Graduates of the institute’s Society of Human Resource Management certification program passed the national exam at a rate of nearly 98 percent, eclipsing the national average of 57 percent.
Missouri Training Institute
Source: MU Extension Annual Report, FY 2008
The Missouri Training Institute, part of MU’s Trulaske College of Business, provides organizational and professional development assistance to business, industry, government and education organizations.
For the past several years, the institute has worked to balance its efforts in the public sector with private-sector businesses and higher education, as well as to establish relationships that produce repeat business. The office served more than 20 private businesses, several of which were repeat customers.
The institute’s training product includes the supervisory training series, human resource certification programs and the development series for trainers in human resources.
The institute also provided training to more than 400 workers from businesses throughout mid-Missouri, including several area hospitals, banks and other financial groups, in partnership with the Central Workforce Investment Board. The training was delivered in person and via videoconferencing in Rolla, Salem, Lake of the Ozarks, Jefferson City and Columbia. Staff of the Missouri Department of Social Services also completed 130 days of training as part of their supervisory requirement.
In total for FY 2008, the institute delivered 346 noncredit business continuing education courses, amounting to 50,820 hours of instruction, and served 8,927 people from every Missouri county.
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