Assignment:
Instructions: Read the material at the sites listed in the Week 2 Lessons folder to help guide you in understanding needs with relation to your management problem.
o Needs Assessment: https://alumnus.caltech.edu/~rouda/T2_NA.html
o Employee Training Needs Assessment: https://youtu.be/CLr0Z8v4qOc
o https://www.discoverer.com/D6.html
o https://nwlink.com/~donclark/analysis/analysis.html
o https://nwlink.com/~donclark/hrd/sat2.html#analysis
o https://alumnus.caltech.edu/~rouda/T2_NA.html
Complete a Needs Assessment by submitting a 2-4 page paper discussing the client's needs with relation to the management problem in attached word documents.
Some questions you can explore to help you are:
• What is the problem?
• How is the desired performance related to the current performance?
• How does the desired performance relate to the mission statement?
• Is the problem organization-wide or isolated to one or a few individuals?
• Have organizational initiatives created the problem?
• Does the problem relate to individual performance issues?
• Is training adequate to support the desired outcome?
• Is the issue related to job design?
• What criteria are used to measure performance?
• Is performance criteria appropriate, i.e. attainable and measurable?
This list is not all inclusive and is a guide to support you when completing a Needs Assessment. They are provided to help you get started and inspire questions to explore.