Learning, Development, and Coaching

Catalog description

The objective of this course is to provide executive students with an understanding of various concepts and theories relating to employee learning and development, both as a profession and as a contributor to organizational objectives. By enabling students to actively engage in practical application of the concepts, they will develop the knowledge and skills necessary to implement and evaluate learning and development programs in organizations. In addition, the course will afford students an appreciation of the purpose of learning and development, and the impact it has on organizations and individual career/professional growth. Specifically, the course will provide students with a formal framework for conducting needs assessments, designing learning and development programs, creating effective coaching, and mentoring programs, and designing evaluation tools to assess the efficacy of learning, development, andcoaching.