Group Project – 1 page of ideas and  slides with speaker notes

Post your individual ideas on the training needs of the sales team from the Unit 2 individual projects to the Small Group Discussion Board.

Please add your file.

For this assignment, your group will prepare a presentation for the sales manager explaining your training plan to assist the sales team in generating revenue.

From the indivdual plans posted to the Discussion Board, your group should select one of the identified needs on which to focus your training plan.

Once you have selected the need you will address in your training, collaborate as a group to develop a training plan. Use the Small Group Discussion Board to discuss and plan your approach.

Group Deliverable: 10–12 slide PowerPoint with presenter notes

You will present the elements of this training plan as a PowerPoint file. The plan should be consolidated into 10–12 PowerPoint slides (with presenter notes) for the purpose of presenting the details of your training plan to the sales manager.

Your presentation should address each of the following components of the training plan, although you may change the order:

• audience
• objectives
• scope (topics to be covered)
• delivery method
  • Address whether or not you will use technology as part of your delivery method. If you will use technology, explain what type and why this is appropriate. If you will not use technology, explain why you have chosen other methods.
• delivery timing
• facilitator(s)
• means of evaluation

Include speaker notes in the notes section of your slides to expand and fully explain the ideas presented on each slide.

Individual Deliverable: 1 page

Like other areas of human resources, training programs must comply with employment laws and guidelines. Evaluate your group’s training program and address the following:

• How have you (or how should you) addressed the issue of equity in your training plan?
• How would you adjust your plan if one of the trainees had a disability that prevents him or her from from sitting for more than 30 minutes at a time?
• What are the possible issues with a training group that contains only employees in their 20s and 30s? How would you ensure that you are complying with relevant employment regulations in this case?

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Individual Project 1-2 pages

Conduct a phone or personal interview with a Training Manager. Ask them to describe the role that training and development plays in their company utilizing the following questions:

• Who conducts the training and how often is it delivered?
• Who receives the training in the organization and what are the topics?
• What are the typical steps in the training process in your organization?
• How are your training efforts evaluated for effectiveness and efficiency?

Present your findings as a 1-2 page Word document formatted in APA style.

Submitting your assignment in APA format means, at a minimum, you will need the following:

1. TITLE PAGE. Remember the Running head: AND TITLE IN ALL CAPITALS
2. ABSTRACT. A summary of your paper…not an introduction. Begin writing in third person voice.
3. BODY.  The body of your paper begins on the page following the title page and abstract page and must be double-spaced (be careful not to triple- or quadruple-space between paragraphs). The type face should be 12-pt. Times Roman or 12-pt. Courier in regular black type. Do not use color, bold type, or italics except as required for APA level headings and references. The deliverable length of the body of your paper for this assignment is 1-2 pages. In-body academic citations to support your decisions and analysis are required. A variety of academic sources is encouraged.
4. REFERENCE PAGE.  References that align with your in-body academic sources are listed on the final page of your paper. The references must be in APA format using appropriate spacing, hang indention, italics, and upper and lower case usage as appropriate for the type of resource used. Remember, the Reference Page is not a bibliography but a further listing of the abbreviated in-body citations used in the paper. Every referenced item must have a corresponding in-body citation.

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Discussion Board 4-6 paragraphs

As you develop the sales representative training plan, you are thinking ahead to the implementation phase. In your Discussion Board post, address the following:

• How will the culture of the organization impact the training and development process?
• What are the major challenges of implementing training and developing programs?
• Choose one of the challenges you identified and discuss how you would address this as the HRD specialist.
• How could others in the organization help you meet this challenge?