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• BUS 680 Entire Course (Ash)
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• BUS 680 Week 1 DQ 1 Training Preferences
• BUS 680 Week 1 DQ 2 Learning Theories
• BUS 680 Week 1 MHC Case Study
• BUS 680 Week 2 DQ 1 Design Consulting
• BUS 680 Week 2 DQ 2 Domtar Case Study
• BUS 680 Week 2 Hardware Store Case Analysis
• BUS 680 Week 3 DQ 1 Games Simulations
• BUS 680 Week 3 DQ 2 Classroom-based Learning
  Experience

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• BUS 680 Entire Course (June 2020)
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• BUS 680 Week 1 DQ 1 Motivating Employees (Graded
  50/50)
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• BUS 680 Week 1 DQ 2 Knowledge, Skills, and
  Attitudes (KSAs) (Graded 50/50)
• BUS 680 Week 2 Training Needs Analysis(Graded
  145/150)
• BUS 680 Week 2 DQ 1 Needs Analysis(Graded 50/50)
• BUS 680 Week 2 DQ 2 Levels of Analysis(Graded
  50/50)
• BUS 680 Week 3 Assignment Training Design
  Proposal (Graded 137/150)
• BUS 680 Week 3 Discussion Training Delivery(
  Graded 47/50)
• BUS 680 Week 3 Discussion Training Design (Graded
  50/50)

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• BUS 680 Week 1 DQ 1 Motivating Employees (Graded
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• A major influence on job performance is
  motivation. There are several theories explaining
  the concept of motivation (expectancy theory, ERG
  theory, reinforcement theory, etc.). Select one
  of the following three scenarios to use as a
  framework for your discussion. In your post,
  apply a specific motivational theory to one of
  the three scenarios. Complete an analysis of the
  motivational theory using the scenario as a
  framework for your discussion.

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• BUS 680 Week 1 DQ 1 Training Preferences (Ash)
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• BUS 680 Week 1 DQ 1 Training Preferences
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• Training Preferences. Discuss the type of
  training you would prefer and why. Use Figure 3-6
  on page 82 to help you start your discussion, but
  do not limit it to only those characteristics.
  When responding to at least two of your
  classmates postings, discuss what accounts for
  the differences and similarities in your training
  preferences.

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• BUS 680 Week 1 DQ 2 Knowledge, Skills, and
  Attitudes (KSAs) (Graded 50/50)
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• Review the Training in Action 1-3 scenario
  titled, Training Needs in the Student
  Registration Office in Chapter 1 of the
  Blanchard and Thacker (2013) text. Assume that
  you were hired to develop a training program for
  the Customer Service Representatives (CSRs) as
  described in the scenario. Identify four of the
  most important KSAs (Knowledge, Skills, and
  Attitudes) a training program for the CSRs must
  address and include your reasoning for selecting
  these. Discuss the specific activities to be
  performed in the five phases of the training
  process model Analysis Phase, Design Phase,
  Development Phase, Implementation Phase, and
  Evaluation Phase.

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• BUS 680 Week 1 DQ 2 Learning Theories (Ash)
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• BUS 680 Week 1 DQ 2 Learning Theories
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• Learning Theories. There are more theories of
  learning and motivation than have been described
  in the text. Do a search for a learning or a
  motivation theory that is not in the text. Write
  a summary of the theory and suggest how it could
  be used in training. Respond to at least two of
  your classmates postings.
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• BUS 680 Week 1 MHC Case Study (Ash)
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• BUS 680 Week 1 MHC Case Study
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• MHC Case Study. Read the Strategic Planning at
  Multistate Health Corporation case on pages
  51-57 and answer the case questions on pages
  56-57
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• BUS 680 Week 2 DQ 1 Design Consulting (Ash)
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• BUS 680 Week 2 DQ 1 Design Consulting
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• Design Consulting. Conduct an Internet search to
  identify a company that provides training design
  consulting services. Discuss the design process.
  Respond to one of your classmates postings. In
  your response, compare and contrast the design
  process of the company you chose and the one your
  classmate chose. Do these comparisons in terms of
  the design process approach.
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• BUS 680 Week 2 DQ 1 Needs Analysis (Graded 50/50)
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• Needs Analysis CLOs 1, 3. Read the following
  scenarioA manager says, We need a training
  course on time management. We have 30 field
  representatives coming in for a conference next
  week and only 20 of them are actually meeting
  their goals. This is disappointing because they
  had the training four months ago but still have
  not met their overall goals in sales and customer
  service. I want you to give them a half-day
  training on time management.Provide a detailed
  description of how you would respond to and
  proceed in this situation. In your post, respond
  to the following

