Discussions are based on Chapters 5-7. You must post before seeing replies. Your answers are due by Thursday. After that, you will be assigned two posts to review and respond with your comments by Sunday. We value critical thinking, and encourage constructive critiques that provide insights to the focal topics.

Question 1: Read Chapter 5. The COVID-19 pandemic has changed the way we work, and HRD professionals must cope with the increasingly popular work from home schedule. Employees tend to have increased needs (1) to acquire technology competencies and (2) to be flexible in training locations. What training design components should the HRD professionals change, in order to accommodate the trainees needs in the remote workplace? Explain the potential cost and benefit of such changes.

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Question 2: Chapter 6 explains many training methods. Identify a training need in your organization and rank three most suitable training methods for the promoted training program. Explain why these methods are best fit with the program.

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Question 3: Chapter 7 introduces many methods to collect information on evaluation. List three methods that you consider as the most effective ones and elaborate on your reasoning. Are these the most popular methods used in your organization? Are the theoretically most effective methods also practically most popular ones?

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