Organizational Needs Assessments: Design, Facilitation, and Analysis The work concludes with an extensive case study of an actual project to illustrate the complexities associated with designing and conducting organizational needs assessments along with a reference ex
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| Title | : | Organizational Needs Assessments: Design, Facilitation, and Analysis |
| Author | : | |
| Rating | : | 4.79 (975 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 089930950X |
| Format Type | : | Hardcover |
| Number of Pages | : | 334 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 1995-11-06 |
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Editorial : About the AuthorSAMUEL B. McCLELLAND is Program Director in the Center for Executive Education in the College of Business Administration at Georgia State University in Atlanta. He has worked for over 15 years in the design and administration of needs-assessment systems for public- and private-sector organizations. He is the author of numerous articles on the subject of management development, needs assessments, and evaluation systems.
An indispensable reference for designing and conducting organizational needs assessments, this book advocates a system-oriented approach to help meet the complex challenges confronting organizations today. Using examples drawn from real-life situations, it offers practical suggestions and guidelines for planning and managing the overall needs-assessment process from the selection of data-gathering methods and use of statistical analyses to the eventual design and implementation of training management-development and quality-improvement programs. The work concludes with an extensive case study of an actual project to illustrate the complexities associated with designing and conducting organizational needs assessments along with a reference exhibit of an actual needs assessment project summary and recommendations.
Concise and informative. You are also notified which chapters in which you can find additional information on those subjects (without having to search for it).
CONS:
On the negative side, the biggest shortcoming of this textbook is its typographical errors. I got this book for free but if the author continues the story I would happily pay a few dollars to read on. There's a lot of intrigue and action, especially near the end, but the action is hamstrung by talky interludes and discussion. The book also gives some more general good investment advice, such as: be diversified (but not too diversified--20 stocks is usually a good maximum, or you can have fewer if you have little money).While I just read this book a short while ago I tested to see how it would have done over the last few years, and it still beat the market. This book will teach you how to find your target audience and how to reach them with your message through the use of social media. It's the best an
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