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• BUS 680 Week 2 DQ 2 Domtar Case Study (Ash)
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• BUS 680 Week 2 DQ 2 Domtar Case Study
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• Domtar Case Study. Reread the Domtar Case Study
  (p.1-3) from Chapter 1. Answer Case Analysis
  question 1 on page 207.
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• BUS 680 Week 2 DQ 2 Levels of Analysis (Graded
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• Levels of Analysis CLOs 1, 3.. Discuss the
  differences between, and the relationship among,
  the following levels of analysis organizational
  analysis, operational analysis, and person
  analysis. Do more than provide a basic
  definition. Generate at least two important
  questions to ask when conducting each level of
  analysis. Identify at least two techniques,
  sources of data, or methods to collect data for
  each level.Your initial post should be 250 to
  300 words. Use this weeks lecture as a
  foundation for your initial post. In addition to
  the Blanchard and Thacker (2013) text, use at
  least one additional scholarly source to support
  your discussion.

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• BUS 680 Week 2 Hardware Store Case Analysis (Ash)
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• BUS 680 Week 2 Hardware Store Case Analysis
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• Hardware Store Case Analysis. Read the Case
  Analysis on pages 147-148 and answer the
  questions that follow.
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• BUS 680 Week 2 Training Needs Analysis (Graded
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• Training Needs Analysis (TNA) CLOs 1, 3.
  Presented at the end of chapters 4, 5, 8 and 9 of
  the Blanchard and Thacker (2013) text, are
  examples of what would be done in a real
  situation regarding a small business that
  requested training. Review the Fabrics Inc.
  example at the end of chapter 4. In the Fabrics
  Inc. example, Blanchard and Thacker (2013) have
  demonstrated, needs analysis, the first phase in
  the Training Process Model.

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• BUS 680 Week 3 Assignment Training Design
  Proposal (Graded 137/150)
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• Training Design Proposal CLOs 1, 2, 3. Imagine
  that you are tasked with the development and
  delivery of a two-day training workshop for 100
  managers on how to use effective feedback skills
  when delivering one-on-one performance reviews to
  employees.

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• BUS 680 Week 3 CSS Case Analysis (Ash)
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• BUS 680 Week 3 CSS Case Analysis
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• CSS Case Analysis. Read the Case Analysis
  Training for Customer Service Specialists on
  pages 258-260. Answer the case questions on page
  260. 
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• BUS 680 Week 3 Discussion Training Delivery
  (Graded 47/50)
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• Training Delivery
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• Consider your best workplace learning experience.
  Describe the training delivery
• method(s) used and identify the factors that
  contributed to making it an effective
• workplace learning experience. Then, consider
  your worst workplace learning
• experience. Describe the training delivery
  method(s) used and identify the factors that
• contributed to making it an ineffective workplace
  learning experience. Discuss what you
• would suggest to make each workplace learning
  experience more effective.

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• BUS 680 Week 3 Discussion Training Design (Graded
  50/50)
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• Training Design CLOs 2, 4, 5. For this
  discussion, imagine that you are designing a
  4-hour leadership development training session.
  Identify specific learning objectives for your
  training session. Conduct an Internet search to
  identify the types of games and business
  simulations that are available. Select one game
  or business simulation appropriate for your
  audience and learning objectives. Provide a brief
  description, detailed rationale, and thorough
  analysis of the game or business simulation as it
  pertains to your specific audience and learning
  objectives. Do not simply cut and paste from the
  Internet source.

