Professional Development Program

The purpose of this assignment is to develop an expanded outline or blueprint for a new professional development program for existing employees and to explain how the program can be used retain quality employees. Consider how the organization leverages workforce diversity to encourage employees to collaborate and apply their unique talents.

Continuing in the role of the hospital administrator from the Hospital Care Application assignment, you are required to create a blueprint or an expanded outline of the professional development program for the Director of Human Resources (your supervisor), who will decide whether or not to implement the program.

Using what you have learned from the assigned readings and your own research, formulate a professional development program for existing employees. Include the following elements:

The focus of the program, which could include a combination of the following: learning new skills, additional certifications, licensure, and cross-training for other areas not usually assigned.

A training schedule that includes the necessary preparation needed to provide the training (who, what, when, where, why, and how), as well as a description of the practice training activities and feedback you will provide.

Description of written materials, such as handouts, to be provided during the training.

A description of at least one computer-, Web-, or DVD-based training element that will be used in the program, including consideration of the idea that staff may have varying levels of technology readiness.

Explanation of how organizations leverage workforce diversity to encourage employees to collaborate and apply their unique talents.