Role as a Director of Training

Instructions: Select a company of your choice and review its website. Assume that the company you select has just created a department to manufacture and sell a new communications device that will significantly reduce the time and cost invested in all transactions made by telephone and computer. Make sure that you select a company to which the addition of this new department would make sense. The device will be called the Automated Communications Wizard (ACW). The president of the division you work for has chosen you, the Director of Training, to be in charge of the training function for the newly created department, located in Tampa, Florida.

Your Stand-Alone Project requires that you complete two tasks: You will write a training program; then you will develop a presentation to sell your program to the president of the new division. Your report should be 15 pages in length, including a cover sheet, table of contents, and conclusion page. In addition, you must submit a minimum of 14 PowerPoint slides. Your Stand-Alone Project responses should be both grammatically and mechanically correct and formatted in the same fashion as the project itself. If there is a Part A, your response should identify a Part A, etc. In addition, you must appropriately cite all resources used in your response and document them in a bibliography using APA style. (200 points)

(A 15-page, double-spaced response and 14 slides are required.)

Part A Report/Training Program: Based on the company you selected, set up a training program that incorporates the seven major areas listed below. (110 points)

1. Links: Explain the ways in which the training and development that you initiate will be linked to the company’s strategic training and development initiatives.

a. Include the company’s vision, mission, experience, understanding, innovation, cooperation, commitment, and the ways in which the training will be linked to these factors.

b. Include the company’s customers, organizational products, existing and the newly created products and services, research and development, business systems, continuous learning, and how the results will be linked to the strategic training and development initiatives.

c. Include information about identification of needed knowledge, skills, abilities or competencies, ensuring that current training and development programs support the company’s strategic needs.

2. Roles: Explain, systematically, the role that you will play in the training process, from beginning to end, and who will play additional roles. All must relate to the company’s strategic business direction.

3. Type: Explain the type of training that you will initiate based on your needs assessment, including the use of a competency model.

4. Model: Select a model that you will use to organize the training department, addressing the following.

a. The reasons for your choice

b. The processes of learning

c. External instructional events

d. Forms of instruction

5. Transfer: What are four (4) ways the training will transfer?

6. Methods: What are the two (2) training methods that you will use and why?

7. Evaluation: How will the training will be evaluated? Include data related to

Return on Investment.

Part B PowerPoint Presentation: Prepare a formal PowerPoint presentation in defense of your training plan for this new department. You will deliver this presentation to gain the support for your training program from the president of the division. Your presentation must include the following. (70 points)

1. Seven (7) slides, each summarizing and highlighting one (1) of the seven (7) components of your training plan

2. Seven (7) additional slides presenting a total of seven (7) charts and/or graphs to support each of the seven (7) components of your plan, as described in your report

Part C Conclusion: Use your written report, together with your supporting PowerPoint presentation and charts and/or graphs, as your sales presentation to justify the training program that you are proposing. (20 points)

Grading Rubric

Please refer to the rubric on the following pages for the grading criteria for this assignment.

CATEGORYExemplarySatisfactoryUnsatisfactoryUnacceptable

15 points10 points 5 points0 points

Student clearly and

completely explains the

ways in which the training

and development will be

linked ot the company's

strategic training and

development initiatives.

Student mostly clearly and

completely explains the

ways in which the training

and development will be

linked ot the company's

strategic training and

development initiatives.

Student partially explains the

ways in which the training

and development will be

linked ot the company's

strategic training and

development initiatives.

Student does not explain the

ways in which the training

and development will be

linked ot the company's

strategic training and

development initiatives.

10 points 7 points4 points 0 points

Student clearly and

systematically explains the

roles that will be played in

the training process.

Student mostly clearly and

systematically explains the

roles that will be played in

the training process.

Student partially explains the

roles that will be played in

the training process.

Student does not explain the

roles that will be played in

the training process.

30 points 20 points 10 points 0 points

Student clearly and

completely explains the type

of training that will be

initiated based on needs

assessment and includes the

use of a competency model.

Student mostly clearly and

completely explains the type

of training that will be

initiated based on needs

assessment and includes the

use of a competency model.

