ASSIGNMENT 08
R02 Employee Training and Development
Directions: Be sure to save an electronic copy of your answer before submitting it to Ashworth
College for grading. Unless otherwise stated, answer in complete sentences, and be sure to use
correct English, spelling, and grammar. Sources must be cited in APA format. Your response
should be four (4) double‐spaced pages; refer to the “Format Requirementsʺ page located at the
beginning of this learning guide for specific format requirements.
Respond to the items below.
Part A: What should be included in a development plan? What do you think is the most
important part of the plan for ensuring that employees develop? Explain your choice.
Part B: Nationwide Financial, a 5,000-employee life insurance company based in Columbus,
Ohio, uses the nine-box grid for its succession review. What type of development plans
and activities would you recommend for solid but not outstanding performers with
moderate leadership potential? How would these plans differ from employees with high
potential and high performance (stars)? Explain.
Part C: How would you prepare a team of three managers to go to Warsaw, Poland, to oversee
the operations of a recently acquired financial services firm? They will be leaving in one
month, and the assignment lasts two years.
Part D: Distance learning can be used to deliver a lecture to geographically dispersed trainees.
How might distance learning be designed and used to avoid some of the learning and
transfer of training problems of the traditional lecture method?
Part E: Why would a company use a combination of face-to-face instruction and web-based
training?
Grading Rubric
Please refer to the rubric on the next page for the grading criteria for this assignment.
