...Training Needs Assessment Martian Ranch & Vineyard Martian Ranch and Vineyard is a startup biodynamic and sustainable vineyard and winery. Due to the time it takes grapevines to mature, Martian Ranch and Vineyard has not hired any employees at the moment. It is recommended that grapevines do not produce fruit for 3-5 years in order to establish a root system. Martian Ranch is expected to become a fully functional and up and running by spring of 2011. Martian Ranch will be hiring employees starting in spring 2011. An immediate area of focus is on the biodynamic aspect of the winery and vineyard. The winery and vineyard is located in the Santa Ynez Valley. At this current time, there are only a few competitors in biodynamic field in this region. There is a competitive advantage with this and should be capitalized. Knowledge training for new employees will be imperative. The organization will be certified in biodynamics so adherence to rules and applications is crucial. The owner and CEO of Martian Ranch has asked for a training program to be created so that it can be implemented spring of 2011. Identifying the needs of the organization will consist of organizational, person and task analysis. Methods used to collect data will be questionnaires, benchmarking and focus groups. Since Martian Ranch and Vineyard is in the beginning-to-middle stages of development, training needs should focus on Internal Growth Strategy with concentration on: new markets, product development, innovation...
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...Needs Assessment **INTRODUCTION * Need assessment refers to the process used to determine whether training is necessary. * Subsequent steps in the process include : * Ensuring that employees have the motivation and basic skills necessary to learn. * Creating a positive learning environment. * Making sure that trainees use learned skills on the job. * Choosing the training method and whether training has achieved the desired outcomes. * Need assessment typically involves : * Organizational analysis * Person analysis * Task analysis * Why is needs assessment necessary? * Training may be incorrectly used as a solution to a performance problem. * Training programs may have the wrong content, objectives, or methods. * Trainees may be sent to training programs for which they do not have the basic skills, prerequisite skills, or confidence needs to learn. * Training will not deliver the expected learning, behavior change, or financial results that the company expects. * Money will be spent on training programs that are unnecessary because they are unrelated to the company’s business strategy. * Who should participate in needs assessment? Subject matter experts (SMEs) are employees, academics, managers, technical experts, trainers, and even customers or suppliers who are knowledgeable in regard to: * Training issues including tasks to be performed. * Knowledge, skills, and abilities required for...
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...Spiritual Needs Assessment William Cline Grand Canyon University: HLT-310V Spirituality in Health Care June 30, 2012 Introduction In this paper the writer presents a spiritual assessment tool developed to obtain a quick guide to help the health care worker understand the patients spiritual and/or religious needs. It is hoped by this writer that the tool will enable the health care worker to treat the patient in a holistic manner. In the following paragraphs the writer outlines the assessment tool and the answers given by a co-worker, which filled out the questionnaire as if they were a patient. This writer then will outline how well, or how poorly, the assessment tool helped guide the treatment of the patient. A Spiritual Screen, History, or Assessment The first step in doing a spiritual assessment starts by knowing why we need to do one. In a non-formal survey taken by this writer, about ninety percent of this writers co-workers said they did not think most patients wanted spirituality and/or religious issues addressed during their hospitalization. This answer is drastically different than the answers given by patients in many recent studies. An article from the Joint Commission says: in one study, a majority of patients polled indicated that they want their primary care givers to ask whether patients have spiritual or religious beliefs that would influence their medical decisions and/or treatments if they became gravely ill. And in...
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...Spiritual needs Assessment Punnackal house Jolly Grand Canyon University Spirituality in Health care HLT-310V May 1, 2011 Spiritual needs Assessment Spirituality is a sensitive subject, and not everyone is open to discussing one’s beliefs. How well a patient discusses their spirituality is somewhat dependent on the nurse. A caring empathetic nurse is more likely to develop and maintain a holistic rapport and trust with patient. However, their involvement is essential in promoting spiritual health among patients. The difficulty nurses face in implementing spiritual care with patients starts with their incorrect interpretation of the concept of spirituality. Spirituality is defined as an experience that a person has had that gives purpose and meaning to life and death; it may or may not include relationships with God, or other divine power. The key emphasis on a spiritual assessment is to be able to obtain patient information regarding spiritual health in order to plan nursing care. . Individualized plan of care and increased interaction with patients will make a great impact on patient’s care which will increase the self-esteem of the patient, and allow them to return to productive life style. “Meeting patients’ spiritual needs” is a medical professional duty as defined by the Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations (Bensing, 2000). In 2001 JCAHO revised its accrediting standards and it is mandatory to do the spiritual assessment of...
