Most people would accept that an organisation needs to realise
the potential of its people and that it needs to ensure that
it's people are acquiring the knowledge and skills they need
to make an effective contribution towards the organisation's
goals. At the heart of human resource development therefore
is Training Needs Analysis.
But
how often is a Training Needs Analysis study paper based? - without learning or
action plans to promote knowledge, skill and the application of learning to the
benefit of self and organisational change? Even modern Learning Management Systems
do not have a learning resource library to meet the learning expectations of individual's
assessed The HRD Online training system is different.
The HRD Online training system offers
three approaches to training needs analysis.
a) Knowledge Assessment
b) Skill Assessment
c) culture assessment
A) TestEd - can be thought
of as mini-eprogrammes. They relate to subjects and allow
users to take any number of knowledge assessments
- after all what better way is there to objectively establish
a learning need? - they either have the knowledge or they
dont.
TestEds
can be customised and they can function as a stand alone application or
integrated with the Appraisal system. Multiple tests can be sat
at any time, historical results and made visible to their managers. Specific learning
bites are identified and despatched using
active email (push learning technology)
- i.e. a personal 
development plan is created. Users can remain within
this test environment indefinately if required - all for a very small one of fee. B)
Appraisals - enables the Training Manager, Coach and/or Line Manager
to conduct employee performance led Training Needs Analysis. Most useful for skill
assessment. The HRD Online training system operates with both generic
and customised role competencies - individuals being appraised can opt for self
appraisal, assessor appraisal and/or 360 feedback.
The system uses push learning technology
to contact nominated assessors, gather their graded responces
for each competency nominated, keep track of participants
not responding and presents peer feedback information for
final appraisal and goal setting and action planning.
Assessor comments, presented evidence,
prioritity learning requirements are all displayed in support.
Where Appraisal function is integrated
then ebriefings and TestEDs satisfying the learning need are
also displayed - in this way users can progress a learning
need into learning action and learning results.
c) Surveys
For an example
of home page displays - see Home Page Editor | 
