This project proposal is an agreement between the student, the faculty advisor, the project sponsor, and Saint Mary's College. Refer to the Management Project Guide for instructions on preparing the Project Proposal. Include information about the: 1) Problem, 2) Purpose, 3) Objectives, 4) Methods, 5) Evaluation, 6) Resources. Submit an original and 3 copies for distribution to student, sponsor, advisor, and Saint Mary's College file.

Problem: Employees who are promoted or hired into management positions and are not informed of current company policies, procedures and guidelines for company managers. This is caused by lack of a training program or manual.

Purpose: The purpose of this project is to develop and implement a training program for managers. This will create a consistent managerial company environment and improve manager knowledge of HR policies by the end of the training program.

Objectives: Improve new manager knowledge of company policies and guidelines after completing a training program by June 2001. Improve company managerial consistency by July 2001.

Methods: Develop and implement a training program that will include topics covering roles and responsibilities, staffing, career path opportunities, company policies, and legal reminders. Develop a training manual that will require research of currently available HR materials, external research on staffing management. Develop pre- and post-training surveys to measures basic knowledge, needs, and indicate change in manager job confidence. Survey will be distributed to managers before program and again one month after program. Feedback data will be analyzed. Survey analysis will be presented to HR and Managing Directors.

Evaluation: The training program will be evaluated with a pre- and post- training program survey to measure increased knowledge of participants. Comparison of survey answers will measure consistency in managerial application.

Resources: People: QA Director, HR Director; HR Trainer

Space: Liberate Main Meeting Room

Materials: Training Manual, current HR materials