Management - Freelance Trainer Assessment Answer

Free-lance trainer (Associate consultants)                                                                

You operate as a free-lance trainer (associate consultant) in Auckland, you decide to approach a New Zealand based organization of your choice to propose a training. Your initial meeting has been successful and the organization gives you the opportunity to conduct the training. Before you begin the training you must prepare a training schedule for the training session.

The training schedule must include:

a) A description of the chosen organization                                                                                   (2 Marks)

b) The target audience for the training                                                                                        (3 Marks) 

c) The main objective of the training                                                                                            (3 Marks)

d) The plan for the delivery                                                                                                                (4 Marks)

e) The content for delivery                                                                                                              (8 Marks)

f) The skills the training will enhance.                                                                                            (3 Marks)

g) Technical knowledge of a job-related software product                                                       (4 Marks)

h) An activity (to enhance learning in the session).                                                                    (3 Marks)

i) The expected outcomes of the training                                                                                   (4 Marks)

j) A feedback form to assess your performance, post the training                                           (4 Marks)

Task 1: Produce the training schedule in a word document that covers the contents mentioned above.

Part 2: Press- conference                                                                                                                (22 Marks)

Spokespersons

An incident which took place recently has brought attention to the Bus drivers safety in Auckland. NZ Bus and Auckland transport work together on providing better and safer transport for its passengers and regrets the incident. They have called for a press conference to address the issues and ensure that all stakeholders trust their services.

Your team comprises of executives from both the organizations and has been chosen to represent the organizations (NZ Bus and Auckland transport) to the Media and other stakeholders at a press conference to address the issue and ensure that the organizations will manage employee safety more effectively.

1) You will address issues along the lines of internal and external factors that affect the policies of health and safety and compliance in your organizations.

2) The human resource plans you decide to implement to ensure better organizational performance and minimize the errors.

3) The driver has quit the organization due to lack of safety and stress, your team needs to address these issues and give an appropriate closure to the driver.

This is the article that was published, but you need to be well prepared and your research needs to be beyond this article. You should ensure that the press conference does not rupture the image of both organizations. Task 2: Prepare and conduct a press conference as the spokespersons of NZ bus and Auckland transport.

Individual Assessment                                                                                                                     (40 Marks)

Part 3: Performance appraisal specialist                                                                                  (20 Marks)

The organization which you developed the training schedule for has been impressed with your work and the results from the employee’s performance post-training, which has been positive. They have now invited you to individually be external performance appraisers and have asked you to suggest four methods of performance appraisal suitable for the employees of this company, with at least two reasons for each method chosen.

Task 3: Provide the performance appraisal information to the organization in a word document in the below format.