Week 2 – Answer Question 1 (p.61) and Question 2 (p. 104) – 5 pPost answers and at Post answers and at least one peer response to the discussion board per the following instructions one peer response to the discussion board per the following instrucll discussion board assignments must include an original post in response to the discussion question and at least one post in response to another student’s original post.  All posts must be substantial, significant and thoughtful (not just “I agree”!) and you must include at least 2 (2) citations and appropriate references from relevant academically sound sources and only one reference of the two can be the text book.  Citations and references must adhere to the latest APA format. Academically appropriate sources are peer reviewed journals, text books, conference proceedings, dissertations etc. They are NOT Forbes.com, Business Week, Wikipedia etc.

All discussion board assignments must include an original post in response to the discussion question and at least one post in response to another student’s original post.  All posts must be substantial, significant and thoughtful (not just “I agree”!) and you must include at least 2 (2) citations and appropriate references from relevant academically sound sources and only one reference of the two can be the text book.  Citations and references must adhere to the latest APA format. Academically appropriate sources are peer reviewed journals, text books, conference proceedings, dissertations etc. They are NOT Forbes.com, Business Week, Wikipedia etc., 

REMEMBER this is a five point assignment and will be graded as such.  Make sure that you provide appropriate detail and academic support for your arguments on discussion assignments as they represent 30% of your overall grade.  In other words, this is an important part of your coursework so spend appropriate time and effort on the assignment.

My questions 

QUESTION  1

Describe at least three ways that factors in the external environment can influence employee behavior. If you were an HRD professional involved with an action team that was charged with evaluating the likely success of a proposed downsizing of your organization, what factors would you want to consider in making this recommendation? That is, based on what you know about HRD at this point, how can HRD professionals impact the likely success or failure of this action?

QUESTION 2

Explain the role that trainability plays in the effectiveness of an HRD program or intervention. Briefly describe the options available to assess the trainability of employees.  

I need this reference included please so look it up and include it for me.

Also include other references as well but please read what my instructor put above. Thanks 

In the attachment this is what I have so far so please rephrase it where I can under stand it meth the reference I provided with other proper references as well.

Werner, J. (2017). Human Resource Development – Talent Development (7th ed.). Boston, MA: Cengage.