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...XXXXX America: North Las Vegas Training Needs Assessment HR421 – Employee Training and Development Instructor- By: Steve Flatt XXXXX America: North Las Vegas Training Needs Assessment XXXXXX America is the sub-corporate division of XXXXX International, a global corporation associated with the design, manufacture and development of electronic, defense, industrial and Medical products. Within the corporate structure of XXXXXXXXXXXX America, their newest site, known as a green site sue to its non-supported and total adaptation of the facility, is the North Las Vegas Site. This factory has been in operation since January of 2011 and is the single manufacturing plant for industrial size solar panels, measuring 60Ft x 60Ft. As the design and development of this product increases, the plan in the next year is to add over 500 employees to the site headcount. As with all XXXXXXXXXXX sites, the corporate culture and policies are expected to be enforced with one unique task. XXXXXXXXXXXXX has what is commonly known as the “XXXX culture”, and one of its roots is LEAN manufacturing. What is unique about LEAN is the concepts and training can be replicated but the actually process is unique at each location. Currently the location has a core team of approximately 7 senior managers, Plant, Program, Facilities, Materials, Human Resources, Engineering, and Business Excellence and 90 direct and indirect labor employees focused on the set up,...
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...performance is necessary to ensure individual and organizational goals are met.In advance ofproducing your training program, it is vital for you as the coach to do your homework and study your business’s situation methodically. By collectingdata in some key areas, you well prepare yourself to generate a important and custom-made training plan for your establishment. Determining what preparation is needed, who needs to be educated, the best way to trainmature learners, who your viewers is, and then draw up a detailed plan for training program. TRAINING NEEDS ASSESMENT No organization trains for the fun of it; hence that every training is aimed at addressing a particular problem that is hampering service delivery in the organization. Training is defined as a planned program designed to improve performance It is important to do some homework or proper planning before engaging in the training program. Training should be undertaken to satisfy a specific needs and should never be provided because it is believedtrendy or because other companies are provided that training. “Training needs analysis can be defined as a procedure of recognizing an issue or concern, gathering, examining and understanding data, and using information obtained to...
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...both participant and organisational needs have changed. Within this essay I must address diversity needs and how HRD is also focused on the future as much, if not more, than the present. In today’s market, technology has increased the approach, connection, awareness and accessibility for both employers and employees. Consequently, the world is a smaller place that is adapting significant changes towards culture and diversity. Employees now represent a greater distribution of diverse demographic backgrounds and in turn have a number of different needs and wants. Progressively more workplaces are embracing diversity with employees ranging from race, gender cultural background, approach to work, mental health and physical ability. The pace of this change has rapidly opened the possibilities of shared information and knowledge for individuals and businesses alike significantly impacting the roles and responsibility of Human Resource Development (HRD). Traditionally the implementation of HRD is to propose and put into practice training mechanisms within an organisation. With the recent trend of diversification, HRD professionals should now expect to not only meet, but also, understand and adapt their training mechanisms for changing needs of the workforce and its respective employees. Globalisation and its expanding nature The continuing trend of Globalisation and its inherent increase of competition is a major factor affecting the needs of today’s organization. Businesses...
