Instructions: Read the material at the sites listed in the Week 2 Lessons folder to help guide you in understanding needs with relation to your management problem.

o Needs Assessment:  http://alumnus.caltech.edu/~rouda/T2_NA.html

o Employee Training Needs Assessment:  https://youtu.be/CLr0Z8v4qOc

o http://www.discoverer.com/D6.html

o http://nwlink.com/~donclark/analysis/analysis.html

o http://nwlink.com/~donclark/hrd/sat2.html#analysis

o http://alumnus.caltech.edu/~rouda/T2_NA.html

Complete a Needs Assessment by submitting a 2-4 page paper discussing the client’s needs with relation to the management problem in attached word documents.

Some questions you can explore to help you are:

• What is the problem?

• How is the desired performance related to the current performance?

• How does the desired performance relate to the mission statement?

• Is the problem organization-wide or isolated to one or a few individuals?

• Have organizational initiatives created the problem?

• Does the problem relate to individual performance issues?

• Is training adequate to support the desired outcome?

• Is the issue related to job design?

• What criteria are used to measure performance?

• Is performance criteria appropriate, i.e. attainable and measurable?

This list is not all inclusive and is a guide to support you when completing a Needs Assessment.  They are provided to help you get started and inspire questions to explore.