Report on Needs Analysis and Proposal for Training Solution
For this Portfolio Project option, you will write a report and prepare a PowerPoint presentation on a perceived training need and propose a solution. The audience for this report/presentation consists of executive- or management-level decision makers. You are not building a training course, but are putting together the foundation on which a decision to continue can be made. The proposal will help convince executives to allow you to spend money on a solution that will benefit the organization. Follow these steps:
Write the report.
Prepare the PowerPoint presentation.
Proofread and submit both items.
Congratulate yourself on what you have accomplished!
The report/presentation must include:
An eight to 10 page double-spaced paper (not counting the cover page, abstract, and reference page) with appropriate references. Make sure your paper is formatted and cited according to the CSU-Global Guide to Writing and APA Requirements.
An executive-level presentation (summary) not to exceed four PowerPoint slides.
The report must include the following items:
Present an organization overview, including strategic imperatives.
Write a summary of the problem/organizational issue.
Create a flowchart of the process to conduct research and collect data for decision making (which does not have to fit any specific process form; just make it clear).
Outline an abbreviated needs analysis, including a high-level assessment of skills, costs, and risks.
Propose a high-level training solution, including learning objectives, recommendations, and justifications for development, implementation, technologies, and assessment type (or justification that training is not a solution that will adequately address the issue, and present a proposal for a non-training solution).
Write a conclusion that reiterates the recommendation and ties it back to organizational strategic imperatives.
For project details, see the Portfolio Project description, which can be accessed from the Week 8 Assignments page.