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Training Need Analysis: Lecture # 6+7 by Aziz Ahmed
Training Need Analysis: Lecture # 6+7 by Aziz Ahmed
Lecture # 6+7
By Aziz Ahmed
Needs Assessment
Figuring out what is really needed
Not always an easy task
Needs lots of input
Takes a lot of work
Product Development
Model (PDM)
Analyze
Design
Develop
Produce Pilot
Evaluate
Deliver
Improve
Implement
Evaluate
Analyze need
Design training
Develop
Produce pilot
Evaluate pilot
Deliver training
Improve
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What is a Need?
A discrepancy between
expectations and performance
Not only performance needs
involved
Analytic
Compliance
Needs Assessment
The design process begins with a needs
assessment
Subsequent steps in the process include
Traps in Needs
Assessment
Focusing only on individual
performance deficiencies
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Levels of Assessment
Organization
Task
Person
Strategic/Organizational
Analysis
A broad, systems view is needed
Need to identify:
Organizational goals
Organizational resources
Organizational climate
Environmental constraints
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Sources of Strategic
Information
Mission statement
HRM inventory
Skills inventory
Quality of Working Life
Efficiency indexes
System changes
Exit interviews
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Task Analysis
The collection of data about a
specific job or group of jobs
What employee needs to know to
perform a job or jobs
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Tasks
Subtasks
1. List tasks
1. Observe behavior
Classify behavior
2. Select verb
Grammatical skills
3. Record behavior
Record neatly
2. List
subtasks
1. Observe behavior
Classify behavior
2. Select verb
State correctly
Grammatical skills
3. Record behavior
3. List
knowledge
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Person Analysis
Determines training needs for
specific individuals
Based on many sources of data
Summary Analysis
Diagnostic Analysis
Performance Appraisal
Relied on heavily in person
analysis
Hard to do
Vital to company and individual
Should be VERY confidential
Based too often on personal
opinion
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Performance Appraisal
Process
Determine basis for appraisal