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DeVry HRM 420 Week 1 ADDIE and Core Competencies

DeVry HRM 420 Week 1 Discussion

WEEK 1: INTRODUCTIONS

Please introduce yourself to the class. Tell us your major, a bit about your family, your interests, and whatever else you want to share!

DeVry HRM 420 Week 1 Assignment

WEEK 1: TEAM CASE ANALYSIS AND PRESENTATION

In this week’s case for analysis:

Start by exploring some websites or online annual reports for some Fortune 500 companies. Pay particular attention to the mission statements of the companies as well as what information you can gather from the website or annual report about training and development at the company.

Find an example of two of the following items:

• A company that describes a training and development policy that supports the mission statement.
• A company that describes a training and development policy that seems to neither support nor be in conflict with the mission statement.
• A company that describes a training and development policy that conflicts with the mission statement.

Part 1: As a team, write ONE 3-4 page paper (not counting the cover page and reference page) that describes your findings from above and addresses the following questions:

• What are the likely results of a training and development policy that supports the company mission?  Particularize this answer to the company you chose as an example. Choose from one of the companies from the examples above.
• What are the likely results of a training and development policy that does not support, or even conflicts with, the company mission?  Particularize this answer to the company you chose as an example.Choose from one of the companies from the examples above.

• Include 3 scholarly sources, not counting the textbook, and use APA format.
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Part 2: Create a 2-4 slide PowerPoint presentation with a five to seven minute narration that presents the material from the paper.

DeVry HRM 420 Week 2 ADDIE and Needs Assessment Latest

DeVry HRM 420 Week 2 Discussion

WEEK 2: DISCUSSION QUESTION

Give an example of training you were required to do at work that seemed pointless and irrelevant to your job. Do you think the training wasted resources for your company? Was it based on a faulty or lacking needs assessment? What would you (as the training professional) have done differently?

Submit in each discussion: ONE initial post addressing the topic/question by Wednesday at 11:59 PM EST and post TWO response posts to the Weekly Discussion by Sunday at 11:59 PM EST

DeVry HRM 420 Week 2 Assignments

WEEK 2: TEAM CASE ANALYSIS AND PRESENTATION

This week’s Case for Analysis:

• The weekly reading describes the creation and use of competency modelsfor two (2)
• Select two volunteersfrom the group to interview about their current jobs.
• The Group should gather data from the interviews to develop competency models for the these two positions.

Each group should do the following:

• Part 1: Create a 1 to 2 page analysis of the competencies for each position.  Submit as a Word document (This should be in APA format, using a cover page and reference page)
• Part 2: Create a 2-4 slide NarratedPowerPoint presentation that presents the material from the paper. This will be submitted with Part 1. 

WEEK 2: COURSE PROJECT NEEDS ASSESSMENT

Needs Assessment

• Needs Assessment is an important part of Training and Development.
• Review the course readings for this week, and create a Gap Analysis/SWOT and Needs Assessment for Summit Credit Union (page 147 in your text).
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To do this, create a 3-4 page paper (not including cover page and reference page), following APA 6th guidelines, with the following headings:

• Company Information
• Gap Analysis/SWOT
• Needs Assessment
• Conclusion
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1. Company information:Brief introduction. Provide company information, background, and recent stock value trending in this section. (i.e. in the past year, has the stock gone up or down? Have there been recent significant changes in their industry? Basic orienting information goes here. (5 points.)

