Ashford University – BUS 680 Training and Development – week 4 DBs plus assignment

Ashford 5: – Week 4 (Jan 28 – Feb 03)

Week Four Overview

Readings

1. Read the following chapters in Effective Training. This includes appendix 9.1 on pages 381-388.
   • Chapter Eight: Development and Implementation of Training
   • Chapter Nine: Evaluation of Training
   • Appendix 9-1: Evaluation: The Validity Issues

Discussions

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1. Tips for Trainers

   Conduct a search of the Internet to identify tips for trainers in dealing with difficult trainees. Compare the types you find with the types identified in the text. If different, compare those you found with those in the text and offer an explanation as to why you think they were not included. If types are similar, compare how the text and Internet site suggest handling these types, noting any differences and explaining which method you prefer. Respond to at least two of your classmates’ postings.

2. Review Questions

   Answer the following questions for review from the course text (p. 364):

   • Assume that you were the training manager in the Westcan case (Chapter 4, p.139). How would you suggest evaluating the training, assuming they were about to conduct it as suggested in the case? Be as specific as you can.
   • Of all the designs presented in Appendix 9-1, which one would you consider to be most effective while also being practical enough to convince an organization to adopt it? If your design involved representative sampling, how would you accomplish it?

   Respond to at least two of your classmates’ postings.

Assignments

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Jim’s Case Analysis

Read the Case Analysis at the end of chapter 8, on pages 322-323 (print text) and answer the case questions on page 323.