Training needs assessments are crucial in ensuring that training yields a return on investment and is not wasted. Learn how to conduct a needs assessment from these resources.
By Jeannette Swist, CMC, SPHR
- This article by Jeannette Swist describes the importance of conducting a TNA, overviews methods, indicates sources of data and provides sample questions.
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By International Labour Office
- The first step in safety and health training design is to identify the problems which need to be addressed. This may be done for the entire organization, for a particular location or for a particular job. Alternatively, the analysis of training needs may have a specific focus, for example, compliance with safety and health legislation or the performance of the joint safety and health committee
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By Seth Leibler
- Needs assessments can be valuable tools, if they are done correctly. Not only can they pinpoint training and other performance improvement needs, they can also help you determine practical and realistic solutions that can help your organization achieve the bottom-line business results it requires. This article outlines some common misconceptions about needs assessments, and offers a high-level overview of how you can effectively utilize needs assessments to help you maximize this potentially powerful tool.
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By Robert H. Rouda & Mitchell E. Kusy, Jr.
- Originally published in Tappi Journal, this 1995 article by Robert H. Rouda & Mitchell E. Kusy, Jr., presents four steps for conducting a TNA
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By na
- The "Needs Assessment Decision Aid" is a tool designed to help you select the best method (or methods) for collecting information during the needs assessment portion of your analysis effort. There are three primary information collection methods described in this tool: focus groups, interviews, and questionnaires. Each has advantages and disadvantages. The tool includes a list of questions that when you answer them should assist you in selecting the preferred method of collecting the needs assessment data you desire. Of course, if personnel, temporal, and financial resources permit, it is sound policy to use two or three methods to collect needs data so as to "triangulate" your findings.
(Added: 21-Feb-2005 Hits: 266
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