Describe the needs assessment process and its connection to a real organization.

Describe the needs assessment process and its connection to a real organization. You will use the same organization you used for Units 1 and 2. Select an organization that you are sufficiently positioned with to get the information you need for this assignment. It could be a company you have worked with or a nonprofit organization with which you have had some experience. It will be more difficult to complete the assignment if you select an organization where you are an outsider, unable to gather the needed information.
Remember that a job is a specific position involving the completion of specific tasks. A task is what the employee does in a specific job. A task requires specific knowledge, skills, abilities, and other considerations (KSAOs) that employees must master to be successful. For training to be successful, it must be targeted and specific. A task analysis is a means of focus. Just what is the job? What tasks are required for the job? Taking one task, what are the KSAOs for that task?
Refer to the assigned text reading and the Course Resources article below:
Sleezer, C., Russ-Eft, D. F., & Gupta, K. (2014). A practical guide to needs assessment (3rd ed.). Wiley.
Chapter 5: Job and Task Analysis
Toolkit Form: sections 5.1, 5.2, 5.3, and 5.4
Worksheet: This assignment should be completed in the Unit 3 Worksheet located in Course Resources. You will address the following:
Organization
What is the organization you will use for this paper?
Summarize the Business Strategy
What is the business strategy of this organization?
Step 1. Job: What
What one job would you use for your task analysis?
Step 1. Job: Why (minimum of one paragraph)
Why did you select this job for your task analysis?
Step 2. Task (minimum of one paragraph)
How would you identify a preliminary list of tasks performed in this job?
Step 3. Validation (minimum of one paragraph)
How would you validate these tasks?
Step 4. KSAOs (minimum of one paragraph)
How would you determine the KSAOs involved in one of those tasks?
Step 5. How Trainable are the KSAOs (minimum of one paragraph for each of the following)
How difficult is it for an employee to get those task KSAOs?
Should the task KSAOs be a condition of employment, or should they be trained after the hire? Why?

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