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Syllabus Fall 2000

Managing Training and Development
Fall 2000 Reading Assignments

Date

Topic

Reading/Assignment* (due that class)

Sept. 16

(Class # 1)

The Role of Training and Development
  • Training's value & role
  • Challenges facing training
  • Trends in HRD
  • Competencies needed by trainers

Introduction to Assessing Needs
(Part 1)
  • Why don’t people perform
  • What is a training needs assessment?
  • Benefits of needs assessment

PRE-READING !

To be fully prepared for the first class, please --
Read in Text (Managing a Small HRD Department by C.P. McCoy)
for Discussion on Sept. 16:

Ch 1- Small Department, Big Impact (3-15)

Ch. 2-Assessing Your Company's Business Priorities and HRD Needs (16-39) (worksheet 2, p. 240-242)

Read: Glossary of Training Terms

Complete: Participant Information Sheet


Date

Topic

Reading/Assignment* (due that class)

Sept. 23

(Class # 2)

Assessing Needs
(Part 2)
  • Phases & methods of assessment
  • Critical information to gather
  • Methods of assessment
    -Criteria to select methods
    -Advantages & disadvantages
  • Planning a needs assessment
  • Team Discussion
    -Plan a Real Needs Assessment
  • Report Out Key Learning
  • Keys to successful needs assessment

Managing Program Development (Part 1)
  • Ingredients of sucessful training
  • Program development phases

Read for Sept. 23 Discussion:

In Text:
Ch. 2 - Assessing Your Company's Business Priorities and HRD Needs (16-39)
(worksheet 2, p. 240-242)
Ch. 3 -Creating a Business-Focused HRD Plan (40-59)

Complete for Today's Team Discussion "Planning a Needs Assessment Worksheet"

For Review of Class 1 Discussion

Read:
Ch. 11 Making Time For Your Own Learning (194-213)

  • HRD Trends

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    Date

    Topic

    Reading/Assignment* (due that class)

    Oct. 14

    (Class # 3)

    Managing Program Development
    (Part 2)
    • Design specifications
      -- Why have them?
    • Learning objectives
    • Transfer of learning
  • Team exercise: Design Specs for a New Program -- purpose statement, objectives and audience

    Delivering HRD (Part I)

    • Why employees resist training
    • Best/worst learning experiences
    • Adult learning principles
    • Training facilitation skills
    • HRD Delivery Options

       

    		• Read for Oct 14 Class Discussion:

    In Text:
    Ch. 6 -Managing Program Development (103-127)

    Other Reading:

    Write: 2-page typed Design Specifications
    due Oct. 21

    Other Reading:

    • "Why Adults Resist Training"
    • "Principles of Adult Learning"

    Complete and bring to class for discussion: Instructional Skills Inventory

     

    Date

    Topic

    Reading/Assignment* (due that class)

    Oct. 21

    (Class # 4)

    		Review Questions About Design Specs

    Delivering HRD (part 2)
    Using Resources Wisely

    • Subject-matter-experts
    • Consultants
    • Off-the-shelf programs

    Marketing HRD (Part 1)

    • What is marketing HRD?
    • Why market?
    • Barriers to marketing
    • Building Sponsorship --who are your constituencies?
    • Marketing options & methods of promoting HRD
    		Due Today: 2 Page Typed Design Specifications

    Read in Text for Oct. 21 Discussion:

    Ch. 4 - Developing a Cost Effective Delivery Strategy (60-82)

  • C.P. McCoy "Making the Most of Your Resources" in In Action: Managing the Small Training Staff (p.6-14)

    Ch. 7 -Attracting Your Customers (127-145)

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    Date

    Topic

    Reading/Assignment* (due that class)

    October 28

    (Class # 5)

    Marketing HRD (Part 2)
    • Review marketing methods
    • Team exercise: create a marketing plan in your team
    • Guidelines for marketing

    Ensuring and Evaluating Program Effectiveness
    • Benefits of evaluation
    • Barriers to evaluation
    • Levels of evaluation
    • Methods of evaluation
    • Critique evaluation forms
    • Reinforcing learning

    Review of Key Learnings

    		For Oct. 28 Class Discussion:

    Read in Text:

    Ch. 7 -Attracting Your Customers (127-145)

    Ch. 9 - Ensuring and Evaluating Program Effectiveness (162-180) (worksheets 13-15), worksheet #1 (225-239)

    Due: Create or bring copies of a program evaluation form for discussion in class

    Final Course Evaluation & Completion of Self-Assessment in Class

    * Textbook: C. McCoy, Managing a Small HRD Department: You Can Do More Than You Think, California: Jossey-Bass, Inc., 1993.

     

    Managing Training and Development Overview of Major Assignments

    Due Date

    Description

    2nd Class

    Sep. 23

    		 For Classroom Discussion in Teams --
    Complete a plan for a training needs assessment in your organization     (2 pages)
    • Write down a business or organizational objective
    • Identify a possible training need related to that objective
    • Write your ideas on how you would investigate the need
    • What methods would you use? Why?
    • What methods would you avoid? Why?

    Be prepared to discuss in your plan for a training needs assessment in your teams (2 typed pages). Note: teams will select one needs assessment plan to discuss and present to the whole class.

     

    4th Class

    Oct. 21

    Written Assignment Must Be Typed

    Turn in Design Specifications for a Training Program you plan to develop or buy (2 pages type-written, see brief example, p. 108-109).

    Be sure to include:

    Title: Design Specifications for ____Training Program

    1. Need for the program: explain business reasons for developing a training program; why it's needed
    2. Target audience: characteristics that may affect program design (number, education, attitudes, language, etc.)
    3. Learning objectives: specific skills and knowledge to be acquired as a result of the training
    4. Requirements
    5. Constraints regarding development and instruction (deadlines, budget, length, methods, location, etc.)
    6. Tentative topics or modules to be covered

    5th Class

    May 6

    Create or bring in a Program Evaluation Form you use in your organization and be prepared to discuss it with others. (Bring enough copies for the class.)


    (Note: You might want to print this Syllabus for future reference.)

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