PSY506 TRAINING, DEVELOPMENT AND EVALUATION
| Course Code: | 2330506 |
| METU Credit (Theoretical-Laboratory hours/week): | 3 (3.00 - 0.00) |
| ECTS Credit: | 8.0 |
| Department: | Psychology |
| Language of Instruction: | English |
| Level of Study: | Graduate |
| Course Coordinator: | Prof.Dr. HAYRİYE CANAN SÜMER |
| Offered Semester: | Spring Semesters. |
Course Objectives
The main objective is to present current issues in organizational training as a development tool. Topics to be covered can be generally classified into three areas: assessing needs for training, designing and implementing the training, and evaluating the effectiveness of the training. While covering these issues, different approaches/techniques to organizational training will be discussed in the light of a relatively recent literature. In order to provide a hands-on experience to the students taking this course, a training project is also included.
Course Content
This course is basically concerned with teaching basic training and employee development techniques used in industry. Furthermore, the course also covers how to evaluate the effectiveness of a specific training program. The typical topics of the course include needs assessment, training techniques, training for special groups (e.g., executives, middle managers, hard-core unemployed), the choice of criteria in evaluating training programs. The orientation of this course is both theoretical and applied.
Course Learning Outcomes
Students will
- Conduct a thorough needs assessment.
- Develope a training program using the proper training techniques and methods.
- Develop an program to evaluate the effectiveness of the developed training program.