Needs Assessment in HRD

1. Need Assessment of HRD
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2. • Needs assessment is important because it
helps an organization determine the gaps that
are preventing it from reaching its desired
goals. Knowing what is working well and
what needs to be changed is crucial to
progressing effectively towards those goals
and making an organization successful.

3. • needs assessment is a systematic process for
determining and addressing needs, or "gaps"
between current conditions and desired
conditions or "wants". Needs assessments can
help improve the quality of policy
or program decisions—thus leading to
improvements in performance and the
accomplishment of desired results.

4. • It is a process by which an organization's HRD
needs are identified and articulated. Needs
Assessment can identify: Organization's goals
and its effectiveness in reaching these goals.
Gaps between employees' skills and the skills
required for effective current job
performance.

21. Levels of Assessment
• Organization
Where is training needed and under what
conditions?
• Task
What must be done to perform the job
effectively?
• Person
Who should be trained and how?

22. 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

23. Collect info for job analysis
• Job descriptions
• Task analysis
• Performance standards
• Perform job
• Observe job
• Ask questions
• Analysis of problems

24. Person Analysis
• Determines training needs for specific
individuals
• Based on many sources of data
Summary Analysis
Determine overall success of the
individual
• Diagnostic Analysis
Discover reasons for performance

25. • Skills, interests, and qualities To be a purchasing
manager you should have: 1) good spoken and written
communication skills
2) excellent negotiating and networking
skills(Networking skills are the competencies you need
to have to maintain professional or social contacts).
3) mathematical ability, to work with figures and
budgets
4) good judgment and analytical ability(Analytical
skills refer to the ability to collect and analyze
information, problem-solve, and make decisions.)
5) an organized approach

26. • ) accuracy and attention to deta
7) good business sense
8) leadership skills and the ability to work well
as part of a team
9) The ability to work under pressure and
meet deadlines

27. 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