Assignment
Issue You are a HRD specialist for The National Banks of Central Texas. Your employer is a growing banking organization headquartered in Killeen, Texas with nine branches. You have been asked to provide a briefing to the HR Director describing the process for creating a hybrid training program for onboarding newly hired employees. Here is a link to the National Banks of Central Texas https://www.natlbank.com/
Assignment Commentary
In this challenge you will use the Association for Talent Development (ATD), SHRM, and HR.com web sites to support an organizational issue related to employee training. In this assignment you will demonstrate skill in identifying and using credible and reliable sources of information as well as applying APA formatting.
Web Search Directions
Go to the ATD web site and review the information available within the site.
Link to the ATD website https://www.td.org/
Go to the SHRM web site and review the information available within the site.
Link to SHRM web site http://www.shrm.org/pages/default.aspx
Go to the HR.com web site and review the information available within the site.
Link to HR.com web site http://www.hr.com/
Assignment Response, provide a written response to the following:
Essay (40% of grade)
Describe the process for creating a hybrid training program for onboarding newly hired employees using the ADDIE model. Why is evaluating training outcomes an important part of the strategic training process for National Banks of Central Texas. Inform your response with information from the required readings (Mathis, Jackson, & Valentine, 2014) and at least one other source. Paraphrase only, no direct quotes. Properly cite and reference in APA all sources of information. This response should be 400 to 500 words in length (1 1/4 to 1 1/2 pages of text).
Resources (35% of grade)
Investigate the ATD, SHRM, and HR.com web sites and identify a total of five resources that you believe would provide you with skill development as an HRD professional or completion of tasks related to training design, implementation, or evaluation. Provide a brief summary of each resource as well as a link to the resource, correct APA citation, and references. This response should be 50 to 100 words in length per resource (4 to 8 lines of text).
Written Requirements (25% of grade – 10% layout and 15% APA)
Your response to this assignment should include a title page, body of the paper, and reference page. The essay and resources should be addressed separately and should include separate headings. The text should be Times New Roman, black, 12 point font. One inch margins all around. No direct quotes, paraphrase in your own words. Your response should be within the designated word count range. Your assignment should be uploaded by the midnight of the due date.
Your assignment should be uploaded as a word document in this assignment folder.