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...stumbling blocks tends to be that the person hasn’t set – and committed to – setting aside regular “business hours” to work on following through on their business activities. It’s a classic time management issue. If you’re not making the kind of money you want with your business, then you have to ask yourself if you’ve set and kept specific business hours to take care of what needs to be done. If this isn’t a problem for you, then there’s no need to read further. Maybe you’ll want to check out other articles in this series. But if this does describe the time management obstacle you’re facing in your business, we need to get to changing this right away, or the results could be pretty devestating for your bottom line (especially if it’s at an early stage of your venture). To do this, let’s take a step back for a moment and look at why people resist the idea of setting aside specific hours to build their online business – and how to turn the situation around to your advantage and give you leverage over the situation. Basically it comes down to a common perspective people have about “business hours”: I don’t need to set business hours. The whole point of an online business is so I can make money on my own time. Setting business hours would be too restricitive. Hmm … yes, and no. It is great that an online business is one that you...
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...BÙI ANH KHOA BABAUH12120 CONTRAST ESAY Consumers are playing an important role in shopping.Therefore,more and more kind of shopping appear to respond the human’demand.There are two kind of shopping that people usually use to buy things are online shopping and buy in a supermarket.It is seem that there are some different between two kinds of shopping. First,when you buy in the supermarket,you have to leave your home and drive to the supermarket,it’s cost a lot of time,maybe when you need to buy somethings,the weather is bad or your car is broken,so it’s very difficult for you in this case if you want to buy something.However,when you shopping on the internet,what you need to do is sit in front of your computer and purchase what you like.Second,when you go shopping online,you can’t control what you buy.I mean when you go shopping online,the products may not the same with what you see on the page,the products may have low quality or the size is not suitable for you.There are no guarantee that your money will be given back to you if you want to restore the things you bought.But,when you buy in the supermarket,you can choose exactly what is the most suitable for you,you can check the quality,what the products come from.Finally,when you go shopping online,you can select from a wide range without hassle. Simply, clicking your mouse in browsing the different products,if the website didn’t have the products you want to buy,you can move from the other website.On the other hand,when...
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...reading and understanding the scenario at hand and the issue that Interwest Healthcare is experiencing. There is a serious need for a consultant to come in and further analyze the problem and make improvement recommendations. A potential source of the issue is stemming from the lack of information to the direct employees who are inputting the information straight into the system. The hospital administrators need to monitor the employee’s direct collation to the data they are inputting into the system is in fact correct. Possibly the lack of communication resulting from the hospital administrators is an acknowledgement that the employees know of the importance of the correct data input, when in fact they are not aware of the importance and how much the organization is reliant on the information for funding and reporting. One of the biggest issues facing employee and employer relationships is the lack of communication. According to Joseph (2013), “failure to communicate effectively often leads to conflict, which can harm an organization.” If the problem is not correct by the hospital administrators, Vijay Singh may need to go the individual hospitals and have meetings directly with the individuals inputting the information. This is a means of stressing the importance and also for him to know who exactly maybe causing this issue. The information I would have to need to analyze for the organization would be the reports themselves. What information specifically is being entered incorrectly...
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...Personal responsibility and college success are both important. In order to make college a successful endeavor, one must take responsibility for completing all that is required to the best of one’s ability. Each college student is responsible for completing their assignments and other requirements in a timely manner. Personal responsibility also means that personal college goals must be set. Once the goals have been determined, the college student can figure out what is necessary to reach those goals. A plan of action and a timeline to reach each goal is also a personal responsibility to make college a success. Although people rarely set aside time, personal responsibility is an integral element for college success. One must set time aside to set goals, and to determine a plan to achieve success form the college experience. Personal responsibility and college success is one main key element when furthering ones education. Personal responsibility is when one sets time aside, makes personal goals and know why one wants to succeed in their college experience. It is important for one to identify the purpose of going to college, so that one can have something to look back on when one feels the urge to give up. College success is essential in obtaining ones degree, completing ones scheduled classes and obtaining a satisfactory grade to one expectations. One must determine why college success is important. Some examples are obtaining a higher salary and a more reliable occupation...
