Planning and Conducting Needs Assessments: A Practical Guide - Softcover

Witkin, Belle Ruth; Altschuld, James

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0803958102 ISBN 13: 9780803958104

Publisher: Sage Publications, 1995

Synopsis

Sometimes a book appears on your desk that successfully defines a field. You look at the book and say thank you." Planning and Conducting Needs Assessments is such a book. . . . This book is clearly grounded in program planning and is not an afterthought or add-on to some other field. . . . I am excited to see this book appear in print. It clearly fills a niche that has been empty for some time: a practical approach to learning about and conducting needs assessments. . . . This is a marvelous book that should make a significant contribution to the field." --From the Foreword by Nick Eastmond, Utah State University "While it has the depth and breadth to be used in a classroom, Planning and Conducting Needs Assessments is written simply and directly enough to be a hands-on guide for needs assessment users and practitioners. The framework proposed by the authors is excellent in that it is readily understood and focuses attention on the most important details/issues in needs assessment practice. The fact that they also present an explanation of so many tools, including examples, makes the book required reading for anyone intending to plan or contract for a needs assessment." --John Theiss, Director of Planning and Evaluation, Texas

About this title

About the Authors

(Deceased.) 

James W. Altschuld, PhD, is Professor Emeritus at The Ohio State University where he taught program evaluation, needs assessment, and research methods. He has published and presented extensively in the field of evaluation particularly with regard to how needs are assessed.

 

Edition details

• Publisher: Sage Publications
• Publication date: 1995
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0803958102
• ISBN 13: 9780803958104
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 302