Directorate of distance education master of business administration

Self-Assessment Questions 
1. 
Explain the salient features of an effective employee development 
process. 
2. 
“Training and development programs are integral part of 
Personnel Development” – Comment.
3. 
Identify the commonalities between methods of training described 
in the chapter and re-classify them into the following categories: 
a. 
One-to-one methods and team based methods.
b. 
Objective of building human relationship and objective of 
improving knowledge and decision making skills
c. 
Expensive and inexpensive methods.

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d. 
On-the-job methods and off-the-job methods.
4. 
Tabulate the advantages and disadvantages of using various 
available methods of training. 
5. 
Critically review the process of evaluating the effectiveness of 
training
6. 
Explain the concepts used to understand Career Development. 
7. 
What is Empowerment? How does it become crucial in Personnel 
Development?
8. 
List out and explain the issues involved in Promotion and transfer. 
9. 
Define Delegation. What are the necessary conditions   for 
delegation to be successful?
10. 
“Employee turnover is a multi-dimensional     challenge to every 
organization” – Justify this viewpoint. 
11. 
Enumerate the changes taking place worldwide in the areas of 
Human Resource development using best practices from different 
organizations.   
12. 
 Write a proposal for conducting a training program for a group 
of middle-aged graduates so as to make them form a more cohesive team. 
13. 
 What are the steps towards self-development that renders an 
employee in a continuous state of preparedness to face the complexities 
of employment in recent times?
14. 
 Identify the viable alternatives for unplanned downsizing in an 
organization.
15. 
 “Factors promoting Change as well as Constancy are inherent 
in the personnel development activities such as training, empowerment, 
career planning, delegation and employee mobility” – Comment.