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Direct linkScott, Glen; Winiecki, Donald J. – Performance Improvement Quarterly, 2012
Human performance technology (HPT), like other concepts, models, and frameworks that we use to describe the world in which we live and the way we organize ourselves to accomplish valuable activities, is built from paradigms that were fresh and relevant at the time it was conceived and from the fields of study from which it grew. However, when the…
Descriptors: Performance Technology, Human Factors Engineering, Performance Factors, Classification
Brethower, Dale M. – Performance Improvement Quarterly, 2012
The future of human performance technology (HPT) will be bright or dismal depending on how well HPT practitioners focus on careful and practical answers to three pivotal questions: What is good practice in human performance technology? What are the differences between good practice and bad? What are the connections between good research and…
Descriptors: Performance Technology, Models, Problem Solving, Systems Approach
Pearlstein, Richard B. – Performance Improvement Quarterly, 2012
Most executives have not heard of human performance technology (HPT), but a recent Google search showed 25 times more Google hits for "lean six sigma" than for "human performance technology." This article describes five factors that make HPT a hard sell: (1) HPT is not part of standard business jargon, (2) organizational executives associate…
Descriptors: Expertise, Problem Solving, Performance Technology, Performance Factors
Stolovitch, Harold D.; Keeps, Erica J. – Performance Improvement Quarterly, 1991
Discussion of the case study method focuses on its use to improve human performance. Critical and variable attributes of case studies are described, guidelines for creating a case are suggested, case study method types and formats are discussed, and criteria for evaluating the quality of a case study are presented. (18 references) (LRW)
Descriptors: Case Studies, Decision Making, Evaluation Criteria, Guidelines
Yelon, Stephen L.; Ford, J. Kevin – Performance Improvement Quarterly, 1999
Presents a multidimensional perspective to training transfer for performance professionals that concerns both task adaptability and worker autonomy. Offers principles for effective transfer as well as specific problems which must be solved to achieve the best results. Provides suggestions for evaluating training success. (AEF)
Descriptors: Performance Factors, Performance Technology, Postsecondary Education, Problem Solving
Johnson, Scott D. – Performance Improvement Quarterly, 1988
Discussion of expert and novice performance and the organization of knowledge focuses on a study that investigated the influence of mental models on performance differences between expert and novice service technicians who troubleshoot faculty generator sets. Behavioral and cognitive methods of analysis are described, and implications for…
Descriptors: Behavioral Science Research, Cognitive Style, Electronic Technicians, Instructional Design
