You are the internal training manager of your organization. As a staff of one, you are the main contact for everyone who needs training or who thinks they need training.
Because you are a department of one, you consistently call upon members within the organization when it comes to determining training needs, developing and delivering the training, and then determining if the training actually met the needs. Of course, if there are needs in which there is no organizational expertise, it may be necessary to outsource some of the training by hiring external vendors.
Throughout the course, you will be asked to perform specific training functions based on the material you have learned in the unit. When performing the specific training function, keep in mind the various people in the organization who can lend support, such as the manager of the trainees and the trainees themselves. Indicate how you will draw on their resources in your responses to the discussion questions, individual projects, and group project.
In this unit, you will design a needs analysis survey in the form of a Word document for 1 of the following positions:
- Accountant
- Human resource generalist
- Customer service representative
In the document, please include the questions you would ask to perform a(n):
- Organizational analysis
- Job analysis
- Individual analysis
To help you identify the type of work each of these functions performs, check out the Occupational Outlook Handbook published by the U.S. Department of Labor – Bureau of Labor Statistics (using the resources in course materials). Perform your search by job title (such as sales representative) or by using an alphabetical search.
After you finish creating your survey, answer the following questions in the same document:
- How will you use your survey (individual interviews, focus groups, and self-administered questionnaires)? You may administer different parts of the needs analysis to different groups or use different methods.
- Explain your reasoning for why you will collect data in this way. What are the advantages and disadvantages of the different methods?
- Why would a human resources development specialist conduct a needs analysis?
For this assignment, make sure to use a variety of resources and cite them using APA format.
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DIscussion Board 3-4 paragrps
The sales manager for your company approaches you as the trainer and identifies an issue regarding team cohesiveness in her group. She has asked you as the trainer what type of training you can provide to her team to create more cohesiveness.
- Describe how you would determine if it is a training issue or whether or not it is a performance-related issue.
- If an issue requires training, how would you as the human resources development specialist be involved?
- In an issue is performance related, how would you as the human resources development specialist be involved?
- How could technology be used to aid in the process of determining training or performance-related issues?
