Required Resources

Werner, J., & DeSimone, R. (2017). Human Resource Development: Talent Development (7th ed.).Boston, MA: Cengage Learning.

Supplemental Resource

Hesselbein, F., & Goldsmith, M. (2009).The organization of the future: Vision, strategies, and

insights on managing in the new era. San Francisco: Jossey-Bass.

Losey, M., Meisinger, S., & Ulrich, D. (2005). The future of human resource management.

Hoboken, NJ: John Wiley & Sons.

The Society of Human Resources Management. (2012). General format. Retrieved from http://www.shrm.org. (Join SHRM as a student member, located at

http://www.shrm.org/Communities/StudentPrograms/Pages/memberinfo.aspx

Zeidner, R. (2009). Does the United States need foreign workers? HRMagazine, 54(6), 42-47.

Assignment 1: Adult Learning Experience

Worth 125 points

Organizations typically offer many different types of learning activities designed to appeal to the wide variety of employees who may have a preferred style of learning. Reflecting on your experience with an organization in which you have worked, describe how you were trained to perform the function you perform currently or in a previous role. Indicate what you believe to be effective training strategies and those that did not help you learn your role well. Make suggestions about how improvements could be added to future training for employees in the same situation.

Write a three (3) page paper in which you:

1. Describe a training event in which you were a participant.
2. Point out the less-effective part of the training.
3. Point out the less-effective part of the training.
4. Identify at least one (1) different activity you would have included in the training event and how it would improve the effectiveness of the event.
5. Use at least four (4) quality academic resources in this assignment. Note: Wikipedia and other Websites do not quality as academic resources.

Your assignment must follow these formatting requirements:

• Be typed, double spaced, using Times New Roman font (size 12), with one-inch margins on all sides; citations and references must follow APA or school-specific format. Check with your professor for any additional instructions.
• 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 and the reference page are not included in the required assignment page length.

The specific course learning outcomes associated with this assignment are:

• Design and implement HRD programs that address skills with appropriate transferability to the workplace.
• Use technology and information resources to research issues in developing human capital.
• Write clearly and concisely about developing human capital using proper writing mechanics.

Grading for this assignment will be based on answer quality, logic / organization of the paper, and language and writing skills, using the following rubric.

Points: 125	Assignment 1: Adult Learning Experience
Criteria	Unacceptable Below 70% F	Fair 70-79% C	Proficient 80-89% B	Exemplary 90-100% A
1. Describe a training event in which you were a participant. Weight: 15%	Did not submit or incompletely described a training event in which you were a participant.	Partially described a training event in which you were a participant.	Satisfactorily described a training event in which you were a participant. .	Thoroughly described a training event in which you were a participant.
2. Point out the less- effective part of the training. Weight: 20%	Did not submit or incompletely pointed out the less-effective part of the training.	Partially pointed out the less- effective part of the training.	Satisfactorily pointed out the less-effective part of the training.	Thoroughly pointed out the less-effective part of the training.
3. Describe the effective parts of the training. Weight: 20%	Did not submit or incompletely described the effective parts of the training.	Partially described the effective parts of the training.	Satisfactorily described the effective parts of the training.	Thoroughly described the effective parts of the training.
4. Identify at least one (1) different activity you would have included in the training event and how it would improve the effectiveness of the event. Weight: 30%	Did not submit or incompletely identified at least one (1) different activity you would have included in the training event and how it would improve the effectiveness of the event.	Partially identified at least one (1) different activity you would have included in the training event and how it would improve the effectiveness of the event.	Satisfactorily identified at least one (1) different activity you would have included in the training event and how it would improve the effectiveness of the event.	Thoroughly identified at least one (1) different activity you would have included in the training event and how it would improve the effectiveness of the event.
5. 4 references Weight: 5%	No references provided	Does not meet the required number of references; some or all references poor quality choices.	Meets number of required references; all references high quality choices.	Exceeds number of required references; all references high quality choices.
6. Clarity, writing mechanics, and formatting requirements Weight: 10%	More than 6 errors present	5-6 errors present	3-4 errors present	0-2 errors present