these are extremely important features, the utility associated with the integration capabilities of an LMS cannot be overlooked and should be among your top priorities while choosing an LMS.
Author: Suzanne Elly
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