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An Effective Training Evaluation Plan

An Effective Training Evaluation Plan

Instructions:
In the online lectures in Module 3 and your textbook readings (“Training and Development”, Leadership”, and “Motivation, Job Satisfaction, and Job Involvement”) you learned about the importance of training your employees. However, training is only effective when employees can retain the information and incorporate what they learn to improve their job performance.
You have just learned that your company is looking for ways to cut back expenses. One of the cost cutting measures being considered is to terminate the training department, as the company considers this an expense and they do not believe training is contributing to the profitability of the company. As the head of the training department it is your job to defend the value of the department. You realize that well trained employees perform their jobs more efficiently and consequently can contribute to higher productivity and profits for the company. One way to show the value of training is to have tools that will allow a manager to track the performance of an employee both before and after they have received training.
Report

Write a report that will be shared with senior management on why training is a very important part of the company?s overall financial success. Discuss the advantages of having well-trained employees.

Evaluation Tool

Using what you have learned about transfer training and the evaluation of training programs create an evaluation tool which can be used to evaluate how effective any given employee training program is in terms of:
Increasing the level of transfer of knowledge (knowledge retention)
Monitoring the effectiveness of the skill performance in the job performance improvement
Include common attributes in your evaluation tool which could be applicable to most employees at the organization such as: employees showing concern for saving the company money or consistently turning in error free work. Your training tool should contain a minimum of 10 evaluation criteria.
Your training evaluation tool must be included with your report defending the value of the training department. You know that your report will be shared with senior level managers and eventually to the board of directors. However, you are uncertain whether or not you will be allowed to present your work at a later time or in a different manner. Therefore it is important that your report is well written and professional.
Report Details

The report should be 5-7 pages in length and include:
Executive Summary highlighting all the factors in the scenario.
Justification of the importance of retaining the training department in the company and explanation of how the training department is important to the overall success of the company.
Training Evaluation Tool to evaluate knowledge retention and job performance improvement (10 criteria minimum).
Explanation of how the evaluation tool will be implemented.
Describe how the evaluation tool will help evaluate the level of transfer of knowledge and skill performance for current training programs as well as, monitor and improve planning for future training effectiveness.
Summary and conclusion of tool?s effectiveness.

Puberty

Puberty

Puberty refers to the period of rapid physical growth and sexual maturation that occurs for a few years following childhood. This process typically begins at the age of 8 and ends at the age of 14 and is characterized by an onrush of hormones that produce external growth and internal changes. Although many similarities exist in how boys and girls experience puberty, timings differ.
Adolescents are highly influenced by their peers. As Erikson famously acknowledged, many young people in this stage experience an identity crisis often asking, “Who am I?”
Tasks:
In a minimum of 200 words, post your responses to the following:
Describe the impact of pubertal timing on adolescent adjustment. Please note gender differences.
Discuss your thoughts on primary and secondary sex characteristics that indicate sexual maturity.
Describe positive and negative ways in which teens influence each other, as peers become much more important during this stage.
Support your responses and analysis by using at least two resources from professional literature. Professional literature may include the Argosy University online library resources; relevant textbooks; peer-reviewed journal articles; and websites created by professional organizations, agencies, or institutions (websites ending in .edu or .gov).

Culture, Creative Expression and new perspective

Culture, Creative Expression and new perspective

In this short essay minimum words 250 including references. Respond below:

Diversity can help to expand perspectives, but it can also bring challenges. One means of communicating belief and helping to reach others is through creative and artistic expressions.

How can knowing about another country or culture help to solve miscommunications? How can creative expressions be particularly useful in helping others to gain a new understanding and communicate more effectively?

Give two examples to support your arguments. The creative or artistic expressions may come from the reading, your daily experience, or from research you have conducted on a country or culture that interests you.

Ethical Transgressions

Ethical Transgressions

Resources: “Ethical Transgressions of School Psychology Graduate Students: A Critical Incidents Survey.”

Read the “Ethical Transgressions of School Psychology Graduate Students: A Critical Incidents Survey” article.

Choose one of the ethical issues discussed in the article. (The ethical issues discussed in the article choosen is Maintaining confidentiality)

Develop a 1-2 Introduction slide Microsoft? PowerPoint? introduction, including detailed speaker notes, on the effect of ethical reasoning and decision making in graduate school and maintaining confidentiality. (include at least one to three (1-2) credible reference sources.)

Ethics and Moral Reasoning

Ethics and Moral Reasoning

1.Is it possible for individuals to flourish if others with whom they are connected are not also flourishing? Consider this with respect to Aristotle?s account of eudaimonia, as well as the other readings and media. Identify a community or practice in which you are involved in which the flourishing of the individual is tied to the flourishing of others. Does this require that we limit certain rights pertaining to the individual (for instance, the right to free speech or to pursue monetary gain), in order to promote the flourishing of the group within that context? Be specific, and use examples when appropriate.

2. 2. What does it mean to be a virtuous soldier? Identify three virtues that a soldier needs in order to be an excellent soldier and then explain why. Create a scenario that a soldier might face during war or some other stressful event, and explain what the virtuous soldier would do in the situation, and which specific virtues the soldier would demonstrate. Refer to the readings and media, including Robinson?s article, ?Magnanimity and Integrity as Military Virtues,? where appropriate.

