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Developing an OD-Intervention Metric System with the Use of Applied Theory-Building Methodology: A Work/Life-Intervention Example
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Morris, Michael Lane; Storberg-Walker, Julia; McMillan, Heather S. – Human Resource Development Quarterly, 2009
This article presents a new model, generated through applied theory-building research methods, that helps human resource development (HRD) practitioners evaluate the return on investment (ROI) of organization development (OD) interventions. This model, called organization development human-capital accounting system (ODHCAS), identifies…
Descriptors: Intervention, Research Methodology, Outcomes of Education, Metric System
The Backyard Human Performance Technologist: Applying the Development Research Methodology to Develop and Validate a New Instructional Design Framework
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Brock, Timothy R. – Performance Improvement Quarterly, 2009
Development research methodology (DRM) has been recommended as a viable research approach to expand the practice-to-theory/theory-to-practice literature that human performance technology (HPT) practitioners can integrate into the day-to-day work flow they already use to develop instructional products. However, little has been written about how it…
Descriptors: Research and Development, Theory Practice Relationship, Performance Technology, Program Development
The Role of the Researcher in Development of an Organization. and The Potential of Personnel Training in the Development of an Industrial Enterprise.
Sarala, Urpo – Adult Education in Finland, 1986
Consists of two articles delineating (1) the role of the monitor of a major personnel training project and (2) the impact of personnel training on entrepreneurial advancement. The author monitored a project at an industrial firm in Finland and draws on this experience. (CH)
Descriptors: Adult Education, Corporate Education, Developmental Programs, Entrepreneurship
Evaluating the Relative Effects of Feedback and Contingent Money for Staff Training of Stimulus Preference Assessments
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Roscoe, Eileen M.; Fisher, Wayne W.; Glover, Ashley C.; Volkert, Valerie M. – Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis, 2006
Performance feedback has facilitated the acquisition and maintenance of a wide range of behaviors (e.g., health-care routines, seat-belt use). Most researchers have attributed the effectiveness of performance feedback to (a) its discriminative functions, (b) its reinforcing functions, or (c) the combination of the two. In this study, we attempted…
Descriptors: Feedback, Simulation, Contingency Management, Reinforcement