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Examining the Boundaries of HPT through the Lens of Communities of Practice
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Roy, Ria; Pershing, James A. – Performance Improvement Quarterly, 2012
Despite its existence for over six decades, the practice of human performance technology (HPT) has not been widely accepted within organizations. Varying levels of confusion surround the understanding of HPT, which has been influenced by myriad fields and disciplines. Although HPT is focused on improving performance at the organizational, team,…
Descriptors: Communities of Practice, Knowledge Management, Performance Technology, Organizational Development
Needs Assessment: Perspectives from the Literature.
Sleezer, Catherine M. – Performance Improvement Quarterly, 1992
Examines the perspectives of needs assessment described in performance technology and human resource development literature. Perspectives embodied in definitions and conceptualizations of the terms need, needs assessment, needs analysis, front end analysis, and performance analysis are examined, and different views about where the needs assessment…
Descriptors: Definitions, Educational Technology, Industrial Training, Labor Force Development
Measuring the Business Impact of E-Learning: An Empirical Study
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Wang, Greg; Von Der Linn, Robert; Foucar-Szocki, Diane; Griffin, Oris; Sceiford, Erin – Performance Improvement Quarterly, 2003
This study fills a gap in the current HRD [human resource development] literature of return on investment (ROI) analysis of technology-based learning interventions. Using a Type IV control group method as defined by Wang (2002), the study empirically analyzed and measured the learning effectiveness and the business impact of an e-learning system…
Descriptors: Electronic Learning, Outcomes of Education, Labor Force Development, Instructional Effectiveness