Student partially explains the

type of training that will be

initiated based on needs

assessment OR does not

include the use of a

competency model.

Student does not explain the

type of training that will be

initiated based on needs

assessment and does not

include the use of a

competency model.

10 points 7 points 4 points0 points

Student selects a model to

use and accurately and

clearly includes reasons for

the choice, the processes of

learning, external

instructional events, and

forms of instruction.

Student selects a model to

use and mostly accurately

and clearly includes reasons

for the choice, the processes

of learning, external

instructional events, and

forms of instruction.

Student selects a model to

use and partially includes

reasons for the choice, the

processes of learning,

external instructional events,

and forms of instruction.

Student does not select a

model to use and does not

include reasons for the

choice, the processes of

learning, external

instructional events, or forms

of instruction.

10 points 7 points 4 points0 points

Student completely explains

four ways the training will

transfer.

Student completely explains

two to three ways the

training will transfer.

Student completely explains

one way the training will

transfer.

Student does not explain any

of the ways the training will

transfer.

10 points7 points 4 points0 points

Student clearly provides two

training methods that will be

used and explains why.

Student clearly provides one

training methods that will be

used and explains why.

Student partially provides

one or two training methods

that will be used and

somewhat explains why.

Student does not offer any

training methods that will be

used.

5 points4 points2 points0 points

Student provides a clear

explanation of how the

training will be evaluated

and includes data related to

Return on Investment.

Student provides a

somewhat clear explanation

of how the training will be

evaluated and includes data

related to Return on

Investment.

Student provides a partial

explanation of how the

training will be evaluated but

does not include data related

to Return on Investment.

Student does not provide an

explanation of how the

training will be evaluated.

35 points24 points12 points0 points

Student provides seven (7)

complete and accurate

component slides.

Student provides four (4) to

six (6) complete and accurate

component slides.

Student provides one (1) to

three (3) complete and

accurate component slides.

Student does not provide any

component slides.

35 points24 points12 points0 points

Student provides seven (7)

complete and accurate

chart/graph slides.

Student provides four (4) to

six (6) complete and accurate

chart/graph slides.

Student provides one (1) to

three (3) complete and

accurate chart/graph slides.

Student does not provide any

chart/graph slides.

20 points13 points7 points0 points

Student offers a complete

and clear conclusion to

justify the proposed training

program.

Student offers a mostly

complete and clear

conclusion to justify the

proposed training program.

Student offers a partially

complete and somewhat

clear conclusion to justify the

proposed training program.

Student does not offer a

conclusion to justify the

proposed training program.

Part A: Links

(15 points)

Part A: Roles

(10 points)

Part A: Type

(30 points)

Part A: Model

(10 points)

Part A: Four Ways to

Transfer

(10 points)

Part A: Two Methods

(10 points)

Part A: Evaluation

(5 points)

Part B: Seven

Component Slides

(35 points)

Part B: Seven

Chart/Graph Slides

(35 points)

Part C: Conclusion

(20 points)

10 points 7 points 3 points 0 points

Student makes no errors in

grammar or spelling that

distract the reader from the

content.

Student makes 1-2 errors in

grammar or spelling that

distract the reader from the

content.

Student makes 3-4 errors in

grammar or spelling that

distract the reader from the

content.

Student makes more than 4

errors in grammar or spelling

that distract the reader from

the content.

10 points 7 points 3 points 0 points

The paper is written in

proper format. All sources

used for quotes and facts are

credible and cited correctly.

Excellent organization,

including a variety of

thoughtful transitions.

The paper is written in

proper format with only 1-2

errors. All sources used for

quotes and facts are credible

and most are cited correctly.

Adequate organization

includes a variety of

appropriate transitions.

The paper is written in

proper format with only 3-5

errors. Most sources used for

quotes and facts are credible

and cited correctly. Essay is

poorly organized, but may

include a few effective

transitions.

The paper is not written in

proper format. Many sources

used for quotes and facts are

less than credible (suspect)

and/or are not cited

correctly. Essay is

disorganized and does not

include effective transitions.

Format - APA Format,

Citations,

Organization,

Transitions

(10 Points)

Mechanics -Grammar,

Punctuation, Spelling

(10 Points)