As learning and development (L&D) professionals, we are often asked about return on investment (ROI) for training initiatives and eLearning services and solutions. Designing an eLearning solution, implementing the L & D plan, and evaluating the learning activity are important. Still, it can all be in vain if a proper needs assessment of any learning or training initiative is not thoroughly considered for its strategic approach. The following are a few reasons needs assessment is crucial to business:
There can be many reasons an organization needs eLearning services. These services can update employees on new processes, technology, compliance mandates, diversity and inclusion, behaviour improvement, and upskilling. Learning activities can also improve competitive edge and close performance gaps. Needs analysis identifies the areas of knowledge, skill, or behaviour change required to meet business goals:
Training needs assessment considers every detail, from the smallest to the largest, to achieve the best result. As much as importance is given to needs assessment, it generates profit from training strategies.
When creating a corporate L & D plan, companies often rush to jump into eLearning course development or rollout learning. They miss the most crucial element of any learning plan—needs assessment. This ground zero strategy lays the platform for effective course development or curation from an eLearning service:
Dr. Roger Kaufman is highly regarded as the “father of needs assessment” in performance improvement. Performance has long been linked to and understood as the gap in products. Dr. Kaufman expanded the approach to include the need to identify the gaps between current and desired results. Training evaluation is a vital part of any L&D plan—it is often intended as the performance evaluation underlying any learning initiative undertaken by the organization.
Kaufman’s model of evaluation
Out of all eLearning services elements, curriculum development is responsive and uses needs assessment information to revise and renew material for the learner. Needs assessment helps form a self-correcting and self-correctable system and has the primary features of Kaufman’s system approach. At Ozemio, you will find thorough needs assessments to save you time, ongoing support, and knowledgeable subject experts to consult with the best eLearning services and solutions.