Each student is required to do an individual project to assess his or her capability to apply the class learning in designing a training program to be conducted for a sport or recreation organization in Hong Kong. The organization chosen by the student should be one that the student is familiar with or went to do the intern. Designed for the overall duration of two to three hours, the training program should serve to transfer some useful management knowledge/skills to the employees (not customers). Such management knowledge/skills can be safety, quality, customer service, communication, team-building, leadership, creativity, or ethics. Students are advised to stay focused and not to attempt training on too many knowledge/skills in one training program; otherwise, the project report may become complicated and difficult to write. For the project, no sport or recreation such as basketball, fencing, rock-climbing, or canoeing knowledge/skills, please. On the due date, each individual student should submit a project written report as the project outcome. It is important to note that this project should not be about a training program that already exists in the chosen organization. Instead, the project should be about a training program that is designed by the student for the project, and the report should be written with the aims of proposing such a training program to and seeking approval from the organization. In case of any doubt regarding the project requirements, please feel free to contact the course instructor (derekcheng888@yahoo.com.hk).

The written report (1500-1800 words) should cover the following sections. Executive summary or conclusion not required.

Introduction to the training program (including a statement of purpose, name of the chosen

organization, a very brief introduction of the organization, title and overall duration of the training

program, and a description of the key knowledge/skills to be learnt in the program).

Training needs assessment (step 1: identify one problem, only one problem, please; step 2:

diagnose cause(s); and step 3: justify training as a solution by saying that the proposed training will provide the needed knowledge/skills and thereby solve the identified problem). No need to write about training readiness.

Training objectives (listed in bullet-point form).

Training program content (i.e., training activities in detail).

Evaluation of training effectiveness.