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BUS 680 Entire Course

• 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

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BUS 680 Week 1 DQ 1 Training Preferences

• 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.

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BUS 680 Week 1 DQ 2 Learning Theories

• 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.

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BUS 680 Week 1 MHC Case Study

• 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

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BUS 680 Week 2 DQ 1 Design Consulting

• 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.

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BUS 680 Week 2 DQ 2 Domtar Case Study

• Domtar Case Study. Reread the Domtar Case Study
  (p.1-3) from Chapter 1. Answer Case Analysis
  question 1 on page 2

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BUS 680 Week 2 Hardware Store Case Analysis

• Hardware Store Case Analysis. Read the Case
  Analysis on pages 147-148 and answer the
  questions that follow.

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BUS 680 Week 3 CSS Case Analysis

• CSS Case Analysis. Read the Case Analysis
  Training for Customer Service Specialists on
  pages 258-260. Answer the case questions on page
  260.

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BUS 680 Week 3 DQ 1 Games Simulations

• 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

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BUS 680 Week 3 DQ 2 Classroom based Learning
Experience

• 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.

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BUS 680 Week 4 DQ 1 Tips for Trainers

• 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

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BUS 680 Week 4 DQ 2 Review Questions

• 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? If your design involved
  representative sampling, how would you accomplish
  it?

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BUS 680 Week 4 Jims Case Analysi

• Jims Case Analysis. Read the Case Analysis on
  pages 322-323 and answer the case questions on
  page 323.

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BUS 680 Week 5 DQ 1 Resistance to Training

• 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 executives 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.

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BUS 680 Week 5 DQ 2 KSAs

• 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.

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BUS 680 Week 5 IMP Case Analysis

• 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.
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BUS 680 Week 6 DQ 1 Evaluating Learning

• 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.
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BUS 680 Week 6 DQ 2 Final Paper Summary

• 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.

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BUS 680 Week 6 Final Paper

• 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 Doesnt Fit All
• Management Development Techniques
• Training Evaluation New Techniques and
  Strategies
• The Learning Organization Three Companies That
  Have Made it a Reality

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