Designing a Training Program

Assignment 2: Designing a Training Program

Due Week 8 and worth 300 points.

Create a written proposal in which you detail the complete design of an employee training program.

Write a 6–8 page paper in which you:

1. Design a two-day training program for a group of 20 employees.
2. Identify 2–3 training needs though a training needs analysis (TNA) and justify an approach for this training.
3. Develop the training objective for this program based on an analysis of the business.
4. Determine the training cost for the training program you are proposing. Include a detailed breakdown of time allotted for each piece, the subsequent cost analysis, and the total cost for the project as a whole.
5. Select key training methods to deliver the program to employees, such as an e-learning module or a one-day face-to-face training program.
6. Create an agenda of activities for the training program.
7. Go to Basic Search: Strayer University Online Library to find at least five quality academic resources in this assignment. Note: Wikipedia and similar websites do not qualify as academic resources.

Format your assignment according to the following formatting requirements:

• This course requires use of new Strayer Writing Standards (SWS). The format is different than other Strayer University courses. Please take a moment to review the SWS documentation for details.
• Typed, double-spaced, using Times New Roman font, 12 points, with one-inch margins on all sides.
• Include a cover page containing the title of the assignment, the student’s name, the professor’s name, the course title, and the date. The cover page is not included in the required page length.
• Include a reference page. Citations and references must follow SWS format. The reference page is not included in the required page length.
   

 You will only post once in a minimum of 350 words to address the questions posed. 

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Total Rewards Knowledge 8: Culture and Total Rewards

Visit the following website: http://www.wolfmotivation.com/programs/creating-a-culture-of-recognition-total-rewards-recognition-initiative and review the information. After understanding the information, make your case (be specific and relevant) why organizational culture must be considered when developing a winning total rewards system aimed at talent success.

Question 1: “Global versus National Talent Management and the Talent Management Process”  Please respond to the following:

• Differentiate between talent management for global versus national efforts and how your organization would address the creation of a global effort if one is not already in existence.
• Go to the Chief Learning Officer’s Website to read the article titled “Learning a Key Piece in Talent Management Process”, and then access “Diving into Learning and Talent Management”. Next, using Google as a company needing a global taxonomy, competencies identified, and certification requirements, develop a rationale for a global taxonomy and certification for three key positions for which Google would likely need to develop talent. Explain why this type of talent development would be necessary and beneficial to Google.

Question 2: E-Learning

1. Does your organization use e-Learning? What training methods does your organization use? Are your organization’s training methods effective? What are the advantages and disadvantages of your organization’s training and development methods? What online training and development systems/methods would you recommend? Explain.

You have been engaged as an Organizational Development (OD) consultant by an organization with which you have deep familiarity that has endeavored to implement a system of organizational change and has failed. For the purposes of the assignment, the organization should be one that you know well, such as your employer, former employer, or a client. For the sake of confidentiality, you may disguise the actual identity of the organization. The chief executive officer (CEO) of the organization has asked for your help to determine what went wrong with the failed change attempt and to develop an action plan for re-engaging the organization with change efforts that are based upon systems thinking and decision making.

Stages for Developing the Organizational Change Action Plan

Start with a thorough analysis of the current situation, an analysis of the factors requiring the organization to adopt change, and an analysis of the failed change effort. Ground your analysis in a comprehensive review of the literature that is pertinent to the organizational environment as well as for academic and practitioner support for the new action plan that you will develop.

The action plan that you will develop must be developed using a system thinking and decision-making approach, and it should consist of the following stages:

• Guiding the organization to develop new cognitive capacities
• Guiding the organization to develop new action rules
• Guiding the organization to develop new values and assumptions
• Guiding  the organization to implement the organizational change initiative 

Organizational Change Action Plan (Completed in Week 10)

• Part 1:      Background of the Organizational and its Current Situation (Completed Part      1 due in Week 2) 
  • Introduction  (Week 1)
  • Overview of the organization (Week 1)
  • Overview of the organization’s industry, environment, and competition (Week 1)
  • Background  of the change initiative (Week 1)
  • Review of  the failed change effort (Week 2)
  • Potential consequences if effective change is not adopted (Week 2) 

Emotions, mood, and organizational culture can create a positive or negative experience for employees. They can also cause problems for leaders. 

1. Imagine a leader arriving at work each day with a very emotional or moody disposition. How would you handle someone who has an uneven personality and brings a negative air and context to the workplace and organization? How might this impact organizational effectiveness? Support your answer with research. 
2. Practical Application: Describe your experiences with someone who is moody and who has responsibilities of decision making for an organization. What impact does this have on his or her directives for the organization? If you have no such experiences, try interviewing a friend or family member about their experiences. Alternately, you may research an organization or leader. If you choose this option, you must support your findings with credible reports or articles. 

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REFERENCES

Your written paper assignment should be submitted this week.

For the paper, your assignment is to write a 3- to 5-page paper, double-spaced and with 12-point font (approximately 1,500 words), describing the status of your needs assessments efforts for your Individual Course Project. The paper should incorporate concepts discussed in the text, articles, case studies, and discussions, and it should describe the methods and processes being utilized to gather the information. The paper should include information regarding the three levels of analysis (individual, task, organization) and should also discuss any difficulties experienced in getting the data. You should also discuss your initial insights regarding the data and your thoughts about a training intervention that could be pursued as a result of these data.

This is part of your Individual Course Project, which is due in Week 7.

The global pandemic we are facing today is prompting a rise in union organizing. Take a look at this article and video and then do a bit of research: https://www.usatoday.com/story/money/2020/04/28/coronavirus-labor-movement-we-cant-go-back-way-things-were/3042780001/.

Tell us why employees are turning to unions more today and how union representation might help them. Then tell us – if you were an HR leader in an organization that was facing an organizing campaign today fueled by some of these concerns, what changes would you recommend that your employer make to help protect and support employees and why.

Support your answers with articles from legitimate sources (no think tanks, please).