Needs Assessment: Trends and a View Toward the Future

<p>Explore multiple practical and theoretical dimensions of needs assessment. This volume focuses exclusively on this essential topic for guiding decisions—examining subjects such as:</p> <ul> <li>the importance of defining needs,</li> <li>implementing assessments in public and private-sector organizations,</li> <li>aligning needs with assets and capacity assessments,</li> <li>how assessments factor into meaningful change at the organizational and society levels</li> <li>how to apply needs assessments in culturally diverse contexts</li> <li>conducting international needs assessments, and</li> <li>the impact of technologies on needs assessment methods.</li> </ul> <p>This issue will help professionals within public and private organizations conduct useful assessments, ones leading to results that can be applied in decisions.<br /> <br /> This is the 144th issue in the <b>New Directions for Evaluation</b> series from Jossey-Bass. It is an official publication of the American Evaluation Association.</p>