BMT330 TRAINING AND DEVELOPMENT
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Version No.: 1.00 Course Prerequisite: Nil Objectives: The objectives of this course are to equip students with comprehensive knowledge and practical skills for managing training in their organizations. Course outcome: students should expose to all fields of ‘training and development’ in the business scenario.

CONTENTS
UNIT DESCRIPTION Introduction: Learning Theories ‐ Reinforcement Theory, Social Learning Theory, Goal Theories, Need Theories, Expectancy Theory, Adult Learning Theory, Information Processing Theory ‐ The basic principles of learning, The Learning Process , Mental and Physical Processes, The Learning Cycle, Learning curve, Learning styles. Analysis: Training Needs Analysis and Needs Assessment – Business, Performance, Job, Task, Learner, Context and Skill‐Gap analyses Design: Training Objectives – Training Deliverables and Instructional Strategies – Training Design Budgets and Schedules – Training Project Management. Development: Drafting Training Materials – Developing tests / assessments – Quality Control Issues Implementation: Train the Trainer Programmes – Classroom delivery of training – Non‐ Classroom delivery techniques viz. Computer‐based training (CBT), Multimedia training (MMT), Web‐Based training (WBT) – Management Development Programmes (MDPs). Evaluation: The role of Evaluation in Training – Evaluating Reactions and Learning – Evaluating the transfer of training – Evaluating the results of the training Text Book: 1. Donald J. Ford, Bottom‐Line Training, Prentice‐Hall of India Pvt. .Ltd., New Delhi Reference Books: 1. Armstrong Michael, A Handbook of Human Resource Management(11th ed),2009, Kogan Page 2. Lynton Rolf and Pareek Udai,