You have just learned that your company is looking for ways to cutback expenses. One of the cost cutting measures being considered is toterminate the training department, as the company considers this anexpense and they do not believe training is contributing to theprofitability of the company. As the head of the training department itis your job to defend the value of the department. You realize thatwell trained employees perform their jobs more efficiently andconsequently can contribute to higher productivity and profits for thecompany. One way to show the value of training is to have tools thatwill allow a manager to track the performance of an employee both beforeand after they have received training.

• Report
  Write a report that will be shared withsenior management on why training is a very important part of thecompany’s overall financial success. Discuss the advantages of havingwell-trained employees.
• Evaluation Tool
  Using what you have learnedabout transfer training and the evaluation of training programs createan evaluation tool which can be used to evaluate how effective any givenemployee training program is in terms of:

• Increasing the level of transfer of knowledge (knowledge retention)
• Monitoring the effectiveness of the skill performance in the job performance improvement
• Include common attributes in your evaluation tool which could beapplicable to most employees at the organization such as: employeesshowing concern for saving the company money or consistently turning inerror free work. Your training tool should contain a minimum of 10evaluation criteria.

Your training evaluation tool must be included with your reportdefending the value of the training department. You know that yourreport will be shared with senior level managers and eventually to theboard of directors. However, you are uncertain whether or not you willbe allowed to present your work at a later time or in a differentmanner. Therefore it is important that your report is well written andprofessional.

Report Details
The report should be 5-7 pages in length and include:

• Executive Summary highlighting all the factors in the scenario.
• Justification of the importance of retaining the training departmentin the company and explanation of how the training department isimportant to the overall success of the company.
• Training Evaluation Tool to evaluate knowledge retention and job performance improvement (10 criteria minimum).
• Explanation of how the evaluation tool will be implemented.
• Describe how the evaluation tool will help evaluate the level oftransfer of knowledge and skill performance for current trainingprograms as well as, monitor and improve planning for future trainingeffectiveness.
• Summary and conclusion of tool’s effectiveness.