The Training and Development Dilemma
The Training and Development Dilemma at Whitney and Company
read the case, “The Training and Development Dilemma at Whitney and Company,” which you can find on e-reserves.
answer the following questions.
- Comment on Whitney and Company’s new employee orientation program. Considering the objectives of a typical new employee orientation program, and based on the information provided in the case, do you think it is an effective orientation program? Why or why not?
- What is one thing that Whitney and Company should do to evaluate the effectiveness of the orientation training program? Be sure to make direct reference to one (or more) of Kirkpatrick’s Levels of Training Evaluation and explain why you think that level of evaluation is appropriate.
