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For this project assignment on ABC Company, consider the concepts:

  • The various ways to obtain data during a needs assessment.
  • An appropriate source of data and recommend ways to obtain the data for a needs assessment.
  • The objectives of the training program.
  • How to design a lesson plan.

ABC Company is introducing new systems and new programs to their employees in the coming months. Management has determined that a training program will be offered in order to ensure employees understand the new programs and/or can use the new equipment. Select one of the below upcoming changes for the basis of this weeks’ project assignment:

  • New online Learning Management System (LMS)
  • Introduction of new manufacturing process equipment
  • New employee onboarding program
  • New stepping up to new supervisor program
  • New product quality program

After selecting your one project topic from the above list for this week, write a minimum 5 page paper addressing these 3 concepts:

  1. Propose the most appropriate way to complete a needs assessment.
    • What type of needs analysis should be completed and why? How should the organization go about completing the needs assessment?
    • What is the most effective way to gather the required data?
    • How should the needs assessment data be presented to management?
  2. Create training objectives for the training program. For the objectives, a review of Robert Mager’s Model of Objectives or other similar models will be helpful.
    • What do the employees need to learn for the program to be successful?
  3. Create a lesson plan for 1 day of training. Address the following questions:
    • What types of training methods will be used - on-the-job or classroom or distance learning?
    • Who should be the trainer?
    • What types of materials are needed and should be used?
    • When should the program be held and how many hours will it entail?
    • Make sure to develop and use an effective format for your lesson plan.
  4. Create a minimum 5 page document for this project assignment. However, depth of your analysis is important so more pages may be necessary. You will need to make some of your own assumptions about the company, group of employees affected, current employee level of knowledge on the subject, etc. Be sure to explain the assumptions made during your analysis.
  5. Include 3 credible references. See the course introduction for additional information on library databases.

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Explanation & Answer

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Running head: EMPLOYEE ONBOARDING PROGRAM

Employee Onboarding Program
Student’s Name
Institution
Date

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EMPLOYEE ONBOARDING PROGRAM

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New Employee Onboarding Program
A needs assessment helps a company to determine the gaps between their future vision
and the current state of the company. It is then proper to create a plan of action to address the
existing gaps to achieve the future desired goals for the organization. The basic steps involved in
the needs assessment are; exploration and identification, data gathering and analysis, utilization
and evaluation. Onboarding is crucial as it helps new employees to adjust to their social as well
as performance aspect of their jobs to become more productive. New employee onboarding
programs are those programs which integrate new hires with the organization’s culture and tools
which improves their work performance.
Question 1
Needs analysis is the concept of identifying new and valuable requirements for an
organization, facility, experience or service. Needs analysis is an important starting point for the
new employee onboarding program at ABC Company. The most appropriate way to complete a
needs assessment is by analyzing the current work situation in the organization. Then, proposing
the best action plan to fill any existing needs or gaps to achieve maximum work proficiency. In
this case, the best type of the needs analysis ABC Company can employ the task/work analysis.
Task analysis should be completed by the company since it is concerned with work performance
(Sanchez, 2012). It is responsible for analyzing the job as well as the needed requirements to do
the job. Work analysis ensures that the new employee onboarding program is in alignment with
links which are relevant to the job content to improve on the new hires work productivity in
ABC. ABC should go about completing the needs assessment by identifying the relevant links

EMPLOYEE ONBOARDING PROGRAM

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and skills which the new hires need to improve or train further on to become part of the
productive and skilled part of the organization's team.
The most important way to gather the needed data is the use of tests and assessments,
survey questionnaire, on-site observation and individual interviews (Sanchez, 2012). These
methods are...


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