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PSY-8412: Organizational Training and Development

Week 5 Resources

A Practitioner Friendly and Scientifically Robust Training Evaluation Approach
Griffin, R. (2012). A practitioner friendly and scientifically robust training evaluation approach. Journal of Workplace Learning, 24(6), 393–402.
This resource describes challenges to implementing training evaluation in organizational settings and proposes best practices for professionals.

Noe, R. A. (2016). Employee training & development (8th ed.). McGraw-Hill Higher Education.

Read Chapter 5 (pp. 205-240).
Read Chapter 6 (pp. 253-290).

These chapters introduce the concepts of program design (Chapter 5) and training evaluation (Chapter 6).

Access this Redshelf book from your course, in the Getting Started module, or from the Bookshelf link, on the top navigation bar.

Structuring and Planning a Training Session
Ritchie, H. (Practitioner). (2016). Structuring and planning a training session [Video]. SAGE Knowledge.
This 30-minute video describes a process used for structuring and planning a training course. Keep this content in mind when working on your assignment this week!