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A 9 page paper. The essay includes a Table of Contents and Executive Summary. The main paper is divided into six sections that provide a background of the company and its mission, sales, employees, discussion of current employees, existing training and career development programs, the company's ranking in turnover and training, training interventions recommended, the cost of training and how it will be evaluated. Bibliography lists 10 sources.
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Costs and Expected Results 8 Part 6: Method to Evaluate Training Program 9 Executive Summary The Cerner Corporation was founded in 1979 and in 2006, realized a 27.4 percent increase
in net income. The company designs, builds and implements high information technology systems for the healthcare industry. The company has received numerous awards for its business operations and its employee
training programs, which makes it very difficult to identify a weakness in training. It has a 13 percent turnover rate in an industry known for high turnover. The company has
been consistently recognized for employee satisfaction. This analysis resulted in some modifications to the existing training programs that incorporates an expansion of two of the existing programs. The focus and
emphasis of the training intervention is team development. It is possible that by providing specific types of interpersonal and team skill training, existing and future teams will work more cooperatively,
thereby, becoming more effective and more efficient. It is also possible that the company could reduce its turnover, at least slightly. In fact, these are the objectives for the Team
Development program. While ROI is extremely difficult to determine with training programs of any kind, it is even more difficult when the training is related to soft skills. Nonetheless,
the paper provides an approximate cost per participant and an evaluation method to determine its effectiveness. Part I: The Cerner Corporation Cerner Corporation, founded in 1979, provides "healthcare information
technology solutions that optimize clinical and financial outcomes" (Cerner, Profile, 2007). The corporate headquarters are located in Kansas City, Missouri but they have locations in several states and several other
countries (Cerner, Profile, 2007). The sales in 2006 totaled (mil) $1,378, reflecting an 18.7 percent increase; net income increased by 27.4 percent (Shafer, 2007). The companys near 7,500 employees at
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