Reference no: EM132647964

CA Technologies builds training plans and establishes priorities for separate business plans for nonmanagers, managers, and executives during the budget planning process each fiscal year. To ensure that the training plans help meet business needs, they are updated on a quarterly basis. Meetings are held with training staff and business leaders who review training needs and business plans, and then discuss the three to five initiatives that are most important at that time. This example illustrates which step in the strategic training and development process?

-Create concrete training and development activities

-Business strategy formulation and identification

-Identify strategic training and development initiatives

-Measures or metrics identification and collection

Beta Bank is in the process of downsizing and has made several layoffs. Suzy works in the administration department and is currently attending training to learn more efficient data processing skills. Suzy is not very motivated to pay attention and learn the training material. What theory explains why she is not motivated to learn in this situations?

-Adult learning theory

-McClelland's need theory

-Maslow's need theory

-Social learning theory