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Direct linkFarrington, Jeanne – Performance Improvement Quarterly, 2012
Human performance technology (HPT) provides an evidence-based approach to improving the performance of individuals, teams, and organizations. As a complex approach that requires many pages to define and years of experience to master, the future of HPT depends on the discipline of future practitioners as well as their willingness to approach…
Descriptors: Evidence, Performance Technology, Problem Solving, Observation
Langdon, Danny G. – Performance Improvement Quarterly, 2012
Many, if not most, of my colleagues believe that human performance technology (HPT) can never become a science; they do not even believe that it should be. I cannot come to that conclusion. If not a full-fledged science, then we should strive for at least a soft science that is more consistent and accepted in business than is certainly the case…
Descriptors: Performance Technology, Problem Solving, Improvement Programs, Access to Information
Wittkuhn, Klaus D. – Performance Improvement Quarterly, 2012
Disciplines and professions each have their own methods of inquiry. This article outlines the commonalities as well as the differences and describes the relationship between the disciplines and the professions. The emphasis is on consulting because this is the profession with which we are concerned. There are three different approaches in…
Descriptors: Performance Technology, Inquiry, Research Methodology, Consultation Programs
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
Peer reviewedMaslak, Gregg – Performance Improvement, 2003
Performance improvement practitioners can be stymied to solve clients' problems. Clients may fail to recognize problems, would rather address symptoms than root causes and practitioners unable to convince clients to institute a meaningful solution. Practitioner can use internally developed data to build a case for action, create a clear vision of…
Descriptors: Client Attitudes (Human Services), Evaluation Methods, Improvement Programs, Performance
Peer reviewedJorgensen, Marcus E. – Performance Improvement, 1999
Provides eight reasons why a trainer with an instructional technology background and an employee-centered focus on performance improvement should be involved in solving human performance problems. Abilities highlighted include: systematic thinker; systemic thinker; analytical; team player; excellent interpersonal and communication skills; knowing…
Descriptors: Behavioral Objectives, Educational Technology, Improvement Programs, Instructional Systems
