Reference no: EM133383561

Question: You will submit the Needs Assessment portion of your training project for my evaluation and review. You will then have the opportunity to revise, if needed, the Needs Assessment portion of the project before submitting the final project.

Needs Assessment Plan

Analyze the needs of the individuals who will attend this training session. Needs assessment requires evidence of a performance discrepancy in relation to the desired behavior resulting from a lack of skill or knowledge. Needs assessment also strives to determine what skills the individuals already possess.

Needs assessment focuses on the organization seeking to identify why the organization could use your plan and the weaknesses of the organization currently.

Develop 8-12 questions that could be included in a survey administered to trainees prior to the training session to determine needs. You are primarily trying to identify through the survey what the participants know and do not know in relation to the topic and their level of interest in improving in relation to this topic. Be sure that the questions are clear and unbiased. Only ask information relevant to the instructional/training session you are planning. For example, if their age does not matter, then do not ask. Also, prepare a 2-3 sentence introduction to include with your survey and a one sentence closing statement.

Types of acceptable questions:

Closed- ended Scale (such as Likert scale)

Strongly agree to strongly disagree

Very favorable to very unfavorable

Excellent to poor

High priority goal to low priority goal

Etc.

Closed-ended Questions with Rank Order - have 3-6 choices and ask respondents to rank in order of preference

Partially closed-ended questions such as:

Which one of the following is your favorite college men's sport?

__Football

__Basketball

__Track and Field

__Baseball

Other (Please specify: ___________________________________)

Multiple Choice (Closed-ended question with specific options no "Other" included in this type. Can include specific choices or yes/no or true/false questions.)

Open-ended Questions (no structure provided for the response) If use open-ended questions should only use 1 or 2 in this type of survey.

If you want demographical information such as number of years of employment with this company, certifications completed, etc. You should develop a closed-ended question or a partially closed-ended question.

Include a copy of the survey that you have designed to assess the potential trainees' needs in relation to your training topic and organization. Your survey should have 3 parts: opening paragraph, questions w/potential answers, and closing statement.

Opening Paragraph: Here is a sample opening paragraph that you are welcome to use and adapt to fit your training session.

Your participation in the following survey will be very helpful in providing information about _____________. Your responses will be used in the development of the upcoming "XYZ Training Session" at_________________ (or for upcoming training sessions at ______________.) All responses are strictly confidential.

Questions: Your questions should be written as they would appear on an actual survey/questionnaire.

Closing Statement: Here is a sample that you are welcome to use.

Thank you for your participation in this survey.

(One sentence is sufficient. However, if you add a second sentence it should reference how the information obtained from the survey will be used to plan the training session.)