MGMT 442 - Employee Training and Development

(3 hours) Prerequisites: MGMT 340. This course describes the human resource management activity of employee training and development, also known as human resource development (HRD). Students will learn concepts and practices pertaining to ways organizations use formal training, developmental job assignment, and mentoring, among other methods, to develop employees. Students will apply adult learning theory and instructional systems design concepts to specify the training needs analysis, design, delivery (including technological elements), and multilevel evaluation of a training topic. The course will be cross-listed as BUSI 542.