Description
**The selected small business can be a local business in your community or you can make up a small business. List the problems that the small business might be facing such as low productivity or low sales, and how training and what type of training can help the employees improve productivity or increase sales.** Training and Development in Small Businesses Overview 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. Instructions Write a 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 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. Go to Basic Search: Strayer University Online Library to find at least three quality academic resources in this assignment. Note: Wikipedia and similar websites do not qualify as academic resources. The reference page is not included in the required page length. This course requires the use of Strayer Writing Standards. For assistance and information, please refer to the Strayer Writing Standards link in the left-hand menu of your course. Check with your professor for any additional instructions. The specific course learning outcome associated with this assignment is: Develop a training and development proposal for a small business that includes strategies to improve organizational performance and the position of the business in the market.
Note: This is a template/ guide for Assignment #1. Please delete and replace the information in the brackets with your own information. Also remove the brackets.
Title of Assignment
[First and Last Name]
Dr. Marilyn Carroll
BUS 407- Training and Development
[Date]
Training Proposal for a Small Business
Introduction
[ Imagine you are a training consultant for a small business. In this section of your paper, simply summarize in a paragraph or two which company you are choosing to complete for this assignment. Be sure to state the exact company and what’s going on in the company (problems that training can solve). Then summarize (in one to two sentences) what you will be discussing throughout your paper.]
Analysis
[This section requires you to analyze key elements of training and development geared toward improving the performance of the specific small business for which you are consulting. This should place you in the mind of doing the analysis part of the ADDIE process. Focus on the needs analysis phase for this section (the Training Needs Analysis or TNA) relative to the company’s performance. Identify gaps in performance and how training can be used to fill these gaps. See Chapter 4 for additional information.]
Potential Challenges
[This section requires you to predict three to five potential challenges that the managers or owners of the business could face in addressing organizational performance. First look at how the small business is performing; then look at the expected performance and identify the gaps. What could happen if these performance issues are not addressed? See chapter 4 for additional information.]
Effects of Detecting Organizational Gaps
[This section requires you to justify the effects of detecting organizational gaps and provide examples to explain your rationale. I suggest conducting additional research on other small companies that can be used to support your rationale. See Chapter 4 for additional information.]
Competitive Training Strategy
[In this section, simply provided a proposal of a competitive training strategy that will improve the position of the business in the market. The strategy should have an agenda of training activities, rationale for instructional strategies used, and the return on investment that will be gained from the strategy you have developed. Some sample section headers are below to help structure your thoughts. See Chapter 2 for additional details.]
Agenda Activities
Rationale for Instructional Strategies
Return on Investment
Summary
[Use this section to summarize the paper and stress the strategy suggested and the expected return on investment for the small business owner.]
REFERENCES
[Note: Remove this writing once you insert your references. Three quality references should be listed on this page using Strayer Writing Standards]