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learning bytes for business

learning bytes for business is a different approach to providing access to learning. It is designed for managers who are employed in small and medium sized enterprises (SMEs).  

Tutor Workbooks

learning bytes for business are clusters of online courses that can be completed at times and places that meet the learner's needs. The clusters have been created from courses which appear in learndirect scotland's learning catalogue.  We have developed a series of sector specific Tutor Workbooks for your use.

Construction Sector

Financial Sector

Food and Drink Sector

Tourism Sector

Tutor Notes

These notes have been created to assist you to deliver learning bytes for business programmes to SME owners and managers, and provide suggested illustrations and examples of how learning centres might deliver this.  However, you can also create your own programme, in which case the notes below provide guidance for structure and content.

Tutor Notes

Other Workbook titles available are:

1. How do you decide what development you and your people need?

2. How do you plan and deliver the development your people and business need?

3. How do your measure the benefits of training and development?

4. How do you manage performance?

5. How do you create and recognise competence and capability in your business?

The books take the client through a series of steps, from developing their training to measuring its benefits.

Training Needs

Once you have helped your client identify their training needs through the workbooks, then you can provide the appropriate fulfilment. If there are training needs that your centre cannot fulfil, then we can source suitable courses from over 100,000 opportunities listed on our national learning opportunities database.

All the workbooks contain activities for your client to complete with the minimum of guidance and support.

These workbooks are FREE for you to use and distribute – you can download them from this site, or you can contact your LDO for details of how to order copies.