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Book SynopsisA Practical Guide to Needs Assessment, Third Edition
For fifteen years, A Practical Guide to Needs Assessment has been the go-to text for those who are seeking useful, systematic approaches to needs assessment. Needs assessment is the first step in training, performance improvement, and community development projects.
This thoroughly revised and updated edition contains a treasury of resources including a toolkit of ready-to-use templates and job aids that you can customize for your own use. Illustrative case studies and tips show how to assess needs for individuals, teams, organizations, government agencies, and communities.
This book combines a how-to text and reference tool for trainers, performance improvement professionals, and students. Managers and community leaders use it to get to the root of their learning and performance problems, make effective decisions, and obtain support for their most pressing issues.
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Table of Contents
List of Figures vi
List of Needs Assessment Toolkit Forms ix
Preface xi
Acknowledgments xiv
Introduction 1
PART ONE: FUNDAMENTALS OF NEEDS ASSESSMENT
ONE Overview of Needs Assessment 15
TWO Ideas and Models Th at Guide Practice 35
THREE Strategies for Collecting and Analyzing Data 51
PART TWO: GETTING DOWN TO BRASS TACKS
FOUR Knowledge and Skills Assessment 89
FIVE Job and Task Analysis 117
SIX Competency-Based Needs Assessment 145
SEVEN Strategic Needs Assessment 173
EIGHT Complex Needs Assessment 205
PART THREE: MANAGING A NEEDS ASSESSMENT
NINE Writing Proposals and Reports 231
TEN Dealing with Ethical Issues 257
ELEVEN Answers to Frequently Asked Questions 271
PART FOUR: NEEDS ASSESSMENT TOOLKIT
Toolkit Forms 291
Glossary 367
References 379
Index 393
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