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• Gap analysis/SWOT: What possible gaps do you see in the company (think strengths, opportunities, weaknesses, and threats) which haven’t already been addressed? Perhaps these have to do with new regulations forthcoming in the industry which may need addressing? Perhaps the company has just acquired a new company and is branching out into new territory? Discuss two or three of those gaps, with are employee related, and which could lend themselves to potential training needs. Explain why these gaps would be best filled with training, and not some other method. (25 points.)
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• Needs Assessment: What two methods of needs assessment would you utilize at this company, if you were hired to do a TNA (training needs assessment) on the gaps you have identified in the Gap Analysis? Using Chapter 3 of your textbook (Noe, 2013) and the Brown (2002) article, explain what methods you might use, and support your idea from the text and article, or some other research item you discover as a reference. (Cite your sources.) If you plan to use interviews, explain who you would interview and provide at least five sample questions. If you plan to use a questionnaire, explain who you would send it to and provide at least five sample questions. You can include the samples in an appendix to the document. If you plan to use company information, explain what information you will use (i.e. HR data, lawsuit information, new regulations, etc.) Give details about how this information will impact your needs assessment. (25 points.)
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• Conclusion: Suggest training which you would recommend be done based on the assessment you have done so far. Explain any limitations to your assessment you feel may need to be revised based on feedback from your assessment methods (which you obviously don’t have.) (10 points.)
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DeVry HRM 420 Week 3 ADDIE and SMART Learning Goals and Objectives

DeVry HRM 420 Week 3 Discussion

WEEK 3: DISCUSSION QUESTION

It is established that training goals and objectives are necessary for training design and to ensure appropriate learner outcomes. But how can we determine what our learner outcome(s) should be? And how does this translate into a solid training goal and objectives? Share with the class an experience that you have had with measuring learner outcomes. Explain what the training objectives were, how they were measured, and specifically what the result was.

Submit in each discussion: ONE initial post addressing the topic/question by Wednesday at 11:59 PM EST and post TWO response posts to the Weekly Discussion by Sunday at 11:59 PM EST

DeVry HRM 420 Week 3 Assignment

WEEK 3: HOMEWORK/COURSE PROJECT

Training Objectives and SMART Goals Paper

THIS IS AN INDIVIDUAL ASSIGNMENT

Building on your assignment from last week, where you used a Gap Analysis/SWOT to conduct a Needs Assessment (for Summit Credit Union – page 147 of your text) , identify ONE (1) specific training need from that assessment AND ONE (1) group or department of employees who need the training.

Create three (3) specific training objectives for that training, and analyze those objectives by creating SMART training goals. Your paper should include the following sections.

• Introduction:Post an introduction that explains the company background (brief), the training need established from last week’s needs assessment, and the group of employees who need the training. (5 points)
• Learning Style:Based on your readings from this week, identify the specific learning styles that will apply to that particular group of employees. (15 points)
• Training Objectives: Create three (3) specific training objectivesfor your training. Ensure those are broken down in the three parts(outcome, criterion, and condition) as identified in our course lecture this week, and in your textbook (outcome, criterion, and condition). (25 points)
• Analysis: Analyze your training objectives using SMART training goals. (Review the Course Lesson for examples). Provide your analysis of your objectives, your brainstorming of the connections to future pieces of training (where applicable), and create your training goals. Again, show your work. (25 points)

Your paper should be 4-5 pages, not including references or a title page. Use APA formatting. Include at least 3 scholarly sources (5 points).

DeVry HRM 420 Week 4 ADDIE, Employee Development, Training Budgets, ROI, and Vendor Training Services

DeVry HRM 420 Week 4 Discussion

WEEK 4: DISCUSSION QUESTION

It is assumed that our jobs as training professionals are to train people. But this entails far more than just developing or leading training sessions. We also have to consider the costs of training.

What factors are used in developing ROI (return on investment) for training programs? What questions might we expect to have to answer from upper management concerning the costs of training?   Share with the class, your experience with training ROI.

Submit in each discussion: ONE initial post addressing the topic/question by Wednesday at 11:59 PM EST and post TWO response posts to the Weekly Discussion by Sunday at 11:59 PM EST

DeVry HRM 420 Week 4 Assignment

WEEK 4: TEAM CASE ANALYSIS AND PRESENTATION

Each group should do the following:

• Analyze the case: Development is Served 24/7 in the InterContinental Hotel Group’s Leader Lounge,which is found on pages 415-416 of the text.
• Create a two to three pagepaper (not including cover page and reference page) answering questions 1-3 on page 417 submit in APA format a Word document. Do not include the questions in the paper, instead use headings.