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• BUS 680 Week 3 DQ 1 Games Simulations (Ash)
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• BUS 680 Week 3 DQ 1 Games Simulations
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• Games Simulations. Do an Internet search to
  identify the types of games and business
  simulations that are available. Select one and
  provide a description and an analysis of it.
  Discuss the learning content objectives. Respond
  to at least two of your classmates postings
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• BUS 680 Week 3 DQ 2 Classroom based Learning
  Experience (Ash)
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• BUS 680 Week 3 DQ 2 Classroom-based Learning
  Experience
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• Classroom-based Learning Experience. Think about
  your best classroom-based learning experience and
  list the things that made it such a good
  experience. Then, think about your worst
  classroom-based experience and list the factors
  that made it such a bad experience. Respond to at
  least two of your classmates postings.

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• BUS 680 Week 4 Assignment Training Development
  (Effective Feedback Skills for Managers) (Graded
  142/150)
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• Training Development
• Last week, you submitted a proposal for the
  design of a two-day workshop to train
• managers on how to use effective feedback skills
  when delivering one-on-one
• performance reviews to employees. Design a 15-20
  slide PowerPoint presentation that
• would be used in this training workshop
  (excluding the title and reference slides).

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• BUS 680 Week 4 Discussion Training Methods
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• Training Methods CLO 2. There are several
  instructional methods and activities that can be
  used to deliver training. As a trainer, you
  should have a broad awareness of different kinds
  of instructional methods so that you can
  recommend and utilize the most appropriate
  solutions for the specific learning objectives.

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• BUS 680 Week 4 Discussion Types of Trainee
  (Graded 50/50)
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• Types of Trainees
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• A successful trainer needs to effectively engage
  various types of trainees and adapt quickly in
  the learning environment to meet their needs.
  Chapter 8 of the Blanchard and Thacker (2013)
  text lists and offers tips on dealing with
  different participant personalities.

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• BUS 680 Week 4 DQ 1 Tips for Trainers (Ash)
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• Tips for Trainers. Conduct a search of the
  Internet to identify tips for trainers in dealing
  with difficult trainees. Compare the types you
  find with the types identified in the text. If
  different, compare those you found with those in
  the text and offer an explanation as to why you
  think they were not included. If types are
  similar, compare how the text and Internet site
  suggest handling these types, noting any
  differences and explaining which method you
  prefer. Respond to at least two of your
  classmates postings 
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• BUS 680 Week 4 DQ 2 Review Questions (Ash)
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• BUS 680 Week 4 DQ 2 Review Questions
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• Review Questions. Answer one the following
  questions for review from the course text (p.
  364)
• a. Assume that you were the training manager in
  the Westcan case (Chapter 4, p.139). How would
  you suggest evaluating the training, assuming
  they were about to conduct it as suggested in the
  case? Be as specific as you can.
• b. Of all the designs presented in Appendix 9-1,
  which one would you consider to be most effective
  while also being practical enough to convince an
  organization to adopt it? If your design involved
  representative sampling, how would you accomplish
  it?

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• BUS 680 Week 4 Jims Case Analysis (Ash)
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• BUS 680 Week 4 Jims Case Analysis
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• Jims Case Analysis. Read the Case Analysis on
  pages 322-323 and answer the case questions on
  page 323. 
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• BUS 680 Week 5 Discussion Effective Facilitation
  (Graded 50/50)
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• Effective Facilitation
• Reflect on a facilitated training session you
  experienced that affected you either positively
  or negatively. Describe the methods, tools, or
  strategies from the session that you would like
  to emulate, if the experience was positive, or
  avoid, if the experience was negative. Analyze
  the facilitated session in terms of the
  characteristics of adult learning and effective
  facilitation that you have learned about in the
  course and course readings.

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• BUS 680 Week 5 Discussion Engaging Participates
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• Engaging Participates
• Conduct research to identify techniques for
  maintaining participant interest in training.
  List a minimum of three specific techniques not
  found in the Blanchard and Thacker (2013) text
  and give a short explanation of each. Explain how
  these techniques can be used to deliver effective
  training, noting the learning style to which each
  technique appeals. Compare these three techniques
  with those identified in the course text, noting
  any differences or similarities.

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• BUS 680 Week 5 DQ 1 Resistance to Training (Ash)
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• BUS 680 Week 5 DQ 1 Resistance to Training
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• Resistance to Training. The vice-president of
  human resources asked you, the director of
  training, to develop a sexual harassment training
  program for the company. During your needs
  analysis you discover that most of the executives
  do not believe they need this training and do not
  plan to attend. You identify a couple of
  instances in which an executives behavior seems
  bordering on sexual harassment. You discuss your
  findings with the VP, who asks you to come back
  with a strategy for dealing with the resistance
  to training.

