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B207A – TMA – First 2020-2021 Page 1Arab Open UniversityFaculty of Business StudiesHRM210- Training and DevelopmentSecond Semester 2020-2021- Tutor Marked Assessment I. TMA overview This TMA is intended to assess the following:• Your knowledge and understanding of the key concepts covered in Chapters 1, 3 and 4• Your ability to apply the course ideas to real business examples• Your ability to use academic business and management language appropriately andeffectively to communicate your ideas• Your ability to work and communicate with a teamThis is a group TMA. Each team will consist of 3-4 students. (Consult with your tutor if it’s notpossible to form a group due to the current health situation).This TMA consists of 20% of your total course grade.• Teams of the same section should select different ideas for this TMA.• The initial task of your team is to select an organization and ask for tutor approval.• Teams should arrange with their tutors to verify that no other team had selected the sameorganization.B207A – TMA – First 2020-2021 Page 2 II. TMA Topic and requirements Companies are experiencing great change due to new technologies, rapid development of newknowledge, globalization, and e-commerce. To help with such change, companies need to devotesignificant resources to attract, retain, and motivate their workforces. Human resourcemanagement (HRM) is constantly adopting new policies, practices, and systems that influenceemployee behavior, attitudes, and performance. Training is one of the key components of the HRMfunction. The focus of this TMA is for students to select an organization and to mainly discuss theimportance of training and how it is being implemented.It is crucial that students use theories and course material they learned in HRM210 while writingthis TMA. III. Essay Paper (100 marks out of 100) (1200 words) Students need to answer the following questions in a very organized way.1. Introduce your organization, and briefly talk about its vision and mission (10 marks)2. Discuss the forces influencing the organization workplace and learning and explain howtraining can help the chosen organization to deal with these forces. Link to the theoriesdiscussed in the course material. (25 marks)3. Discuss various aspects of the training design process applied in this organization: (25marks)a. Need analysisb. Program designc. Delivery of the trainingd. Evaluation.4. Assume you are the HR manager of the organization and you have to prepare olderemployees with little computer experience to attend a training course on how to use theInternet. How will you ensure that they have high levels of readiness for training? Howwill you determine their readiness for training? (20 marks)5. Explain the importance of training and the reason why it is perceived as a main competitiveadvantage for companies. (20 marks)Instructions for students:• Each team will work on the paper as they would normally do with other courses, but thistime in a group. This is a good opportunity for students to learn a set of skills that arevery important in the professional business world, such as time management, planning,communicating with others, etc.B207A – TMA – First 2020-2021 Page 3• Each team is required to select a team leader. The TMA paper should be uploaded to theLMS by the team leader only. This is a very important requirement in order to avoidTurnitin similarities.• The names of all the team members should be written on the pt3 form, including the nameof the team leader. All team members will receive the same mark on the TMA essay paper.Students are required to use the pt3 form provided on the LMS for this specific TMA.• Students papers are expected to meet the following criteria:o Plagiarism: It’s imperative that team members write the TMA using their ownwords. Plagiarism will be penalized depending on its severity and according toAOU plagiarism policy.o Format: team members are expected to write their answer in an essay format:introduction, body paragraph(s) and a conclusion. Failing to do so could result inthe deduction of up to 4 marks from the total TMA paper mark.o Word count: TMAs are expected to be within the specified word count. A 10%deviation from word count limit is acceptable. Not adhering to specified wordcount could result in the deduction of up to 4 marks of the total TMA paper mark.o Referencing: team members are expected to use the Harvard referencing stylefor in-text referencing and list of reference at the end. Failing to do so could resultin the deduction of up to 4 marks of the total TMA paper mark.o E-Library: team members are expected to use E-library sources to support theiranswers. A minimum of 3 sources is required. Failing to do so could result in thededuction of up to 4 marks of the total TMA paper mark.