Needs Assessment on a Shoestring

Determining Organizational Needs Despite Limited Resources offers talent development professionals a process for addressing organizational needs and determining whether training is the solution. It provides guidance, quick tips, and shortcuts for investigating and uncovering information about the problem.

Format: Paperback / softback
Length: 160 pages
Publication date: 28 December 2023
Publisher: American Society for Training & Development

Despite limited resources, organizations must identify their needs to ensure effective talent development. "Needs Assessment on a Shoestring" provides a comprehensive process for addressing organizational needs and determining whether training is the solution. Authors Kelly L. Jones and Jody N. Lumsden employ the Build-Borrow-Buy approach, offering guidance, quick tips, and shortcuts for investigating and uncovering information about the organizational problem. This book empowers readers to build a needs assessment strategy, gather insights through data analysis, and propose effective solution recommendations. It also provides strategies for borrowing existing information, talent, and resources, as well as making resource management decisions. Regardless of the project's scope, business problem constraints, or approach, the steps associated with needs assessments are flexible enough to scale up or down.

To conduct high-quality needs assessments, it is essential to think like a detective. Famous detectives like Sherlock Holmes, Velma Dinkley, and Hercule Poirot succeeded by identifying the right people, places, and methods to solve mysteries that others could not. This book empowers talent development professionals to apply these same principles to identify and address organizational needs effectively.

Especially beneficial for small companies and departments with limited resources, "Needs Assessment on a Shoestring" offers a practical and accessible resource for getting started right away. The Association for Talent Development's On a Shoestring series is designed to assist professionals in successfully executing core training and talent development topics when faced with limitations of time, money, staff, and other resources. By employing the Build-Borrow-Buy approach to problem-solving, this series provides practitioners with valuable insights and strategies to overcome resource constraints and achieve their goals.

Weight: 380g
Dimension: 228 x 152 x 17 (mm)
ISBN-13: 9781953946935