3. 3. Aristotle claims that virtuous action is done ?with knowledge? (Bk II, chapter 4), which is usually taken to mean that the virtuous person has an understanding of why what they are doing is good, as opposed to doing the good thing but not really understanding what makes it good, or simply doing the good thing out of custom or because that?s what one was told to do. Is Aristotle right to put this condition on virtuous behavior? Is there a difference between someone who does the right thing with knowledge, and someone who does it out of custom or habit or because that?s what they were told to do? How would this idea apply to soldiers in the military (for instance, who have to follow orders), or to people?s relation to the environment (where certain ?environmentalist? causes might be ?trendy?, for example)? Think of questions that might challenge or deepen the answers given by your peers.

Be sure to reference either Hill or Robinson, as well as Aristotle, in addressing the prompt.

4. 4.Think back to the week 2 discussion of animal ethics. Is it possible to be a virtuous farmer, or some other role that involves relating to animals? What?s the function or purpose of farming animals, and what would be the characteristics of flourishing in this area? How does the well-being of animals fit into this picture? What virtues would a farmer need to do this well? How does this differ from the way that industrial farms are operated? Be sure to make reference to the appropriate readings, and look at some of the recommended resources from week 2 for examples of an Aristotelian approach to agriculture. When responding to peers, consider the kinds of questions that might be asked from the point of view of Singer and Regan, and pose them as challenges for your peers to think about.

5. 5.Identify an area of life that has an impact on the environment (including non-human animals), and explain how the possession or lack of virtue may make a difference to how one conducts oneself within that practice with respect to that environmental impact. In other words, when it comes to our relation to the environment, what attitudes and behaviors would be characteristic of a virtuous person, and what attitudes and behaviors may be characteristic of a person who lacks the virtues? How can those who do not have the virtues develop those virtues so that they can reliably act and feel in appropriate fashion with respect to this issue? Be sure to be as specific as possible in your analysis, and support your analysis with evidence from the week?s readings and media, including Hill?s article, ?Ideals of Human Excellence and Preserving Natural Environments?.

6. 6. Find examples from literature or media sources, or from current or past history, that demonstrate both success and failure at demonstrating a virtue. In each case, what is the virtue that was demonstrated / lacking? How did their actions display or fail to display that virtue, and in the case of the failure, what would the virtuous person have done instead? Be sure to share the links with your classmates so they can read the full articles or watch the videos. Don?t use examples that others have used before you. First come, first served

Cultural Influence in Business Psychology

Cultural Influence in Business Psychology

Cultural Influence in Business Psychology
Mark Jones, a Production Manager, has been transferred from the manufacturing plant in his hometown of Chicago to his company’s overseas manufacturing plant in Osaka, Japan.
You are the company’s I-O psychologist. Using Hofstede’s Five Basic Elements of Culture Distinction, write an e-mail message to the Vice President (VP) of Production discussing at least three cultural differences that Mark will experience in managing front-line plant workers in Japan in contrast to in the United States. Also address how cultural differences may play a role in individual differences Mark will experience.
Your e-mail message should also include at least three recommendations on how managers can take up overseas tasks with minimum transition problems. State the rationale for your recommendations.
Because the VP of Production is a busy individual, restrict your e-mail message to one to two pages. Type the e-mail message in Microsoft Word, and send it to the M1: Assignment 3 Dropbox by Week 1, Day 7.
Where appropriate use structured text?bold format, headings, bulleted lists, and graphics?to clarify your meaning and to make your document easier to read. Remember texting language will not be acceptable.

Assignment 3 Grading Criteria
Maximum Points
Demonstrated an understanding of Hofstede’s Five Basic Elements of Culture Distinction.
20
Logically identified and listed a minimum of three cultural differences between managing workers in Japan and in the United States.
20
Addressed what role cultural differences may play in individual differences.
10
Prepared an e-mail message containing a minimum of three recommendations to minimize transition problems.
20
Demonstrated appropriate reasoning in recommendations to minimize transition problems.
25
Used correct grammar, spelling, and word choice and cited all sources as per the APA style.
5
Total:
100

Environment and Biology

Environment and Biology

Every human trait is influenced by genes. Epigenetics refers to the series of complex exchanges between heredity and the environment. Researchers have discovered that human characteristics are epigenetic, meaning certain environmental influences can impact the way genes are expressed.
Tasks:
Create a 3- to 5-page Microsoft Word document responding to the following:
Compare and contrast the role of environment and biology regarding individuals with phenylketonuria (PKU) and Down syndrome.
Include a discussion on learning and personality development and cite evidence to support your analysis regarding these individuals.
Your document should be written in APA format. Your document should be written in a clear, concise, and organized manner; demonstrate ethical scholarship in accurate representation and attribution of sources; and display accurate spelling, grammar, and punctuation.

Behavioral and Social-Cognitive Approaches to Forming Habits

Behavioral and Social-Cognitive Approaches to Forming Habits

Create a 12- to 15-slide presentation analyzing the formation of habits using behavioral and social-cognitive approaches. Your presentation should cover the following areas:
Analyze one of your habits. How did you develop this habit? Were there role models for this habit? Which people influenced the adoption of this habit?
Why do you continue it? Has there been a time when you have attempted to break this habit?
Use the behavioral personality theory to explain why you have this habit.
Describe components of social-cognitive theory that explain why the habit formed.
Develop a plan that applies operant conditioning to change this habit.
Between the behavioral and social-cognitive theories, which one do you find best explains your personality?
Include detailed speaker notes on each slide, along with title and reference slides.
Provide 3 to 4 references.
Format any citations in your presentation according to APA guidelines.
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