Imagine That You Are a Manager of a Multifaceted Manufacturing

question 27

Essay

Imagine that you are a manager of a multifaceted manufacturing operation with a new crew of twenty arriving for training. The crew is comprised of different types of learners. Describe a training program comprised of three different sessions that would cater to four different individual learning styles. State whether each of the training sessions would be on-the-job or off-the-job training and whether it is formal or informal.

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Definitions:

Shaping Process

A method of teaching new behaviors by rewarding closer and closer approximations of the desired behavior.

Behavior Modification

A therapeutic approach aiming to change undesirable behaviors through the systematic application of the principles of learning.

Operant Conditioning

A learning process where the consequences of an action affect the likelihood of the action being repeated, involving rewards and punishments.

Social Learning

Observational learning that occurs when someone watches others get rewarded or punished for behavior.