NEEDS ASSESSMENT QUESTIONNAIRE FOR THE INTELLIGENCE ANALYSTS
NEEDS ASSESSMENT QUESTIONNAIRE FOR THE INTELLIGENCE ANALYSTS

Summary/Abstract: Every country requires and needs well trained intelligence analyst. But what is the profile of the intelligence analyst? How should the training look like for this personnel category? If we look at the literature on this field, we may find many descriptions about how they should be, but very little about the training needs: intelligence analyst should be well informed, but aware that he can’t know everything; he should be willing to make steps back and examine his/her arguments; he should be aware of the possibility that his/her arguments have been used before. The critical argumentation, along with critical thinking represents key components for the intelligence analysis and involves thinking, research, observation, analyzing, selecting, concluding, logical presentation. Does the analyst prove that they have the same values, attitudes and individual behaviors (extraprofessional, but that can affect the manner of fulfilling work tasks or the image and the efficiency of the department) which are in accordance with the ones of the department (social behavior, discretion, lack of vices that could affect the job etc.)? Specific skills refer to abilities of using tools of collecting, analyzing and presenting/communicating the information; they are measured based on a detailed inventory of the latter as well as, if case be, of a questionnaire in which the degree of mastering each ability is evaluated. With this article, I am trying to create a questionnaire – from the perspective of an educational expert – that will analyze what are the training needs for the intelligence analysts. This questionnaire could also be used as a working tool in selecting the best training programme or in designing your own training programme.

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