There are four general steps you take in any needs assessment: 1  First, you need to identify your organization's needs or gaps hindering the organization from moving from its current state to its desired future state. 2  You will then develop a research plan setting the scope of your research.
plate tectonics - the branch of geology studying the folding and faulting of the earth's crust. plate tectonic theory, tectonics. geomorphology, morphology - the branch of geology that studies the characteristics and configuration and evolution of rocks and land forms.
Geologists have an explanationâa scientific theoryâof how the Earth's surface behaves called plate tectonics. Tectonics means large-scale structure. So plate tectonics says that the large-scale structure of the Earth's outer shell is a set of plates. (see the map). Tectonic Plates.