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Steadham, Stephen V. – Training and Development Journal, 1980
Reviews three areas of knowledge needed to select an appropriate needs assessment strategy: (1) the criteria for selecting the method, (2) nine needs assessment methods, and (3) a means of categorizing methods. Provides an example of an assessment activity conducted in a small rural hospital. (LRA)
Descriptors: Educational Needs, Educational Strategies, Evaluation Methods, Hospitals
Gammuto, John J. – Training and Development Journal, 1979
Describes the Minimal Acceptable Performance Standards (MAPS), which measures worker performance at Consolidated Edison Company. Steps in establishing standards are: to identify tasks to be performed, to establish behavior-oriented objectives, and to write items for lesson-plan content. Sample MAPS forms for a "job performance walkdown"…
Descriptors: Behavioral Objectives, Competence, Evaluation Methods, Industrial Training
Newstrom, John W.; Lilyquist, John M. – Training and Development Journal, 1979
Presents a contingency model for decision making with regard to needs analysis methods. Focus is on 12 methods with brief discussion of their defining characteristics and some operational guidelines for their use. (JOW)
Descriptors: Advisory Committees, Attitude Measures, Behavioral Science Research, Educational Needs
