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Kaufman, Roger – Educational Technology, 2015
Human competence is a vital element for any organization that expects to survive and then thrive. Developing individual performance ability is necessary but not sufficient because trained people alone will not make an organization successful. We must determine what people should deliver and why it should be delivered in order to add measurable…
Descriptors: Professional Development, Capacity Building, Job Performance, Training Methods
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Villachica, Steven W.; Stepich, Donald A.; Rist, Shannon – Performance Improvement, 2011
The business of training and performance improvement has always been cyclical, with the fortunes of human resource development (HRD) and performance improvement professionals rising and falling with the economic fortunes of the workplace. The current economic downturn and nascent recovery represent an opportunity for HRD and performance…
Descriptors: Performance Technology, Human Resources, Economic Climate, Opportunities
Weinstein, Margery – Training, 2012
For flooring manufacturer Mohawk Industries, it is not enough to teach employees how to be great. The long-time Training Top 125 contender focused last year on helping employees to blaze their own learning paths while meeting organization imperatives. That meant improving the technology that supports employee performance, as well as creating new…
Descriptors: Job Performance, Organizational Development, Performance Technology, Social Networks
Lee, Suhwa; Reeves, Thomas C. – Educational Technology, 2009
During a career of more than 40 years that links the interrelated fields of educational and human performance technology, Roger Kaufman has created numerous new innovative approaches to enhance strategic planning, change management, needs assessment, assessment, evaluation, and organizational improvement. Through numerous publications, including…
Descriptors: Strategic Planning, Needs Assessment, Performance Technology, Organizational Development
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Shurville, Simon; Browne, Tom; Whitaker, Marian – Campus-Wide Information Systems, 2009
Purpose: Educational technologists make significant contributions to the development, organisational embedding and service provision of technology-enhanced learning (TEL) environments, which are key enablers for mass access to flexible higher education (HE). Given the increasing centrality of this role, it is advocated that institutions…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Educational Technology, Human Resources, Literature Reviews
Edwards, Gregory – ProQuest LLC, 2011
Security incidents resulting from human error or subversive actions have caused major financial losses, reduced business productivity or efficiency, and threatened national security. Some research suggests that information system security frameworks lack emphasis on human involvement as a significant cause for security problems in a rapidly…
Descriptors: Strategic Planning, National Security, Information Systems, Social Change
Kaufman, Roger; And Others – Performance and Instruction, 1996
Discusses evaluation for human performance improvement and organizational success. An expanded framework that builds on the traditional four-level training evaluation framework is suggested that includes strategic and tactical planning, performance improvement, organizational development, customer satisfaction, total quality, societal…
Descriptors: Evaluation Methods, Improvement Programs, Organizational Development, Performance Technology
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Goldstein, Philip J. – New Directions for Higher Education, 2006
Planning for the ongoing support and maintenance that accompany implementation of new enterprise resource planning systems may be more essential to realizing benefit from a technology investment than choosing the product with the most features. (Contains 1 table.)
Descriptors: Technology Planning, Strategic Planning, Prediction, Program Implementation
Armel, Donald – 1997
Focusing on improvement is different than focusing on quality, quantity, customer satisfaction, and productivity. This paper discusses Open System Theory, and suggests ways to change large systems. Changing a system (meaning the way all the parts are connected) requires a considerable amount of data gathering and analysis. Choosing the proper…
Descriptors: Administrative Organization, Change, Information Theory, Management Teams
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Tesoro, Ferdinand; Tootson, Jack – Performance Improvement, 2001
The systematic four-step process introduced in this article lays the basic groundwork in helping an organization link all its programs and initiatives to its strategic goals. Discusses the definition and purpose of performance measurement; elements of a global performance system; and building a global performance measurement system. (AEF)
Descriptors: Administration, Business, Information Systems, Measurement Techniques
Hutchison, Cathleen Smith; And Others – Performance and Instruction, 1996
Contrasts the roles of performance technologists and other performance improvement specialists. Provides a matrix of strategies and tactics that performance technologists should be familiar with. Identifies regulations that can affect implementation of tactics, including EEO/affirmative action guidelines; employee safety and health laws,…
Descriptors: Federal Regulation, Improvement Programs, Labor Standards, Management by Objectives
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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
Torraco, Richard J., Ed. – 1998
These proceedings begin with the schedule, conference committee membership lists, and detailed agenda of the 1998 conference of the Academy of Human Resource Development, which explored the relationship between learning and performance. Presented next are papers grouped by the conference's 35 symposium topics, which are as follows: university…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Adult Learning, Case Studies, Cognitive Style