Recording Your Needs Assessment Data

Based on the discussion of the Organizational Elements Model (OEM), in order to identify needs at each level, please complete Table 7.1 with examples that apply to your personal and/or professional life (your choice of which one).

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Table 7.1. A table for recording needs (gaps in results) for each of the Organizational Elements.

Not everything called a “needs assessment” is really useful, and some are possibly harmful. Just about anything gets called a “need assessment.” Most of the time, it is really a “wants assessment” because it is processes and solutions that are desired. As an example of the confusion, ...

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