Course Project Proposal

Guidelines

1. Select an organization to be studied.
2. Develop and conduct a needs assessment.
3. Analyze the data collected and identify training needs.
4. Develop a training or intervention strategy to address the needs.
5. Determine the training intervention cost and quantify expected results.
6. Develop an evaluation method.

Once the steps have been completed, a detailed paper outlining your processes, methodologies, results, and recommendations should be prepared. Although the length of the paper is not predetermined, a paper of 1015 pages in length, double-spaced, is customarily necessary to cover the topic adequately. This does not include the title and reference pages.

Part 1: Select an Organization to Be Studied

There are a number of ways in which an organization can be selected. One option is to look outside your organization for companies that would be interested in participating in the project. Another is to volunteer your own organization, or if you are not currently employed, use a church, school, club, or other organization.

Once your organization has been selected, you will need to learn a great deal about it. It is essential for you to understand the organization's business, goals, objectives, and mission in order to complete this project successfully.

Category	Description
The Organization	Select an organization to be used for this Course Project
History / Background	Describe the history / background of the organization
Current Business	Describe their current business. What do they do? Why?
M, G & O	Describe the mission, goals and objectives of the business
Current T & D Department	Describe in as much detail as you can find the current Training and Employee Development department. What do they do? Why? Do they seem proactive? Or, mostly reactive? Why? How can you tell?
Problems	Look at the entire organization. What challenges / problems are they experiencing? Why? Does it seem like they have a clear path forward using a training and development intervention? Why? How can you tell?
Your Reason(s)	Why do you wish to research, study, and write about this company from a Training and Development perspective?