What Managers Need To Know About Harassment

What Managers Need To Know About Harassment
Format: Interactive CD-Rom
From: Aspina Learning Resources
Price: £199
Contact: www.aspina.com

Training buyers must think carefully about learning styles and cultures in their organisations before distributing this resource.

I have no reservations about the quality of the information, which takes a sensible and measured approach to dealing with a complex issue. But I prefer dramatisation to promote understanding of a subject like this because it helps managers to assess the impact of such behaviour and so engage with the material.

For example, the CD-Rom features a difficult case study of a young female worker complaining about an established middle aged man.

We are led through all the options facing the manager charged with sorting out this mess, but I really longed to get into the story, watch the emotions involved and have key learning points flashed up on the screen in front of me. Instead a very calm, Des Lynam-sound-alike explains all the available routes.

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However, the other interactive elements win full marks. The quizzes and games at the end highlight learning points.

With careful management and reinforcement activities, this could be a useful resource.

Relevance? 4 out of 5
Interactivity? 4 out of 5
Value for money? 4  out of 5