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Companies and organizations are well-served to create and support opportunities for employee development. Developing employees helps teams to build knowledge and skillsets that contribute to productivity and efficiency for improved day-to-day operations and outputs (Career Insights, 2020). National trends indicate that companies with organization-wide employee development programs experience an average of 24% increase in profit margins, approximately 128% increase in employee income, and a 45% employee retention rate (Hill, 2021). Because the world continues to evolve, employees should continue to develop and learn within their professional roles. For that purpose, I attempted to compose a professional development plan that supports my current role. The plan includes four training components - formal training, professional coaching, peer mentoring, and continuing professional development - to help facilitate an effective transfer of sustained knowledge that will continue to develop and

Technology continues to transform how instruction, training, and learning occurs. The integration of networks, hardware, software, and design influence how knowledge is transferred. Whether internally or externally, organizations utilize technology to construct and deliver instruction as well as to determine the effectiveness of the delivery (Lockett, 2022). This posting examines five technologies for training, their current impacts, and future implications for training. Simulations and Games signify the use of technology to actively engage learners in an experiential exploration of instructional design elements. Best used to instruct complex processes (Noe, 2020). More traditionally used to train within manufacturing settings (Noe, 2022), simulations and games challenge learners to gain an understanding of concepts through application and practice (Arshavskiy, 2021). Benefits include active engagement, adaptability, self-paced, standardization, and cost-effectiveness. Continued advan

Scope creep or the addition of features or tasks beyond the pre-established plan or requirements can quickly occur and impact the extent of what is accomplished or produced (Larson & Larson, 2009). Whether positively or negatively, scope creep impacts timelines, budgets, and levels of stakeholder satisfaction. Each year, I am unsuccessful at managing the scope of a project without the intrusion of scope creep much to the detriment of the established budget. The Christmas holiday season ushers in the start of the gift-purchase project - a major recurring project that I look forward to managing every year. In this scenario, I fill the roles of project manager, designer, key personnel, and stakeholder. From a project management standpoint, I analyze the individuals for whom I plan to purchase gifts followed by an examination of product availability and prices and establish a detailed budget, list of tasks, and timeline for task completion. The challenge of scope creep begins to occu