A Practical Guide to Needs Assessment, 2nd Edition
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A Practical Guide to Needs Assessment, 2nd Edition

Edited by Kavita Gupta · Catherine M. Sleezer · Darlene F. Russ-Eft
Pfeiffer December 2006

Specifications

ISBN-13
9780787982720
Publisher
Pfeiffer
Publication
December 2006
Format
Hardback , 352 pages
Jurisdiction
International ? Countri(es) for reference only

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This thoroughly revised edition of the best-selling resource A Practical Guide to Needs Assessment offers a practical and comprehensive guide for practitioners who are responsible for

  • Introducing a training program
  • Creating adult education programs
  • Assessing the development needs of a workforce
  • Improving individual, group, organization or interorganizational performance in the workplace
  • Implementing community, national, or international development interventions

Designed as a resource for practitioners, this book is filled with how-to information, tips, and case studies. It shows how to use data-based needs assessments to frame people-related problems and performance, improvement opportunities to obtain support from those who are affected by the changes, make effective decision, and increase efficiency.

New to this edition

  • Complete update of this popular, practical, and comprehensive guide to the key initial phase of training design.
  • Features a new Instructor's Guide with on-line and in-person exercises, questions for discussion, and a test bank.
  • Aligns with new ASTD Competencies and provides sources for instruments to measure management competencies, leadership competencies, etc.
  • Includes complete updates on all the references, forms, worksheets, job aids, and other tools – all on CD.
  • Adds a chapter to address systems thinking, culture, and social networks. Called Tricks of the Trade, it presents some expert ways of dealing with issues that arise when conducting a needs assessment.
  • New edition features case studies -- including from the health care industry and education -- and addresses the international perspectives.
  • Includes a brief history of needs analysis and current models of needs assessment including the ones covered in the book and some newer models.
  • Addresses Individual, Team, Organization, and Community needs as they related to Strategic, Process, Competency-based, Job/Task, and Training Needs Analysis.
  • Expanded section on existing data, including information about collecting data from written documents and the Internet.
  • Discusses online surveys and provides samples of survey directions, cover letters, etc.
  • Addresses new modes of training (e.g., blended, online, SCORM) and describes needs assessments within public sector organizations (including health care entities), educational institutions, government agencies, and communities.
 
 

Reviews

"Virtually anyone who senses that their workplace is not running as effectively as it could and desires to identify the areas needing improvement will be able to accomplish that by using (this book)..." (Technical Communication, 02/2008)
 

Table of Contents

List of Figures.

Acknowledgments.

Introduction.

PART ONE: FUNDAMENTALS OF NEEDS ASSESSMENT.

ONE: Overview of Needs Assessment.

TWO: Ideas and Models That Guide Practice.

THREE: Strategies for Collecting and Analyzing Data.

PART TWO: GETTING DOWN TO BRASS TACKS.

FOUR: Knowledge and Skills Assessment.

FIVE: Job and Task Analysis.

SIX: Competency-Based Needs Assessment.

SEVEN: Strategic Needs Assessment.

PART THREE: MANAGING A NEEDS ASSESSMENT.

EIGHT: Writing Proposals and Reports.

NINE: Ethical Issues.

TEN: Answers to Frequently Asked Questions.

PART FOUR: NEEDS ASSESSMENT TOOLKIT.

Toolkit Forms.

Glossary.

References.

Index.

About the Authors.

About the Author

Kavita Gupta has developed training programs for corporations and conducted workshops for several New England universities.

 

Catherine M. (Cathy) Sleezer, Ph.D., is the manager of learning and organization development at Baker Hughes-Centrilift.

Darlene F. Russ-Eft, Ph.D., is an associate professor of Adult Education at the College of Education at Oregon State University.

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