Part 1: Training and Development in Small Businesses
Select a small business with which you are familiar. Imagine that you have been called into that business to provide a consultation on training. Create a comprehensive training proposal for the business.
Write a six to eight (6-8) page paper in which you:
• Analyze key elements of training and development geared toward improving the performance of the specific small business for which you are consulting.
• Predict three to five (3-5) potential challenges that the managers or owners of the business could face in addressing organizational performance.
• Justify the effects of detecting organizational gaps in small business, providing examples to explain the rationale.
• Propose a competitive training strategy that will improve the position of the business in the market. The strategy should include, at a minimum, an agenda of training activities, rationale for instructional strategies used, and the return on investment (ROI) that will be gained from the strategy you have developed.
Part 2:
Create a written proposal in which you detail the complete design of an employee training program.
Write a six to eight (6-8) page paper in which you:
• Design a two (2) day training program for a group of twenty (20) employees.
• Identify two to three (2-3) training needs though a Training Needs Analysis (TNA) and justify an approach for this training.
• Develop the training objective for this program based on an analysis of the business.
• 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.
• Select key training method (s) to deliver the program to employees, such as an e-Learning module or a one-day face-to-face training program.
• Create an agenda of activities for the training program.
• Use at least five (5) quality academic resources in this assignment. Note: Wikipedia and other Websites do not qualify as academic resources.