The-job and off-the-job training

1. Compare and contrast on-the-job and off-the-job training. Use your own experiences with each to highlight
   the pros and cons of each. Also include which type of training you prefer, and why, and whether your opinion
   varies depending on the job for which you are training.
2. Performance evaluations are one of the most dreaded parts of work: both for the manager and the
   employee. Explain in your own words what a performance evaluation is, what it measures, and whether you
   think it has any relevance in today’s workplace. Why or why not? Include how much you think “the boss likes
   you” or “you don’t make waves” or “your coworkers don’t like you” impacts performance evaluations of average
   employees, either consciously or unconsciously. Also include your opinion on any performance evaluations
   you’ve had during your career, and whether they had any impact on your work.
3. You own a company that makes after-market accessories for vehicles. You have 75 employees split in two
   facilities: one in Denver and one in Baltimore. The facility supervisor in Baltimore has abruptly quit to follow his
   wife on an overseas government appointment. You hired a former colleague who has everything needed to
   step in and take over the operation successfully. However, as the only woman at that site, she has been facing
   serious resistance to change since beginning three weeks ago. List the reasons why you think she is
   experiencing such resistance to change then explain how you would work to overcome this resistance with the
   32 employees in that building.
4. You are the manager of an air traffic control tower that has 55 employees. Air traffic control is one of the
   most high stress jobs in the U.S. You have recently been assigned to lead a stress-management task force.
   combined with online research, write up a plan on how you would first identify those under considerable stress,
   and then work to keep all employee stress levels manageable. Explain whether you would need to adapt your
   plan for men and women, and for people from different cultures. If so, how?

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