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Short Essay Question 1 (please choose one of the two short essay questions to answer) Management is questioning proposals by the HR department to increase spending on training. The CEO asks you, the HR director, whether you can provide quantifiable measures to evaluate the effective ness of training program . (1) Please describe four basic c ategories of training outcomes (see Step 5 of Training Process ). (2 points ) (2) The CEO has asked you to evaluate the effectiveness of a productivity training program for Level 1 employee . The company spends $ 9,000 per quarter in wages for each Level 1 emplo yee. Productivity is currently 2 00 units per worker, requiring 600 Level 1 employees to meet the production goal of 12 0,000 units. By spending $80,000 on training, it is projected that productivity can be increased by 2.5%. Respond to the questions below to calculate the ROI, and decide if the investment is worthwhile. a. What is the new productivity if it increases by 2.5% over the current 200 units per worker? (0.5 point ) b. How many employees will be required to meet the production goal of 100,000 units at the new level of productivity? (0.5 point ) c. What is the savings from the reduced number of Level 1 employees? (0.5 point ) d. Is the investment in training worthwhile? Use the ROI to justify your response. The formula to calculate the return on investment from the training expense is ROI = 100% x ( Savings - Expense ) / Expense . (1 point ) e. Besides reduced cost of production, what other benefits might be gained from training? (0.5 point ) Please write y our answer s below. Please indicate which question you intend to answer. Your answer s sh ould be no more than 250 words. Short Essay Question 2 (please choose one of the two short essay questions to answer) Brenda Jackson, a newly hired human resources manager, has been on the job for approximately six months and is in the process of trying to create a new performance appraisal system for her employer, Starbrite Manufacturing Systems. Brenda has reviewed the company’s current employee files and has noted that no formal performance appraisals exist in the files. This situation is of great concern to Brenda. In response, Brenda schedules a meeting with the CEO to discuss her concerns and to gain his support to ultimately recommend the designing of a new performance appraisal system. After the meeting, Brenda is happy at gaining the CEOs approval but starts to feel overwhelmed at the large task she has in pulling the new perfo rmance management system together. Thi s is where you come in to help Br enda by answering the following questions . (1) Please name four performance appraisal methods . (1 point ) (2) Discuss and suggest one type of appraisal method that Brenda should recommend the company use. Please explain advantage s and disadvantages of this performance appraisal method in detail . (4 points ) Please write y our answer s below. Please indicate which question you intend to answer. Your answer s sh ould be no more than 250 words.