A Practical Guide to Needs Assessment
Kavita Gupta
Product Details:
ISBN: 0787939889
Format: Hardcover, 224pp
Pub. Date: September 1999
Publisher: Wiley, John & Sons, Incorporated
I came across this book while looking for some new ideas on assessing training needs. I was immediately impressed with the ease of reading along with practical tools and methods.
Gupta addresses four major types of needs analysis:
- Strategic Needs Assessment, which assesses strategic business and organizational needs
- Competency-based Assessment, which identifies knowledge, skills and attitudes for superior job performance
- Job and Task Analysis, which determines the responsibilities and tasks needed to perform a job
- Training Needs Assessment, which identifies the knowledge and skills needed to perform a job
If you design and conduct training courses, then this book will be an instant toolkit for you. In addition to a complete description and analysis of the various techniques, Gupta provides all the templates and checklists you will need to get started right away in performing these assessments.
Gupta also does a very good job in providing practical advice on data gathering techniques such as surveys and interviews.
I highly recommend this book to anyone that designs or conducts any type of assessments.
Reviewer: Randy Rice
Last Updated on Thursday, 05 March 2009 18:47
