Describe an organization that you presently work for. Describe the training strategies that you would utilize as an organizational leader; discuss recent trends in training and development and the HRM function in organizations, assisting new employees, assisting existing staff, keeping employees informed of new information, ensuring that employees have the knowledge, skills and abilities to move the organization forward. Use adult learning theories to improve training and development activities, motivation, relevance and transference, repetition and active participation, underlying principles and feedback and positive reinforcement. Identify seven relevant strategies and their applications, on-the-job approaches, mentoring, in-house seminars, simulation and role playing, web-based learning, cross-training, and formal education. Develop methods for evaluating the effectiveness of this management process, needs assessment and evaluation.