Discussion 4 MR

On your TLC Home page, click on “Additional Library Resources” to access the IBISWorld Industry Research tool.

· Click on “IBISWorld.”

· Search “Business Coaching in the U.S.”

· Click individually on the topics across the tan-colored ribbon above the “IBISWORLD Industry Report 61143” headline

· Respond to the following:

1. What does this industry offer to private-sector employers who want to develop the talents of their employees?

2. Discuss the future of the industry and its major strengths, challenges, and competitors.

3. As an HR Manager in _______________(please select a type of business), what might the business coaching industry provide for your business? Select two services you think are best to utilize for the organization and explain why they were chosen.

The Discussion Forum is a graded activity. Your entries will be reviewed for their relevance and insight into the issue(s). At a minimum, you should respond at least three times in each module—addressing the questions, and then responding to at least two of your classmates’ posts. Bring in information from IBISWorld to strengthen your responses. Respond in a timely manner. (Posts that are entered after the module’s due date are not timely, and the opportunity for timeliness points might be lost.)

Reminder: In the Module 4 discussion forum there is another graded activity—the Summary and Reflection, that is worth an additional 20 points. For that last assignment you need to answer the reflective questions. (No responses to your classmates’ posts are needed in the Summary and Reflection section.)