Designing an Induction Program for Trainees at TAM Development LLC

SLOs covered by this project:

A. Explain the importance of training and development function in relation to human capital management.

B. Explain the importance of organizations performance strategies.

C. Apply the training needs analysis process including job analysis and organization analysis.

D. Recognize the principles of training programs design.

E. Identify the appropriate training methods.

F. Analyze training program return on investment.

G. Recognize ethical and equity issues affecting training and development in organizations.

Project Brief:

This project will enhance your analytical skills and allow you to apply the concepts in this course to a real organization. The goal of this project is to design an induction orientation program for new employees hired as part of the Graduate Development program for trainees at TAM Development LLC, a project management and consultancy services provider based in Saudi Arabia.

Your mentor at TAM is going to be Ms. Kholoud Bin Hassan, the People Manager at the organization.

1: Needs Assessment

Provide a brief introduction to the organization, including its vision and mission statements, business strategy and culture.

1. Conduct a needs assessment through the use of either interviews or a questionnaire and try to collect information from at least two stakeholders at TAM (include copies of the questionnaire and/or interview questions along with results in the appendix of the report). Please ensure that you cover at least two of the Needs Assessment Stages covered in the course (As a reminder, the stages consist of business needs; performance needs; learning needs and learner needs).

2. Provide information about the organizations needs regarding the training, clearly highlighting the purpose for the training and any organizational and training goals and objectives.

3. Identify the group or individuals who will receive the training (try and get an estimate of the number of trainees; the tasks they will be working on; level of familiarity with the organization; learning styles etc.)

2: Training Design and Development

4. Based on the results of the Needs Assessment, develop at least four learning outcomes for the training program incorporating the following building blocks: audience, behavior and condition. Remember the importance of action verbs and their linkage with what you expect trainees to do. Describe each outcome in detailed sentences and paragraphs. Explain each outcome as it relates to the organizational goals of TAM.

5. Design your training using ATDs ROPES instructional design model that we covered in class. Remember that ROPES stands for: Review, Overview, Presentation, Exercise and Summary.

6. Within this section, remember to link your design to at least three adult learning principles that we covered in class. Clearly explain how they are being achieved through your training design.

7. Try to design the training to be as creative as possible, while aligning with the culture of the organization. Remember the characteristics of your audience.

8. Determine program format, length of training, and method of delivery. What will be the costs, and what resources will be needed from the organization?

9. Design at least four questions that you can ask participants, and ensure that they cover the F-O-I-D Model of Questioning. A reminder that F-O-I-D stands for Fact, Opinion, Importance, and Doing.

10. Describe what will be included in the program materials and activities. Consider communication tools, modules, learning aids, and assessment/evaluation tools.

11. Give specifics on how you will implement and deliver training. Include any train-the-trainer; pilots and plans for training.

Note: It is extremely important that this phase of your project takes into consideration the requirements at TAM. Please ensure that all elements of your training designcomply with TAMs requirements and processes.

3: Evaluation

In this section, you will develop a post-training evaluation plan. Evaluation is necessary for determining the overall effectiveness of a training program.

12. Describe in detail how you will evaluate this training in terms of effectiveness. Please refer to the four levels of evaluation as specified by Kirkpatricks model (reaction of learners, learning, behavior and results) and justify your choice.

13. Make sure you link your evaluation to the learning objectives of the training that you created in Phase 2 as well as the needs analysis conducted in Phase 1.

Deliverables:

- A written training plan and report (15%)

- A presentation (15%)

Your presentation and report should target TAMs HR Department and persuade them that your recommendations will lead to positive returns for the firm and better enable it to execute its business strategy.

Guidelines:

This project should be done in groups of 3-4 students, 4 being the maximum.

Please make sure you include a list of references at the end that includes ALL sources you have used.

Please submit a soft copy of your presentation and report on Blackboard. A submission link will be created closer to the date.

Make sure your presentation and report lists the names and student numbers of ALL group members.

Please note all group members will get the same mark (unless a particular student has not contributed towards the project, in which case marks will be deducted based on the peer evaluation).

To avoid conflict later on, set ground rules and make sure that all group members revise the project before submission.

The maximum time for a presentation will be 15 minutes.

Please note ALL cameras need to be ON for the presentation. Marks will be deducted if cameras are off for whatever reason.

Please note that your work will be checked for plagiarism. Any plagiarism above 15% will result in marks being deducted for the whole group.

Please use the attached rubrics to guide you.

Use APA formal report formatting for your report and training plan.

Label each section with the following headings: Analysis, Design, Development, Implementation, and Evaluation.

Use and cite a minimum of three resources to help you create your training plan.

Include a cover page, citations page and in-text citations.

Submit all phases together as one document.