Purpose:
The purpose of this group project is to provide the students with an opportunity to apply the course concepts to develop a comprehensive training and development plan for an organization of their choice.
Due Dates:
Project Task 1 (5%) – Due in Dropbox by February 3
Project Task 2 (10%) – Due in Dropbox by March 2
Project Task 3 & 4 (10%) – Due in Dropbox by March 23
Project Task 5 (10%) – Due in Dropbox by April 6
Project Task 1 (5%)
- Form your group and exchange contact information with all members of the group.
- Using the Group Project Template Provided in D2L, create the Title Page for your group project.
- The Title Page will include ALL group member names and ID Numbers.
- Choose a Medium or Large PUBLICALLY TRADED Company for your report. You will be gathering publicly available information for this company, so make sure you can get:
- Number of Employees
- Company Sales Figures
- Company Industry Information
- Submit the Title Page to Dropbox in D2L NO LATER THAN 11:59pm SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 3.
- Only One person per group has to submit the project, but Late Submissions will lose THREE POINTS.
Project Task 2 (10%)
- Each group will write AT LEAST FIVE PAGES detailing the following:
- Short History/Description of the company you have chosen.
- Main Products/Services your company provides.
- Main Industry and Competitors for your company.
- General Management Structure of your company.
Project Task 3 and 4 (10%)
- Two or Three Pages
- Review and report the financial reports that are publicly available for your company.
- Include the Balance Sheet and Income Statement
- Include the Number of Employees
- At Least Five Pages
- Review and Include ANY Publicly available information that might be available about what jobs the company is currently advertising for.
- Try to find any information that might be publicly available about any training and Development Programs
- Include Any Information that might be interesting/helpful such as “Employees from 70 countries” or “Operates in 30 Countries” that might be helpful in designing a training and development plan.
Project Task 5 (10%)
- At Least Five Pages, including charts and pictures
- Choose a job category (sales, accounting, international shipping etc.) and write a Training and Development Plan for this job category.
- Make sure you refer to the materials we have covered in class during the semester.