Suggested Headings:

Introduction

Advantages and Disadvantages

Recommended Developmental Activities

Evaluation and Metrics

Conclusion

• Create a 2-4 slide PowerPoint presentation with a five to seven minute narration that presents the material from the paper.
• This week’s case for analysis is Learning in Practice: Development is Served 24/7 in the InterContinental Hotel Group’s Leader Lounge,which is found on pages 415-416 of the text.

WEEK 4: HOMEWORK

Week 4: Homework Overview

You will submit 2 items for this assignment.  Part 1 is a personal IDP and Part 2 is an APA format paper (cover page and reference page inclueded) that answers the following:

Homework Part 1
Download the (IDP) individual development plan template from the Files section and begin preparing to fill it out. This will be used in the discussion threads this week, as well as a final weekly deliverable. Your IDP should include 3-5 SMART Goals for your development in your current job. Be specific on the desired outcomes. (Homework Part 1, 50 points). There is a sample in the Announcements.

Homework Part 2
Answer the following four problems and submit all questions in a Word document. Include an APA formatted cover page, headers, and any references you use to answer the problems on the last page.

1. Training return on investment (ROI)is a calculation of economic return on a project. Refer to the lesson for the formula. Review this problem. Your answers to this question can include a table to answer the calculations. Please show your work.

An organization lost 125 employees last year, at a cost of $5,000.00 each. (Value is derived from cost to rehire and fill opening, as well as lost investment in the employee.) You suggest that a one-time investment in a training program (costing $250,000 up front) will reduce turnover by 50%.

Calculate the following numbers using historical figures as your assumptions.

1. Total savings that the program stands to create
2. Net savings the first year in place
3. Return on investment after one year
4. Return on investment after two years
5. Return on investment after six months (assume half of the employees/but all of the cost) (5 points)
6. Cost-benefit analysispresents data as a ratio to determine financial impact on company profitability. The formula is: cost-benefit ratio = value of projected benefits divided by cost.

We have estimated that a training program on sexual harassment will cost $14,000 and result in a savings of $70,000 (the cost of the two settlements we paid last year).

1. What is the cost-benefit ratio of this training? (2.5 points)
2. What is the return on investment after one year? (2.5 points)
3. Do you agree that we can use the amount of our settlements from the prior year as our savings figure? Why or why not? (5 points) (10 points total)
4. Break-even analysis.This is the point in which revenue (or savings) from the program equals the cost of the program-the time the company has “broken even” on the cost of the training.

Formula = Break-even point = cost/savings * time

*time is the period of time in which the return is being calculated−if annually, then 12 months.
A program has an annual cost of $70,000 and is expected to generate in return a savings of $80,000.

1. When would the break-even point occur, given steady savings and costs? (5 points)

1. Why is it important for trainers to be able to estimate the ROI, cost-benefit analysis, and break-even analysis?Give three reasons why calculating this information will assist the training endeavors.(5 points)

DeVry HRM 420 Week 5 ADDIE and Training Methods Latest

DeVry HRM 420 Week 5 Discussion

WEEK 5: DISCUSSION QUESTION

Reflect on the methods of training you have received—both traditional and technology-based. Which method(s) worked well for you, and which method(s) did not work well for you? Explain your choices. Research innovative training methods and share them with the class.

Submit in each discussion: ONE initial post addressing the topic/question by Wednesday at 11:59 PM EST and post TWO response posts to the Weekly Discussion by Sunday at 11:59 PM EST

DeVry HRM 420 Week 5 Assignment

WEEK 5: HOMEWORK

Proposal for Training

You will choose two simulations or trainings to watch on the Homework page. You will submit a three- to four-page APA paper about them. (not including cover page/title page and reference page).

Your paper will analyze two (2) of the training videos (see them on the WEEK 5 HOMEWORK OVERVIEW page).

Please use APA format and headings to organize the report.

Suggested Headings:

Executive Summary

Training VIdeo______ Analysis

Training Video______Analysis

Additional Training Proposal

Conclusion

Your boss wants to know if you think these training modules will work for some upcoming training. The training will be for 25 people in your organization, at a cost of $150 per seat, for access for 2 weeks. You will be reporting to your boss as to whether you think your organization should purchase these trainings to use.