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...Cynthia Whitehurst PSYC 1300 Learning Frameworks Module 2 Journal Assignment To begin with the end means that I must know where I plan on going not only in my career but in my personal life. I need a plan that will get me to my goals and make the most of what I have already learned. In the 8th grade a recruiter for the Navy came to our school to explain all the interesting and fun benefits that a person could get from the military. Right then and there I decided to join the Navy as a Navy Nurse and then finish my education to become a Pediatrician. My plan to become a nurse came to a halt when I became pregnant with twin sons and was not able to continue on that path. Reading into the Covey visualization example about picturing what people would say about me at my funeral really put things into perspective. The realization that I didn’t complete my goal as becoming a I want people to say that I was dedicated to making a better life for my children, continuing my education and I never wanted to stop learning to better educate my children. I would also like people to know me for the love and passion that I gave to my family and my friends. I agree with Covey when he says that all things needed to be created twice in order for them to be successful. He says that first you must have a mental creation followed by a physical creation. While I was pregnant I took the time to evaluate what I wanted to do with my future as well as the children’s future (mental creation)...
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...community. Public Speaking is a work that came from our skills and imagination. To be good at our skill we need to undergo trainings and exercising. You need to exercise your skill in public speaking. Just like bird, it doesn’t fly not unless it is being taught how to fly. Performing needs preparation. Preparations include different parts that make up your speech. You need to know what the purpose in delivering your speech is. Know your main objective to make everything clear. Also make sure that your idea fits the interest of your audiences. Your message depends in your audience. In writing your speech, you need to have a plan. Organize your ideas and make sure you’re ideas go well with your topic. Accept and renew ideas that can help enhance your message. Reject ideas that is out of the boundary of your speech. It would be nice if you use simple words so that your audiences can easily understand you. What’s significant in telling is that you’re audience can get what you want to tell them. Try to use words that are easy to understand. Lastly is delivering your speech. Eye-to-eye contact is really necessary. Make sure that you’re conversation to your audience is good. It’s like you are talking and your audience is the one who will agree to you. You should let them know that you are talking to them. Your voice is one of the special things needed in delivering your speech. You need to talk loud and clear so that everybody can hear. Some points of your message will be missed if your...
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...managers delegate responsibilities to other team members due to his or her own increasing responsibilities to be shouldered. A correct or we can say right person has to be identified and clearly mention their job requirements allowing them to participate and also inform other members about the change. In the example “practicing the skill” Anne has delegated a project to putting together new departmental procedures manual by the end of the month to Mr. Ricky Lee. Since Ricky is already working on another project he asks Anne if this project could be delegated to Bill Harmon. Bill Harmon is working in this company for the past 3 years. Hence Anne approves Bill Harmon being reassigned as far as Bill knows the parameters of the project and what needs to be expected for the completion of this project. Now Ricky is preparing for his meeting with Bill regarding the assignment to be reassigned. It is very important to understand the capability of completing the project. Anne knew that Ricky was capable of completing the project given to him as Ricky believed that Bill was capable. Here Ricky did not analyze what Bill might be working on as Anne did not realize what Ricky might be working on. If there could be any alternate possibility of Ricky and Bill teaming up and complete the project of putting the procedures manual together, could cut down time by the work being divided among the two. I think Ricky should have taken up the project and found out a way to complete with the resources available...
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...the CEO and consultant change the organizations culture. This case showed that not any assessment could work all the time. And that it is needed to best study the case or issue in hand, just like the CEO did, and upon that choose what methods of assessments could best help gain feedback, to help in effectively changing the organizations culture and solving its issues. Example: the organization wanted to improve the challenges they faced which were: Need to create a new organizational culture that is customer-driven. • High levels of customer dissatisfaction. • A need to streamline the administrative process. • High levels of employees mistrust. • A need to enhance the overall skill levels of the managers and employees since most of the issues had to do with behavior and skills needing to be improved, the individual Competence Assessment was chosen since this assessment uses structured interviews using behavioral interview techniques were the assessee paints a picture of his/her strengths and development needs (what they want to develop in) and how to bring the best of out a person (like skills and performance). By gaining accurate feedback by choosing the best assessment method, the CEO was able to make effective decisions in the organization to help reorganize and create a new organizational culture. Reasons why Psychological testing and Multi-source assessment were not chosen because the Psychological testing method aims to provide feedback and assist decision...
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