2. BUS 680 Entire Course FOR MORE CLASSES VISIT www.bus680helps.com BUS 680 Week 1 DQ 1 Training Preferences BUS 680 Week 1 DQ 2 Learning Theories BUS 680 Week 1 MHC Case Study BUS 680 Week 2 DQ 1 Design Consulting BUS 680 Week 2 DQ 2 Domtar Case Study BUS 680 Week 2 Hardware Store Case Analysis BUS 680 Week 3 DQ 1 Games & Simulations BUS 680 Week 3 DQ 2 Classroom-based Learning Experience BUS 680 Week 3 CSS Case Analysis

3. BUS 680 Week 1 DQ 1 Training Preferences FOR MORE CLASSES VISIT www.bus680helps.com Training Preferences. Discuss the type of training you would prefer and why. Use Figure 3-6 on page 82 to help you start your discussion, but do not limit it to only those characteristics. When responding to at least two of your classmates’ postings, discuss what accounts for the differences and similarities in your training preferences.

4. BUS 680 Week 1 DQ 2 Learning Theories FOR MORE CLASSES VISIT www.bus680helps.com Learning Theories. There are more theories of learning and motivation than have been described in the text. Do a search for a learning or a motivation theory that is not in the text. Write a summary of the theory and suggest how it could be used in training. Respond to at least two of your classmates’ postings.

5. BUS 680 Week 1 MHC Case Study FOR MORE CLASSES VISIT www.bus680helps.com MHC Case Study. Read the “Strategic Planning at Multistate Health Corporation” case on pages 51-57 and answer the case questions on pages 56-57

6. BUS 680 Week 2 DQ 1 Design Consulting FOR MORE CLASSES VISIT www.bus680helps.com Design Consulting. Conduct an Internet search to identify a company that provides training design consulting services. Discuss the design process. Respond to one of your classmates’ postings. In your response, compare and contrast the design process of the company you chose and the one your classmate chose. Do these comparisons in terms of the design process approach.

7. BUS 680 Week 2 DQ 2 Domtar Case Study FOR MORE CLASSES VISIT www.bus680helps.com Domtar Case Study. Reread the Domtar Case Study (p.1-3) from Chapter 1. Answer Case Analysis question 1 on page 2

8. BUS 680 Week 2 Hardware Store Case Analysis FOR MORE CLASSES VISIT www.bus680helps.com Hardware Store Case Analysis. Read the Case Analysis on pages 147-148 and answer the questions that follow.

9. BUS 680 Week 3 CSS Case Analysis FOR MORE CLASSES VISIT www.bus680helps.com CSS Case Analysis. Read the Case Analysis: Training for Customer Service Specialists on pages 258-260. Answer the case questions on page 260.

10. BUS 680 Week 3 DQ 1 Games Simulations FOR MORE CLASSES VISIT www.bus680helps.com Games & Simulations. Do an Internet search to identify the types of games and business simulations that are available. Select one and provide a description and an analysis of it. Discuss the learning content objectives. Respond to at least two of your classmates’ postings

11. BUS 680 Week 3 DQ 2 Classroom based Learning Experience FOR MORE CLASSES VISIT www.bus680helps.com Classroom-based Learning Experience. Think about your best classroom-based learning experience and list the things that made it such a good experience. Then, think about your worst classroom-based experience and list the factors that made it such a bad experience. Respond to at least two of your classmates’ postings.

12. BUS 680 Week 4 DQ 1 Tips for Trainers FOR MORE CLASSES VISIT www.bus680helps.com Tips for Trainers. Conduct a search of the Internet to identify tips for trainers in dealing with difficult trainees. Compare the types you find with the types identified in the text. If different, compare those you found with those in the text and offer an explanation as to why you think they were not included. If types are similar, compare how the text and Internet site suggest handling these types, noting any differences and explaining which method you prefer. Respond to at least two of your classmates’ postings

13. BUS 680 Week 4 DQ 2 Review Questions FOR MORE CLASSES VISIT www.bus680helps.com Review Questions. Answer one the following questions for review from the course text (p. 364): a. Assume that you were the training manager in the Westcan case (Chapter 4, p.139). How would you suggest evaluating the training, assuming they were about to conduct it as suggested in the case? Be as specific as you can. b. Of all the designs presented in Appendix 9-1, which one would you consider to be most effective while also being practical enough to convince an organization to adopt it?

14. BUS 680 Week 4 Jim’s Case Analysi FOR MORE CLASSES VISIT www.bus680helps.com Jim’s Case Analysis. Read the Case Analysis on pages 322-323 and answer the case questions on page 323.

15. BUS 680 Week 5 DQ 1 Resistance to Training FOR MORE CLASSES VISIT www.bus680helps.com Resistance to Training. The vice-president of human resources asked you, the director of training, to develop a sexual harassment training program for the company. During your needs analysis you discover that most of the executives do not believe they need this training and do not plan to attend. You identify a couple of instances in which an executive’s behavior seems bordering on sexual harassment. You discuss your findings with the VP, who asks you to come back with a strategy for dealing with the resistance to training. Develop your response and present it in your discussion forum. Respond to at least two of your classmates’ postings.

16. BUS 680 Week 5 DQ 2 KSAs FOR MORE CLASSES VISIT www.bus680helps.com KSAs. Find a recent article (no more than a year old) that identifies KSAs that will be critical for managers in the immediate future. Provide a summary of the article and discuss its management development implications in your discussion forum. Respond to at least two of your classmates’ postings.

17. BUS 680 Week 5 IMP Case Analysis FOR MORE CLASSES VISIT www.bus680helps.com IMP Case Analysis. Read the Case Analysis: All it Takes is for Good Men to do Nothing on pages 421-422 and answer the case questions on page 422.

18. BUS 680 Week 6 DQ 1 Evaluating Learning FOR MORE CLASSES VISIT www.bus680helps.com Evaluating Learning. Read the articles assigned for this week. Discuss the elements of evaluation and why they are important. Also, discuss the return on investment (ROI) for the organizations. Is training worth the cost? You may include your personal experiences in your response. Respond to at least two of your classmates’ postings.

19. BUS 680 Week 6 DQ 2 Final Paper Summary FOR MORE CLASSES VISIT www.bus680helps.com Final Paper Summary. Share the abstract of your Training and Development Paper in your discussion forum. When responding to your classmates’ postings, ask well thought-out questions and provide critical feedback that could help them make final improvements to the final draft of their paper. Respond to at least two of your classmates’ postings.

20. BUS 680 Week 6 Final Paper FOR MORE CLASSES VISIT www.bus680helps.com Focus of the Final Paper Each person must complete a research paper addressing one of the following topics or a mutually agreed upon topic between the student and instructor: § Training Needs Analysis § Training Strategies for Small and Medium Sized Businesses: One Size Doesn’t Fit All § Management Development Techniques § Training Evaluation: New Techniques and Strategies § The Learning Organization: Three Companies That Have Made it a Reality § Technical Training: A “How To” Guide to Enhancing Technical KSA’s § Other topic approved by instructor