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Direct linkVadivelu, Ramaswamy N.; Klein, James D. – Performance Improvement Quarterly, 2008
Recent research in the areas of human performance technology (HPT), organizational development, and cross-cultural training has suggested the need for developing managerial competencies that are effective in diverse cultural settings. Some competencies such as technical proficiency, knowledge of company systems, adaptability, and the ability to…
Descriptors: Cultural Differences, Foreign Countries, Performance Technology, Organizational Development
Peer reviewedMurray, Margo – Performance Improvement, 2001
Discussion of how to establish and sustain high levels of employee performance focuses on the concept of pairing employee with mentors who can transfer experience, skills, and work behaviors to ignite motivation to upgrade competencies and sustain higher levels of performance. Compares informal and facilitated mentoring relevant to key success…
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Competence, Job Performance, Mentors
Darabi, A. Aubteen; Nelson, David W.; Mackal, Melissa C. – Performance Improvement Quarterly, 2004
The measure of performance improvement potential (Gilbert, 1978) in human performance technology uses an exemplary performance as a criterion against which to measure the potential improvement in the performance of a workforce. The measure is calculated based on the performance efficiency which compares expended resources to productivity. The same…
Descriptors: Formative Evaluation, Performance Technology, Computer Assisted Testing, Instructional Effectiveness
Boyd, Barry L. – 2003
Using the Delphi technique, a nationwide panel of experts identified 33 competencies that volunteer administrators (VAs) will need during the next decade and categorized them into these five constructs: organizational leadership; systems leadership; organizational culture; personal skills; and management skills. Twelve barriers to acquiring the…
Descriptors: Administrator Evaluation, Administrator Qualifications, Administrators, Competence
Knowles, Malcolm S.; Holton, Elwood F., III; Swanson, Richard A. – 1998
This book examines the core principles of adult learning and the roots of andragogy, advances in adult learning, and practice in adult learning. The following are among the topics discussed in the book's 17 chapters: importance of learning theory; theories of learning (concept of part and whole models of development, theories based on elemental…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Adult Educators, Adult Learning, Adult Students
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This document contains four papers from a symposium on performance, productivity, and continuous improvement. "Investigating the Association between Productivity and Quality Performance in Two Manufacturing Settings" (Constantine Kontoghiorghes, Robert Gudgel) summarizes a study that identified the following quality management variables…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Adult Learning, College Faculty, Comparative Analysis
