Major Project

Recommended major parts of your report

Option 1: a person or group of persons who are preparing to travel into another cultural setting (overseas) for a particular assignment

1. The nature of the trainees: Who are these people? What are their backgrounds, attitudes, cultural values, ages, etc.

2. The nature of the destination: What environment are you sending these people into? What are the major physical, cultural, and emotional challenges that they will encounter? What resources and people will they have available to work with?

3. The nature of the mission: What skills will the people be expected to have in the new cultural setting? How will their ‘success’ be measured? What kind of problems will they have to be able to solve in order to be successful?

4. The suggested training: Provide a rationale and outline of the training program which you recommend for this person or group. What will be the major components? How will each be achieved? Provide enough information so that an experienced trainer could create and deliver the program you want from your outline.

5. Assessment of the Learning: How do you assess the learning or training? You may want to do this at various stages of the training. Insert assessment questions or exercises at appropriate points within the training program.

Option 2: people in a corporation or other organization in the United States to help people deal with cultural and other diversity concerns among their current and future employees

1. The nature of the organization and its problem: Who are the people in the organization? What are their backgrounds, attitudes, cultural values, ages, etc.? Why is the organization in need of cultural diversity training? What is the immediate problem that produced management’s interest in such training?

2. The outcomes of this training: What specifically do the members of management wish to achieve with diversity training? How do they feel this training will benefit the organizational effectiveness? What types of training activities are they interested in? Estimate how many resources (commitment) will be available for the training or organizational development program. Be specific about the goals for the organization. How will the organization be altered in the short and/or long term?

3. The suggested training: Provide a rationale and outline of the training program which you recommend for this person or group. What will be the major components? How will each be achieved? Provide enough information so that an experienced trainer could create and deliver the program you want from your outline.

4. Assessment of the Learning: How do you assess the learning or training? You may want to do this at various stages of the training. Insert assessment questions or exercises at appropriate points within the training program.

For both options: Please note that you are expected to provide the actual content of the training program. Use graphics, PPT slides, and text to present the content. The emphasis is not on too much information but on designing a simple, easy to follow and to-the-point lesson. Make sure that the training program covers ONLY that which you have stated in your objectives of the training program.