You will provide a one-page analysis (each) for each of the training videos (choose two); and then on your final one to two pages, you will discuss the business case for using these modules (or not using them). This might include the cost-effectiveness of providing these modules as training to your organization, the benefits of using these modules for training, or any downsides and alternatives you recommend to the use of these modules. Based on your best estimate, determine whether you feel the value of the training will be recouped by the organization through a benefit (savings) or whether it will be borne by the organization as a necessary expense. Feel free to supplement your analysis with your own assumed facts. (Be as creative as you want to be.)

Title Page and Executive Summary

On the front page of the report, use a title page. On the next page, create a brief executive summary (four to five sentences, tops) that provides to your supervisor the topic of your proposal with your final recommendation. Assume that your supervisor may want to use that document to send up the chain as a training recommendation, so include any specific numbers you feel are important in that document. (Note that APA sixth edition does not provide for executive summaries; instead, it discusses abstracts. APA sixth edition is for scholarly publications and not business writing. Because this is a report to your supervisor, title it as an executive summary to get practice in business writing method.)

Training Video _____Analysis

Explain the background of one of the training videos, the content, the learning objectives that it would meet, the time frame it will take, and the style of learners it will appeal to.

Provide a brief analysis as to the quality of the training tutorial and whether it seems worth $150 per seat, and provide at least one alternative training method that could be done (and at approximately what cost). Use at least one alternative method of training discussed in Chapter 7. Finally discuss the cost of live-styled traditional training—hiring an expert in the field of the tutorial’s topic—or whether you feel you have in-house experts who could do this training just as well. These alternatives can be summarized and explained briefly.

Training Video _____Analysis

Write a similar analysis and write-up of the second training video.

Additional Training Proposal

Propose to either use these videos for your training or some alternative method for training. In your proposal, explain to your boss (using professional-style writing) the reasons for your choice. Include the concepts that are covered in Chapters 7 and 8 as reasons for or against the use of the training tutorials or videos or modules or your alternative method you proposed on pages 1 and 2.

Conclusion

Provide your final recommendation in your concluding paragraph.

WEEK 5: TEAM CASE ANALYSIS AND PRESENTATION

This week’s case for analysis is Training Methods for Bank Tellers, which is found on page 310 of the text.

Each group should do the following:

• Create a two to three page paper(not counting the cover page and reference page) Word document addressing this question.

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• Describe the training method or combination of training methods that you would recommend to train BB&T’s bank tellers on APPLE PAY. Justify your choice of methods.
• Create a 2-4 slide PowerPoint presentation with a five to seven minute narration that presents the material from the paper.

DeVry HRM 420 Week 6 ADDIE and Transfer of Training and Evaluation

DeVry HRM 420 Week 6 Discussion

WEEK 6: DISCUSSION QUESTION

The four outcomes of Kirkpatrick’s framework are reactions, learning, behavior, and results. Of these four, which is the most important (in your opinion), and why?

Submit in each discussion: ONE initial post addressing the topic/question by Wednesday at 11:59 PM EST and post TWO response posts to the Weekly Discussion by Sunday at 11:59 PM EST

DeVry HRM 420 Week 6 Assignment

WEEK 6: TEAM CASE ANALYSIS AND PRESENTATION

Each group should do the following:

Read the attached article

The healthy glow of learning. (2008). T + D, 62(10), 63-64. Retrieved from https://search-proquest-com.proxy.devry.edu:5443/docview/227020839?accountid=44759

Case Study: A Healthy Investment at Sisters of Charity Providence Hospital

In a 3-4 page paper (not including the cover and reference pages) in APA format, including at least 2 scholarly sources, not counting the textbook. Answer the questions:

What outcomes should the hospital collect/use to determine the effectiveness of the Leading Edge Program?

What evaluation design should it use?

Explain your choice of outcomes and design.

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Outcomes=ROI and training objectives that are met

Create a 2-4 slide PowerPoint presentation with a five to seven minute narration that presents the material from the paper.

