MGMT 4040 : Individual, Team and Organizational
Development
Professor Rosse
Course Description
American businesses spend hundreds of millions of dollars every year on training and development for employees. This course is designed to help you gain the knowledge of training and performance development essential for you as a line manager or human resource specialist. Beginning with fundamental principles of performance, we will first focus on identifying critical factors in workplace performance and how to analyze the causes of performance problems. We will then cover learning and training principles and describe how to apply them to individual, team and organizational development. A team-based course project will provide an opportunity to apply what you’ve learned to a real-life situation.
Course Objectives
To gain familiarity with:
Principles of human performance and work performance
Principles of effective learning
Principles of training design
Principles of team and organization development
The role of HRD in improving organizational performance
Techniques for evaluating the effectiveness of training programs
To be able to:
Conduct an analysis of performance problems
Analyze training needs
Develop and deliver an effective training program appropriate to the needs of trainees and the organization
Operate effectively as a team