Using Skills Needs Assessment in Support of Economic Development Strategies: A Practitioner’s Approach

Abstract

Summarizes experience gained from implementation and review of the needs assessment process in 12 client‐driven applied research studies and puts it forth as a set of propositions which relate to decisions concerning organization and societal economic development projects. Suggests that a needs‐assessment process must be client‐owned, pragmatic and result in outcomes which are usable and perceived by stakeholders to be important. As well as being grounded in economic and research theory, a needs assessment must contain definable data sets comprising skill/knowledge profiles categorized into some usable format. The 12 studies provide support for these ideas, validating models characterized by intensive involvement and topdown/bottom‐up consultation developed in the authors′ previous publications.

Citation

Geroy, G.D. and Wright, P.C. (1993), "Using Skills Needs Assessment in Support of Economic Development Strategies: A Practitioner’s Approach", Journal of European Industrial Training, Vol. 17 No. 9. https://doi.org/10.1108/EUM0000000000237