COURSE: TRAINING AND DEVELOPMENT

PGDM 2007-09 TERM IV


COURSE OUTLINE & SESSION PLAN:

SESSIONTOPICREADING/CASE/EXERCISE
1 & 2
Introduction and Overview of T&D
  • Organizational Perspectives in Training
  • Individual Perspectives in Training
  • Learning Theories and Learning Styles
Readings
  • Kenney, J. & Reid, M. (1986). Learning and training. In Training interventions, London: IPM.
  • Kolb’s learning style inventory.
3
Identifying Training Needs
Setting Training Objectives
Case:
  • Rainyday Insurance Adjusters Company
Readings:
  • Moorby Ed. (1991). Getting specific – Identifying the training needed. In How to succeed in employment development. London: McGraw Hill,
  • O’Connor, Bronner and Delaney. Training needs assessment. In Training for organisations. Cincinnati: South Western,
4
5 & 6
7
8 & 9
Training Methodology
  • Traditional Training Methodology
  • Experiential Learning
  • Computer and Web-based Training Innovative training methods
Readings
  • Blanchard, P. Nick & Thacker, James W. (2004). Training methods. In Effective training: Systems, strategies and practices. Singapore: Pearson Education.
  • Goldstein, Irwin L. & Ford, J. Kevin, (2002), Training Delivery, In Training in organizations. CA: Wadsworth.
10 - 12
Designing Training Programmes
  • Learning Principles
  • Steps in Program Design
  • Training aids and Room Layout
  • Successful Administration of Programs
Readings
  • Blanchard, P. Nick & Thacker, James W. (2004). Training Design. In Effective training: Systems, strategies and practices. Singapore: Pearson Education.
  • Kenney, J. & Reid, M. (1986). Approaches to training interventions. In Training interventions, London: IPM.
13 & 14
Evaluating Effectiveness of T&D
  • Different levels of Training Evaluation
  • Cost and Benefits of Training
  • Transfer of Learning to the Workplace
Case
  • Strategic choice for management training and development in ‘Aerospace’
Readings
  • Kirkpatrick, Donald L. (1959). Techniques for evaluating training programs. Journal of the ASTD,
  • Jackson, Terence. Calculating the benefits. In Evaluation: Relating training to business performance, London: Kogan Page.
  • Wills, Mike. Learning transfer. In Managing the training process. London: McGraw Hill.
15-19
Student-led training programs
20
Training for Continuous Development
  • Sustaining Training and Development
  • Organization Development
  • The Learning Organization
Readings
  • Noe, Raymond. (1999). Models of organizing the training department. In Employee training and development, London: McGraw-Hill.
  • Shandler Donald. Training function to continuous learning organization: An obligatory movement. In Reengineering the training function. Florida: St. Lucie Press.

The session plan may have to be modified depending on the number of students who enroll for the course and the groups that are formed. It is also open to modification as we proceed along the course and in case we feel the need for mid-course correction to enhance learning.


REQUIRED TEXT:

There is no required text for this course. Articles from research/ professional journals and chapters from different books are assigned as required readings for the course as specified above. These will be circulated in soft or hard copy form to the students.


EVALUATION:

*the Theoretical Paper is an individual assignment. The student will have to select a sub-area of Training and Development from a list of topics that will be circulated. He/she will have to identify at least 5 articles on the topic from the list of journals given below and write a paper on them. The paper has to summarize and synthesize the content of the 5 articles. Topics have to be cleared and registered with me before you can proceed with the assignment. No overlaps of topics are permitted. The deadline for the paper will be announced.

@The objective of the Student-led Training Programs is to give you hands-on experience in actually running a live training program. This is a group project and groups of 4-5 students will be formed in the class. Each group will have to identify a topic on which they will design and conduct a training program. The remaining students in the class will be the participants in the program. Student groups can also advertise their program and get more participants from the larger student community. The duration of each training program will be one 90 min class session. The session will have to be designed and conducted as an actual corporate training program.

POTENTIAL SOURCES OF ARTICLES
Academy of Management Journal
Harvard Business Review
Human Relations
Human Resource Management
Human Resource Planning
Journal of Applied Psychology
Journal of Management
Journal of Occupational Behavior
Organizational Behavior & Human Decision Processes
Personnel Management
Personnel
Personnel Journal
Personnel Administrator
Personnel Psychology
Public Personnel Management
Training
Training & Development [Journal]
Hint: Use the electronic search resources (Proquest and/or Ebsco) available in the Library section of AIS to locate articles relevant to your topic.


ACADEMIC DISHONESTY:

Please note that students involved in academic dishonesty will receive a ZERO grade on the particular component in which the infraction occurred.
Academic dishonesty consists of misrepresentation by deception or by other fraudulent means. In an academic setting this may take any number of forms such as copying or use of unauthorized aids in tests, assignments, examinations, term papers, or cases; plagiarism; talking during in-class examinations; submission of work that is not your own without citation; submission of work generated for another course without prior clearance by the instructor of both courses; submission of work generated by another person; aiding and abetting another student’s dishonesty; and giving false information for the purpose of gaining credits.