Take My Liberty BUSI 644 Class

Werner and DeSimone is read two chapters a week. Week one introduces HRD as a field and the forces that shape how employees behave at work.

Week two covers how adults learn and how organizations assess training needs at the level of the organization, the task and the person.

Week three covers designing and then implementing HRD programs: objectives, content, methods, materials, trainers and schedules. Week four covers evaluating programs and bringing new employees into the organization.

Week five covers skills and technical training together with coaching and performance management. Week six turns to employee counseling and wellness programs and to career management.

Week seven covers management development and organization development and change. Week eight closes with the chapter on diversity and HRD.

Every week has a recorded presentation and a 30-point quiz. Forums fall in weeks two, four, five and seven, the project's two parts in weeks three and six, and the group faith essay and its replies in week eight.

BUSI 644 is carried around the individual project, because Part 1 and Part 2 share one small business and one training topic, and the review in week six must speak to the program built in week three.

The business and training need are settled in the first two weeks. A small firm with a concrete gap works best, such as a dental practice whose front desk needs better scheduling and billing conversations, or a family restaurant training new servers on allergen safety.

Part 1 then follows the design sequence the chapters teach: a short needs assessment, measurable objectives, content, methods matched to the learners, materials, a delivery plan and an evaluation plan. Every lesson plan lists its objective, timing, activities, materials and a check for understanding, so a manager or another trainer could pick it up and run it.

Part 2 reviews the research on the same topic, at least eight pages with ten scholarly sources including the Bible, and shows how the literature supports or would sharpen the program.

Forum threads clear 400 words with two sources and go up by Thursday, and the two replies of 250 words or more follow by Sunday. You post and submit every item yourself; the quizzes are yours.

BUSI 644 work goes to a learning and development professional: a corporate trainer, an instructional designer or a talent development manager, often holding the ATD's CPTD or a similar credential.

That background matters most in Part 1. Lesson plans read like the ones a training department actually uses, with timed segments, practice activities and a short assessment at the end of each session.

It matters in the forums too. A thread on evaluation can explain why most organizations stop at reaction surveys and how a small business could still measure behavior on the job.

It matters in the literature review as well, where the writer knows the training research well enough to find recent studies on the specific skill rather than general articles on training.

A second reviewer checks the project, review and posts for length, sources and APA before delivery, and the same specialist stays on your course from Forum 1 to the faith replies.

Part 1 is the first difficulty. Most MBA students have attended training but never designed it, and lesson plans with objectives, timing and assessments are new territory.

The early deadline is the second. Part 1 is due on the Sunday of week three, which leaves little time to choose a business, assess its needs and design every session.

The forum schedule is the third. Threads are due on Thursday and replies on Sunday of the same week, earlier than in many courses, and each post needs two sources.

The literature review is the fourth. Eight pages and ten scholarly sources on a narrow training topic is a substantial search, and the review must connect back to the program in Part 1.

Week eight is the fifth, with the group essay due on Wednesday, the individual replies on Friday and the last quiz in the same few days.

Choosing the business and topic early matters most, so the class is best handed over before week one begins.

Forum threads reach you by Tuesday or Wednesday of their weeks, leaving time to post before Thursday, and replies follow once classmates' threads appear.

Part 1 arrives before the Sunday of week three with every lesson plan complete, and Part 2 arrives before the Sunday of week six.

Your share of the faith essay reaches you early in week eight, ahead of the group's Wednesday deadline, and the two replies to other groups follow before Friday.

The quote lists each forum, both project parts and the faith work as separate lines, with the two project parts together the largest share.

Students who join after week three send their submitted Part 1, and Part 2 is written to match it.