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• BUS 680 Week 5 DQ 2 KSAs (Ash)
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• BUS 680 Week 5 DQ 2 KSAs
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• KSAs. Find a recent article (no more than a year
  old) that identifies KSAs that will be critical
  for managers in the immediate future. Provide a
  summary of the article and discuss its management
  development implications in your discussion
  forum. Respond to at least two of your
  classmates postings. 
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• BUS 680 Week 5 Exam (Graded 50/50)
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• Question 1
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• When a(n) _____ analysis is conducted for
  strategic planning, it is a major undertaking. 
  The _____ and relevant strategies that have been
  identified in the strategic plan are an
  indication of where the firm wishes to be.
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• Operational goals
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• BUS 680 Week 5 IMP Case Analysis (Ash)
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• BUS 680 Week 5 IMP Case Analysis
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• IMP Case Analysis. Read the Case Analysis All it
  Takes is for Good Men to do Nothing on pages
  421-422 and answer the case questions on page
  422. 
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• BUS 680 Week 6 Discussion Training Effectiveness
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• Training Effectiveness
• Reflect on and explore the reasons why evaluation
  is critical to training success. Discuss the
  reasons evaluation is critical to effectiveness
  of training. Explain the connection between
  organizational improvement and training
  effectiveness.
• Your initial post should be 250 to 300 words. Use
  this weeks lecture as a foundation for your
  initial post. In addition to the Blanchard and
  Thacker (2013) text, use at least one additional
  scholarly source to support your discussion.
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• BUS 680 Week 6 Discussion Training Evaluation
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• Training Evaluation
• What is the relationship among Kirkpatricks four
  levels of evaluation? Would you argue for
  examining all four levels, even if your boss
  suggested you should look only at the last one
  (results) and, that if it improved, you would
  know that training had an impact? Provide at
  least one example (e.g., tool, device, etc.) that
  would be used to gather evaluation data at each
  level.

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• BUS 680 Week 6 DQ 1 Evaluating Learning (Ash)
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• BUS 680 Week 6 DQ 1 Evaluating Learning
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• Evaluating Learning. Read the articles assigned
  for this week. Discuss the elements of evaluation
  and why they are important. Also, discuss the
  return on investment (ROI) for the organizations.
  Is training worth the cost? You may include your
  personal experiences in your response. Respond to
  at least two of your classmates postings. 

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• BUS 680 Week 6 DQ 2 Final Paper Summary (Ash)
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• BUS 680 Week 6 DQ 2 Final Paper Summary
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• Final Paper Summary. Share the abstract of your
  Training and Development Paper in your discussion
  forum. When responding to your classmates
  postings, ask well thought-out questions and
  provide critical feedback that could help them
  make final improvements to the final draft of
  their paper. Respond to at least two of your
  classmates postings. 

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• BUS 680 Week 6 Final Paper
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• Focus of the Final Paper
• Each person must complete a research paper
  addressing one of the following topics or a
  mutually agreed upon topic between the student
  and instructor
• Training Needs Analysis
• Training Strategies for Small and Medium Sized
  Businesses One Size Doesnt Fit All
• Management Development Techniques
• Training Evaluation New Techniques and
  Strategies
• The Learning Organization Three Companies That
  Have Made it a Reality
• Technical Training A How To Guide to
  Enhancing Technical KSAs
• Other topic approved by instructor

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• BUS 680 Week 6 Final Paper The Training Program
  (Fabrics, Inc) (Graded 225/250)
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• Week 6 Final Paper
• The Training Program (Fabrics, Inc.)
• Presented at the end of Chapters 4, 5, 8 and 9 of
  the Blanchard and Thacker (2013) text, are
  examples of what would be done in a real
  situation regarding a small business that
  requested training (these sections can be found
  in the electronic text by going to the Summary
  section for each chapter and scrolling down).
  Review the Fabrics Inc. examples at the end of
  these chapters. These sections are labeled, The
  Training Prog

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