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Wright, David W.; Brauchle, Paul E. – Performance Improvement, 1996
Discusses high-involvement work teams, in which groups of workers participate in improving their work activities; describes how a typical work team progresses through a project; and introduces a systems model of interrelated steps through which teams may progress to solve problems. (LRW)
Descriptors: Improvement, Job Performance, Models, Performance Factors
Brown, Mark G.; Schwarz, Joseph E. – Performance and Instruction, 1988
Description of a process for solving human performance problems focuses on the analysis phase, which examines information to determine causes and develops recommendations for solving the problems. Techniques used for gathering data are described, criteria for evaluating ideas are listed, and weighted scores for performance improvement ideas are…
Descriptors: Employment Problems, Evaluation Criteria, Improvement Programs, Interviews
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Perlman, Baron; Hartman, E. Alan – 1980
The term "burnout" has become popular for describing a condition of workers and administrators in professions with a high degree of people contact. Burnout involves feelings of exhaustion, development of chronic negative attitudes about oneself and/or clientele, and lowered job performance. A review of literature reveals that burnout as…
Descriptors: Adjustment (to Environment), Burnout, Coping, Health Personnel
Cousins, J. Bradley – 1988
The ways in which principals use performance appraisal data for personal professional development, the characteristics of those who use such information, and the features of performance appraisal systems and decision contexts that are predictors of appraisal use were studied through a series of interviews at four sites (two with high appraisal…
Descriptors: Decision Making, Elementary Secondary Education, Evaluation Utilization, Foreign Countries
Goodfellow, Lynda Thomas; Valentine, Thomas – 2002
Critical and situated thinking in the respiratory care profession were examined through an exploratory factor analysis of the critical thinking behaviors of a sample of 868 respiratory therapists. The respiratory therapists completed a survey instrument containing 44-questions related to how well particular critical thinking behaviors are…
Descriptors: Allied Health Occupations, Cognitive Processes, Cognitive Structures, Communication Skills