Assignment 1: Training and Development in Small Businesses

Select a small business with which you are familiar. Imagine that you have been called into that business to provide a consultation on training. Create a comprehensive training proposal for the business.Write a six to eight (6-8) page paper in which you:Analyze key elements of training and development geared toward improving the performance of the specific small business for which you are consulting.Predict three to five (3-5) potential challenges that the managers or owners of the business could face in addressing organizational performance.Justify the effects of detecting organizational gaps in small business, providing examples to explain the rationale.Propose a competitive training strategy that will improve the position of the business in the market. The strategy should include, at a minimum, an agenda of training activities, rationale for instructional strategies used, and the return on investment (ROI) that will be gained from the strategy you have developed.Use at least three (3) quality academic resources in this assignment. Note: Wikipedia and similar Websites do not qualify as academic resourcesFormat your assignment according to the following formatting requirements:Typed, double spaced, using Times New Roman font (size 12), with one-inch margins on all sides.Include a cover page containing the title of the assignment, the student’s name, the professor’s name, the course title, and the date. The cover page is not included in the required page length.Include a reference page. Citations and references must follow APA format. The reference page is not included in the required page length.Revised Assignment 1: Training and Development in Small BusinessesDue Monday Oct 30, 2017 by 9AM EST and worth 240 pointsSelect(You must identify this business in your paper) a small business with which you are familiar).Imaginethat you have been called into that business to provide a consultation on training (based on your consultation make/writeat least2-3 suggestionson areas that you believe willhelp business performance. Create a comprehensive training proposal for the business.Write a six to eight (6-8) page paper in which you:1.Analyzekey elements of training and development geared toward improving the performance of the specific small business for which you are consulting. (Elementsare anything and everything that impacts/or leads to effective training and development. Examples are TNA (training needs analysis), organizational gap based on Actual Organizational Performance vs Expected Organizational Performance, Learning Theories, Budget, SME, Subject Matter Expert to provide training, equipment/technologies….etc…list continues). Refer to your eBook readings.2.Predict three to five (3-5) potential challengesthat the managers or owners of the business could face in addressing organizational performance. (These predictionsshould align with the 2-3proposed areas that need improvementyou identified.3.Justifythe effects of detecting organizational gaps in small business, providing examples to explain the rationale. (In our readings, organizational gaps existswhenthe Expected Organizational Performance (EOP)falls shortof the Actual Organizational Performance (AOP) thereby creating aNEEDfor training and development. The EFFECTS of detecting this organizational gaps helps business improvement.HOW?-4.Proposea competitive training strategy that will improve the position of the business in the market. The strategy should include, at a minimum, an agenda of training activities, rationale for instructional strategies used, and the return on investment (ROI) that will be gained from the strategy you have developed.Use at least three (3) quality academic resources in this assignment. Note: Wikipedia and similar Websites do not qualify as academic resources.

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