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Abaci, Serdar; Pershing, James A. – TechTrends: Linking Research and Practice to Improve Learning, 2017
Human Performance Technology (HPT) is the applied study and practice of improving organizational performance through training and non-training interventions. For practitioners working in this area that identify themselves as an HPT practitioner, organizational training and performance (OTP) specialist, or instructional designer--offering the right…
Descriptors: Performance Technology, Organizational Development, Training, Intervention
Rossett, Allison; Tobias, Catherine – Performance Improvement Quarterly, 1999
This study questioned progress in the shift from training to performance. A survey administered to 62 training and performance professionals queried respondents about concepts relevant to performance: analysis, solution systems, cross-functionality, customer and collegial expectations, and shared knowledge. Overall, results showed that…
Descriptors: Organizational Change, Organizational Development, Organizations (Groups), Performance Factors
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Holmes, Tyrone A. – New Directions for Student Services, 1998
Examines performance-based human-resource-development (HRD) practices and their relevance for student affairs. Provides a general overview of HRD, including discussion of the newest concepts in the field. Offers a model and tools for applying performance-based HRD within higher education institutions. (Author/MKA)
Descriptors: Career Development, Higher Education, Labor Force Development, Organizational Development
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Thiagarajan, Sivasailam – Performance Improvement, 2000
Describes structured sharing, a training template that facilitates mutual learning and teaching among participants, tapping into the power of concurrent co-creation of performance interventions. Presents compressed instructions for conducting four structured sharing games and gives detailed instructions on one activity to try out. Provides an…
Descriptors: Creative Activities, Games, Group Dynamics, Interaction
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Gayeski, Diane – Performance Improvement, 1997
Discusses how to improve an organization's training and communications system, both philosophically and technically, and highlights activities conducive to a rewired communication system. Lists online sources on the topic and freeware packages that can be downloaded, and includes job aid forms designed to be copied and posted in the organization.…
Descriptors: Communications, Computer Software, Improvement, Information Dissemination
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Forman, David C. – Performance Improvement, 2004
Most training and educational professionals have focused their efforts on inculcating learning within individuals rather than within organizations. This is understandable, writes Forman, because so much needs to be accomplished to improve the efficacy of schools and corporate training programs. The notion of organizational learning has been…
Descriptors: Organizational Development, Training, Instructional Design, Performance Technology