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HRM 420 Week 2 Assignment Gap Analysis, SWOT Analysis, and
Needs Assessment (HomeDepot Inc)
Gap Analysis, SWOT Analysis, and Needs Assessment
Needs Assessment is an important part of Training and Development.
Review the course readings for this week, and utilize the SWOT you
created for the thread this week. Create a Needs Assessment for your
company you have analyzed in the SWOT. To do this, create a 2-4 page
paper, following APA 6th guidelines, with the following headings:
A. Company information: Brief introduction. Provide company
information, background, and recent stock value trending in this section.
(i.e. in the past year, has the stock gone up or down? Have there been
recent significant changes in their industry? Basic orienting information
goes here.) (5 points.)
B. SWOT: Include your SWOT from the threaded discussion (you can
use bullets and SWOT headings here.) (5 points, but required.)
C. Gap analysis: What possible gaps do you see in the company (think
opportunities, weaknesses, threats) which haven’t already been
addressed? Perhaps these have to do with new regulations forthcoming
in the industry which may need addressing? Perhaps the company has
just acquired a new company and is branching out into new territory?
Discuss two or three of those gaps, with are employee related, and which
could lend themselves to potential training needs. Explain why these
gaps would be best filled with training, and not some other method. (25
points.)
D. Needs Assessment: What two methods of needs assessment would
you utilize at this company, if you were hired to do a TNA (training
needs assessment) on the gaps you have identified in C above? Using