Training and Development
June 12, 2012
HR/592
Michael Mcrath

Table of Content
Executive Summary ……………………………….............................. Business Background ……………………………….......................... Needs Assessment ………………………………................................. Organizational………………. Task…………………………. Person……………………….. Observations ………………………………..........................
Interviews………………………………....................
Conclusion………………………………..................

Executive Summary Target is one of the largest retailers in the United States. Target wants to be able to give guests better quality products for a cheaper price. They also want to be the one stop shop. Target relies on their team members to keep the guests happy so they always come back again and again. Target mission and vision statement say it all when tailoring a message of how they want their team members to accomplish their business goals. Target wants to have all of their team members want to make a career out of working there and not just be a job. Target does not lay off any team members, but the team members are informed when they are hired that 40 hours is never guaranteed.
DEVELOPING A COMPREHENSIVE TRAINING PROGRAM The status for the needs assessment is to come up with developing a comprehensive training and development program to ensure a less of a turnover rate. To do this I had to look at Targets business strategy, which is a plan that integrates their goals, plans, and actions. Their goals are their mission statement, their plans are the vision statement, and their plans are how they are going to train everyone to achieve their goals. In conducting a needs assessment, there are three levels of analysis:
The first level is organizational analysis which is finding out the appropriateness of training based on the Targets business strategy and