This image appeared in the January 1980 Training and Development Journal. The option bags are sorted by basic assessment methods. Two of the methods--work samples and records and reports--showed up in both bags. The bags are separated for an academic setting (client-centered) and a practitioner's world (other-centered). The article focused on how to select a needs assessment strategy.
Do you have a needs assessment strategy? What criteria do you use?
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