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The Long and Winding Path (from Instructional Design to Performance Technology): Installment V--Using Goals, Standards, and Feedback.
Carr, Clay; Totzke, Larry – Performance and Instruction, 1995
Examines three elements useful for solving problems revealed by data gathering and analysis in the context of performance technology: goals, standards, and feedback. Emphasis is on the need for performers of tasks, their supervisors, and the organization as a whole to have the same goals and expectations, and how this is achieved through…
Descriptors: Feedback, Human Factors Engineering, Improvement Programs, Instructional Design
The Long and Winding Path (from Instructional Design to Performance Technology): Installment VII--Where We Wrap It All up with Suggestions about How You Might Move from Basic Human Performance Technology (HPT) to More Advanced Forms of HPT or Other Performance Interventions.
Carr, Clay; Totzke, Larry – Performance and Instruction, 1995
Discusses how those who learn basic human performance technology (HPT) skills can expand expertise in three directions: extended HPT (including generalist, project manager/integrator, and implementation specialist); specialized HPT; and HPT linked to related fields. Presents examples of applications of each alternative. (JKP)
Descriptors: Human Factors Engineering, Improvement Programs, Instructional Design, Organizational Development
Conflict and Gaming in Instruction and Performance.
Kowitz, Gerald T.; Smith, Jay C. – Performance and Instruction, 1989
Discussion of instruction and training to introduce new ideas and to improve performance focuses on the presence of conflict and the theory of games. Topics discussed include learner participation; Theory X; Theory Y; and Theory Z; and game rules, including control, scoring, changing rules, and ending the game. (25 references) (LRW)
Descriptors: Conflict, Game Theory, Improvement Programs, Industry
The Long and Winding Path (from Instructional Design to Performance Technology): Installment IV--Two Basic Tools of Human Performance Technology.
Carr, Clay; Totzke, Larry – Performance and Instruction, 1995
Discusses two tools necessary for the successful practice of human performance technology: gathering data and interpreting data. The focus is on what data to gather, how to gather it, and how to interpret the data. (Author/JKP)
Descriptors: Data Analysis, Data Collection, Data Interpretation, Human Factors Engineering
Alternatives: How to Avoid Instruction.
Thiagarajan, Sivasailam – Performance and Instruction, 1984
Presents eight noninstructional strategies for improving employees' performance in any organization. These alternatives to instruction include job redesign and reassignment, recruitment, organizational development, facilities and tool redesign, incentive and feedback systems, and provision of a strong rationale for the desired performance so…
Descriptors: Consultants, Facility Improvement, Feedback, Improvement Programs
The Long and Winding Path (from Instructional Design to Performance Technology).
Carr, Clay; Totzke, Larry – Performance and Instruction, 1995
Introduces a series of six installments on making the transition from a training/instructional design approach to human performance technology (HPT). The first installment topics include defining human performance technology; obstacles to effective HPT; and the necessary role characteristics for trainers performing HPT. (AEF)
Descriptors: Administrative Problems, Change Strategies, Definitions, Human Factors Engineering
Improving Professional Judgment and Performance Training for Open Job Skills.
Yelon, Stephen; Desmedt, John – Performance and Instruction, 1988
This discussion of how to design a training program to teach professional judgment and performance focuses on a model for training police officers. Open job skills are explained, appropriate choices and actions are described, and the components and objectives of open job skill instruction are presented. (LRW)
Descriptors: Conflict Resolution, Decision Making Skills, Evaluative Thinking, Improvement Programs
Instructional Quality Inventory.
Montague, William E.; And Others – Performance and Instruction, 1983
Describes the Instructional Quality Inventory (IQI) for formative evaluation of systematically developed instructional programs, its classification scheme for objectives and test items, and procedures for checking programs for adequacy, consistency and presentation. Accounts of two studies are given to support the usefulness of the IQI. (EAO)
Descriptors: Cost Effectiveness, Educational Research, Evaluation Methods, Formative Evaluation
Toward a Performance Technology Curriculum.
Medsker, Karen; Fry, John – Performance and Instruction, 1992
Describes a curriculum development effort at Marymount University (Virginia) that combined a traditional human resource development (HRD) master's degree program with instructional systems design (ISD) and performance technology concepts. Courses in the program are described, with special emphasis given to one on performance improvement…
Descriptors: Course Descriptions, Course Objectives, Curriculum Development, Higher Education