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The Future Starts Now
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Panza, Carol M. – Performance Improvement Quarterly, 2012
The fishbone diagram developed by Mariano Bernardez (2009a, 2009b) in the introductory article to this issue of "Performance Improvement Quarterly" depicts the origins and interrelationships of the models and approaches of many fields and researchers that have contributed to human performance technology (HPT) as it is used today. We can…
Descriptors: Performance Technology, Educational Development, Educational Trends, Trend Analysis
Two Views of ISPI and the Future of Performance Improvement
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Addison, Roger M.; Tosti, Donald T. – Performance Improvement Quarterly, 2012
The International Society for Performance Improvement has always been divided by two often-conflicting views of what its purpose or mission really is. Is it primarily technology focused (focusing on the development and promotion of the field) or member focused (focusing on members' interests and their professional development)? This difference in…
Descriptors: Performance Technology, Educational Technology, Influence of Technology, Organizational Objectives
Why HPT Will Continue to Be a Hard Sell
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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
Potential Strategies and Tactics for Organizational Performance Improvement.
Hutchison, Cathleen Smith; And Others – Performance and Instruction, 1996
Contrasts the roles of performance technologists and other performance improvement specialists. Provides a matrix of strategies and tactics that performance technologists should be familiar with. Identifies regulations that can affect implementation of tactics, including EEO/affirmative action guidelines; employee safety and health laws,…
Descriptors: Federal Regulation, Improvement Programs, Labor Standards, Management by Objectives
Electronic Performance Support Systems (EPSS): Making the Transition.
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Des Jardins, Susan; Davis, Harry, Jr. – 1995
An electronic performance support system (EPSS) is a computerized system designed to increase productivity by supporting the performance of the worker on demand at the time of need. This way, workers are allowed to perform with a minimum of intervention from others. Popular examples of performance support tools, or partially implemented EPSSs,…
Descriptors: Cooperation, Focus Groups, Improvement Programs, Job Performance
Business Models for Training and Performance Improvement Departments
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Carliner, Saul – Human Resource Development Review, 2004
Although typically applied to entire enterprises, the concept of business models applies to training and performance improvement groups. Business models are "the method by which firm[s] build and use [their] resources to offer.. value." Business models affect the types of projects, services offered, skills required, business processes, and type of…
Descriptors: Performance Technology, Models, Improvement Programs, Training Methods