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Assessment of return on leadership development

Case: Through mergers and acquisitions, JLM, a global products and services company, has doubled in size in just five years. JLM has more than 80,000 employees working in more than 100 countries around the world. JLM created a world-class leader development program to provide a common skill established by JLM leaders. Lower-level leaders work in every JLM business, including retail operations. They also run different numbers of employees. Some lead teams of more than ten employees, others work with only a few employees in functional areas such as research and development. the quality, safety, innovation, and performance of the JLM environment. The program includes a one-week leadership course that focuses on how to lead teams, the role of top-level leaders, and the expectations of leaders at JLM. E-learning modules are used to help top-level leaders understand the issues of safety, health, safety legislation, ethics, and financial decisions. For a day and a half, the courses focus on performance goals, JLM company structure, understanding of the JLM firm, and JLM regional and global strategies.

1. Explains the need and the evaluation process for the training program.
2. Weigh the expected results of the evaluation.
3. Mention the criteria or performance indicators that you will use for this design and explain why.
4. Choose one of the five assessment designs, which you understand is the most appropriate, and explain the reason for your selection.