Needs, Needs Assessment, and Evaluation: Related Yet Different

This concept is so vital to successful planning and performance improvement, it is covered in Chapter 9. Needs assessments are proactive before-the-fact determination of gaps while evaluations identify gaps in results after an intervention, program, or activity.

The basis for useful results and consequences are essential for Mega Thinking and Planning. The basis for planning serves as the criteria for design, development, implementation, evaluation, and continual improvement. It is vital that everything any organization uses, does, produces, and delivers is driven by valid results. And these results are derived from a valid and appropriate needs assessment.

The use of rigorous and ...

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