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Altschuld, J. W., & Witkin, B. R. (2000). From needs assessment to action: Transforming needs into solution strategies. Sage Publications; Thousand Oaks, CA.
Altschuld, J. W. (2010). The Needs Assessment KIT. (ed.). Thousand Oaks, CA: SAGE Publications. [5 volume series with individual titles listed below]
Harless, J. H. (1975). An ounce of analysis is worth a pound of objectives. Newnan, Georgia: Harless Performance Guild.
Kaufman, R. (2006). Change, Choices, and Consequences: A guide to Mega thinking. Amherst, MA:HRD Press.
Kaufman, R. (1992). Strategic planning plus. Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage Publishing.
Kaufman, R. (1998). Strategic thinking: A guide to identifying and solving problems, Revised Ed. Washington, D.C. & Arlington, VA: The International Society for Performance Improvement and the American Society for Training and Development. Also, Spanish edition, El pensamiento estrategico. Centro de Estudios: Roman Areces, S.A., Madrid, Spain.
Kaufman, R. (2000). Mega planning: Practical tools for organizational success. Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage Publications.
Kaufman, R., Oakley-Brown, H., Watkins, R., and Leigh, D. (2003). Strategic planning for success: Aligning people, performance, and payoffs. San Francisco: Jossey-Bass.
Kaufman, R., Watkins, R., and Leigh, D. (2001). Useful educational results: Defining, prioritizing, and achieving. Lancaster, PA: Proactive Publishing.
Kaufman, R., Guerra-Lopez, I., Watkins, R., and Leigh, D. (2008). The Assessment Book: Applied Strategic Thinking and Performance Improvement Through Self-Assessments. Amherst, Ma:HRD Press.
Kaufman, R., & English, F. W. (1976). Needs Assessment A Guide for Educational Managers. Arlington, VA: American Association of School Administrators.
Kaufman, R., & English, F. W. (1979). Needs assessment: Concept and Application. Englewood Cliffs, NJ: Educational Technology Publications.
Kaufman, R., Rojas, A., & Mayer, H. (1993). Needs assessment: A user's guide. Englewood Cliffs, NJ., Educational Technology Publishers. (Winner of the 1994 ID Tools AWARD, Division of Instructional Development, The Association for Educational Communications & Technology).
Mager, B., and Pipe, R. (1997). Analyzing performance problems. (3rd ed.). Atlanta, GA: The Center for Effective Performance.
Reviere, R. (1996). Needs Assessment: A Creative and Practical Guide for Social Scientists. Washington, DC: Taylor and Francis
Robinson, D. G. Robinson, J. C. (1989). Training for impact: How to link training to business needs and measure the results. San Francisco: Jossey-Bass.
Rossett, A. (1987). Training needs assessment. Englewood Cliffs, NJ: Educational Technology Publishing Co.
Rossett, A. (1999). First things fast. San Francisco, CA: Jossey-Bass.
Royse, D., Staton-Tindall, M, Badger, K. & Webster, J. (2009). Needs Assessment: Pocket guide to social work research methods. New York: Oxford University Press.
Ulschak, F. (1983). Human Resource Development: The theory and practice of needs assessment. Reston, VA: Reston Publishing.
Watkins, R. and Leigh, D. (Eds.) (2009). The Handbook of Improving Performance in the Workplace - Volume 2: Selecting and Implementing Performance Interventions. San Francisco: Wiley-Jossey/Bass and Silver Spring, MD: ISPI.
Watkins, R. (2007). Performance By Design: The systematic selection, design, and development of performance technologies that produce useful results. Amherst, Ma:HRD Press and Silver Spring, Md:International Society for Performance Improvement.
Witkin, B. R., & Altschuld, J. W. (1995). Planning and conducting needs assessments: A practical guide. Sage Publications; Thousand Oaks, CA.
Zemke, R., & Kramlinger, T. (1982). Figuring things out: A trainer's guide to needs and task analysis. Boston, MA: Addison-Wesley.