Training and Development (HRM617) Fall, 2018

Assignment No.1
Due Date: 06 February,2019
Total Marks: 10
Topic: Use of Technology in Training
NOTE: Assignments after due date will not be accepted

LEARNING OUTCOMES
After completing this assignment a student may be able to

 Understand the Advantages of use of technology in training.

 Understand the limitations of e-learning.

Scenario

ABC Inc. used to hire its Management Trainee Officers from all over Pakistan. After hiring them ABC Inc.
used to gather the batch in their Lahore office for their initial training. Company’s CEO however is very
concerned about the increased training cost and he is trying to reduce the cost of traveling and
residence of trainees. He is trying to arrange e-learning training sessions in five major cities of Pakistan,
i.e. Karachi, Lahore, Islamabad, Peshawar and Quetta. But, Mr. Ahmed, one of the major trainers and
head of training department is of the view that On-line mode of training is not effective as compared to
traditional mode and it will not bring desired results.

Questions:

1. If you are CEO of ABC Inc. How will you convince Mr. Ahmed for online training (e-
learning)? (6 Marks)
2. Enlist some of the main factors why people avoid e-learning? (4 Marks)

IMPORTANT:
24 hours extra / grace period after the due date are usually available to overcome uploading
difficulties. This extra time should only be used to meet the emergencies and above mentioned due
dates should always be treated as final to avoid any inconvenience.

IMPORTANT INSTRUCTIONS
 Students are advised to study the whole text carefully.
 Try not to include any irrelevant material in the solution
 Try to come up with precise and original answers.
  Any act of plagiarism like copy paste from internet will result in ZERO marks.
 Assignments reaching after the due date would not be considered.

OTHER IMPORTANT INSTRUCTIONS:

DEADLINE:

 Make sure to upload the solution file before the due date on VULMS.
 Any submission made via email after the due date will not be accepted.

FORMATTING GUIDELINES:

 Use the font style “Times New Roman” or “Arial” and font size “12”.
 It is advised to compose your document in MS-Word format.
 You may also compose your assignment in Open Office format.
Use black and blue font colors only

REFERENCING GuIDELINES:

 Use APA style for referencing and citation. For guidance search “APA reference style”
in Google and read various website containing information for better understanding or
visit http://linguistics.byu.edu/faculty/henrichsenl/apa/APA01.html

RULES FOR MARKING

Please note that your assignment will not be graded or graded as Zero (0), if:
 It is submitted after the due date.
 The file you uploaded does not open or is corrupt.
 It is in any format other than MS-Word or Open Office; e.g. Excel, PowerPoint, PDF
etc.
 It is cheated or copied from other students, internet, books, journals etc.

Good Luck

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