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The Human Resource Development
Orientation Handbook and Research Guide

abilities include: understanding of the organization as a system, organization assessment, team
building and intergroup work as OD intervention, entry strategies, internal/external change agent,
and third-party consultation.

HURD 748 LEADERSHIP DEVELOPMENT
Prerequisites: None Credits: 3
This course is designed to allow opportunities for persons to examine various questions about
leadership including: What is it? What is the process? What makes for effective leadership and why?
What influences can an individual really have on an organization? Is there something really different
needed in leadership in the 21st century? Does leadership really make a difference? It is also
designed to assist participants in gaining deeper insights about themselves in both the leadership and
followership roles. It is designed with the intent of having both students and instructor collaborate
in the learning process toward mutual growth and development. Emphasis is also placed on assisting
the participants in gaining the knowledge, skills and insights necessary for developing leadership
development systems within a variety of organizational types.

HURD 764 TRAINING I: PROCESS AND PRACTICE
Prerequisites: None Credits: 3
The roles and responsibilities of training and development and their impact on organizational
structure are analyzed. The course focuses on the development of knowledge, skills, and awareness
needed to design and deliver effective training programs/curriculum. Students examine adult
learning concepts and principles for the purpose of developing training programs that reflect
participants' needs and emphasize achieving well-defined objectives. Strategies and techniques are
exploited for systematic development of training, beginning with needs analysis and ending with
program evaluation.

HURD 765 TRAINING II: PROCESS AND PRACTICE
Prerequisites: HURD 764 Credits: 3
The 16-week course focuses on the specialization of knowledge, skills, and awareness needed for
the training specialist or manager of human resource development programs. Emphasis is placed on
the role of the expert internal or external trainer. Mastery of all aspects of the training and
development process is expected. Technology and training strategies and techniques are explored
for the systematic development of the training process. The course builds on adult learning concepts
and principles for the purpose of developing training programs presented in HURD 764.

HURD 774 HUMAN RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT: A STRATEGIC APPROACH
Prerequisites: None Credits: 3
This course develops the ability to recognize, analyze and define problems within and outside of the
organization, to identify management choices and to implement appropriate action. The course
stresses assessment of the short- and long-term implications of taking certain actions.

HURD 806 RESEARCH: ANALYSIS, INTERPRETATION AND PROPOSAL WRITING
Prerequisites: None Credits: 3
This 16-week course is designed to 1) provide the human resource development practitioner with an
understanding of the various kinds of educational and business research. The focus will be given to
business research, design strategies, evaluation and report writing. Provides an understanding and

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