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Fukuda, Ryuji – Performance and Instruction, 1985
This excerpt from "Managerial Engineering: Techniques for Improving Quality and Productivity in the Workplace" describes the development, objectives, and use of On-Error Training (OET), a method which trains workers to learn from their errors. Also described is New Joharry's Window, a performance-error data analysis technique used in…
Descriptors: Error Patterns, Improvement Programs, Industrial Training, Job 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
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
Gayeski, Diane M. – Performance and Instruction, 1988
Presents a decision model for selecting interactive media formats to solve human performance problems in organizations. Training problems and motivational problems are discussed, change strategies and assessment of values and aptitudes are described, and case studies that apply the decision model are included. (LRW)
Descriptors: Case Studies, Change Strategies, Improvement Programs, Incentives
Swinney, John M. – Performance and Instruction, 1989
Describes a performance engineering model used to design an effective implementation system for a supervisory training program. Highlights include a discussion of management participation, an implementation planning matrix, a flow chart of the implementation process, and a form for field trainer follow-up. (LRW)
Descriptors: Flow Charts, Improvement Programs, Matrices, Models
Swain, William A. – Performance and Instruction, 1984
Discusses the systematic approach to training, how this approach increases training impact, and how it evolved and identifies the four components of this approach, describing three components in detail--pretraining briefing sessions, review of individual training objectives, and group followup. (MBR)
Descriptors: Followup Studies, Program Design, Program Effectiveness, Program Improvement