WEEK 6: COURSE PROJECT TRAINING METHODS

Determine the best training methods

This is an individual assignment

Recall, again, the Summit Credit Union issue.

Write a 3-4 page paper (not counting the cover page and reference page) in APA format to address the following item:

Identify at least two specific methods of training would you use to train the personnel, explain why these were chosen, and explain how you would implement the training. Explain how these would fulfill the SMART training objectives from Week 3 (you can choose 2 of the 3 training objectives that you chose).

Consider both traditional and technology-based methods.

Include 3 scholarly sources (not counting the texbook)

Suggested headings:

Introduction

Training Method #1

Reasoning

Implementation

Training Objective 

Training Method #2

Reasoning

Implementation

Training Objective 

Conclusion

DeVry HRM 420 Week 7 Employee Development Latest

DeVry HRM 420 Week 7 Discussion

WEEK 7: DISCUSSION QUESTION

Why should companies be interested in helping employees plan their development? What benefits can companies gain? What are the risks?

Submit in each discussion: ONE initial post addressing the topic/question by Wednesday at 11:59 PM EST and post TWO response posts to the Weekly Discussion by Sunday at 11:59 PM EST

DeVry HRM 420 Week 7 Assignment

WEEK 7: TEAM CASE ANALYSIS AND PRESENTATION

In this week’s Team case for analysis:

Chapter 11 of the text includes a discussion of several trends that may have a role in the future of training. Read that portion of the Chapter and do scholarly research.

Find at least three other trends (other than those covered in Chapter 11) that will affect the future of training. (The SHRM website would be a good place to start.)Analyze each of the three trends. Present the advantages and disadvantages of each of the trends.

Each group should do the following:

• Create a three to four page (not counting the cover page and reference page )analysis and recommendation and submit as a Word document. Use APA format and include at least 3 scholarly sources, in addition to the text.
• Create a 2-4 slide Narrated PowerPoint presentation that presents the material.

Each team member should submit the assignment.

DeVry HRM 420 Week 8 Training Summary Latest

DeVry HRM 420 Week 8 Discussion

WEEK 8: LOOKING AHEAD

Class, looking back over the Course Objectives for this course, what are you looking forward to learning more about throughout your education and career?

Note: This is not a graded discussion.

DeVry HRM 420 Week 8 Assignment

WEEK 8: FINAL COURSE PROJECT

Read the following – Case: Determining Training Needs at Summit Credit Union on page 147 in your textbook.

The Course Project will consist of four parts. It will be a training proposal that contains a needs assessment, training goals, training methods, and a training evaluation. The final course project due in week 8 will be an 10-15 page paper that will contain an introduction, conclusion, at least five scholarly sources (including the text) and be in APA format.

In weeks 2, 3, 6, you will create the needs assessment, training goals, and training methods part of the final course project. For week 8, you will create a one cohesive paper that includes these parts plus an introduction, training evaluation and conclusion.

The final paper that is submitted during week 8 needs to be cohesive and contain the following subheadings (in bold):

Introduction 

Needs Assessment (from week 2)

What method(s) of needs assessment would you use, and why?

Who would you involve in your needs assessment, and why?

Training Goals and Objectives (from week 3)

Develop three, specific objectives for your training. Ensure they are broken down into the outcome, criterion, and condition.

Develop a SMART goal for each objective.

Training Methods (from week 6)

Identify at least two specific methods of training would you use to train the personnel, explain why these were chosen, and explain how you would implement the training. Explain how these would fulfill the SMART training objectives from Week 3

Training Evaluation (week 8)

How would you conduct a formative evaluation?

How would you conduct a summative evaluation?

Recommendation

Conclusion

WEEK 8: PEER REVIEW

Please fill out the Team Peer Review  (Links to an external site.)Links to an external site.found in the course “Files” and provide an honest and objective evaluation of how each Team member has supported the Course Project so far. Comments for each group member needs to be professional, in your own words, grammatically correct, and at least 100 words.

This is a private document that only your Professor will see.

This is worth 100 points

The Peer Review is due on Saturday of Week 8.

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