Human Performance Improvement
Building practitioner competence
- 1st Edition - October 26, 2000
- Imprint: Butterworth-Heinemann
- Authors: Carolyn K. Hohne, Stephen B. King, William J. Rothwell
- Language: English
- eBook ISBN:9 7 8 - 0 - 0 8 - 0 5 0 8 3 5 - 1
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Today's dynamic organizations must achieve positive results in record time - a challenge that requires managers to avoid problems before they arise and to solve these issues quickly. Human Performance Improvement (HPI) is a powerful tool that can be used to help build intellectual capital, establish and maintain a 'high-performance workplace, enhance profitability, and encourage productivity' - as well as increase return on equity and improved safety.
This book provides the tools and techniques that are fundamental to the practice of HPI. 'Human Performance Improvement' is all you need to understand and carry out your own HPI plan and is invaluable for trainers, HR practitioners, line managers, workers, college students who are being introduced to Human Performance Improvement principles, and anyone who is interested in improving how well and how much people perform in organizational settings.
'Human Performance Improvement' shows you how to:
* discover and analyze important human performance gaps
* plan for the future improvements in human performance
* design and develop cost-effective and ethically-justifiable interventions to close performance gaps
* analyze trends and their implications for HPI
This book provides the tools and techniques that are fundamental to the practice of HPI. 'Human Performance Improvement' is all you need to understand and carry out your own HPI plan and is invaluable for trainers, HR practitioners, line managers, workers, college students who are being introduced to Human Performance Improvement principles, and anyone who is interested in improving how well and how much people perform in organizational settings.
'Human Performance Improvement' shows you how to:
* discover and analyze important human performance gaps
* plan for the future improvements in human performance
* design and develop cost-effective and ethically-justifiable interventions to close performance gaps
* analyze trends and their implications for HPI
This book provides the tools and techniques that are fundamental to the practice of HPI. 'Human Performance Improvement' is all you need to understand and carry out your own HPI plan and is invaluable for trainers, HR practitioners, line managers, workers, college students who are being introduced to Human Performance Improvement principles, and anyone who is interested in improving how well and how much people perform in organizational settings.'Human Performance Improvement' will show you how to: * discover and analyze important human performance gaps* plan for the future improvements in human performance* design and develop cost-effective and ethically-justifiable interventions to close performance gaps* analyze trends and their implications for HPI
HR professionals/managers.
Students taking HR degrees/courses.
Students taking HR degrees/courses.
Laying the foundation - Human performance improvement; Defining human performance improvement; The roles of the HPI practitioner; The dynamic nature of human performance improvement; HPI competencies and outputs; The growing importance of human performance improvement; The role of analyst - A case study; Defining analysis; The analyst's role; Models and tools; Models and tools for the analyst's role; Other analytical tools; Data presentation methods and tools; The role of intervention specialist - Competencies/outputs associated with the intervention specialist; Selecting interventions; Principles of intervention design; Dangers, pitfalls and cautions; The role of change manager - Competencies/outputs associated with the role of change manager; Approaches for managing change; Enacting the role of change manager; The role of evaluator - Competencies/outputs associated with the role of the evaluator; Approaches for evaluating performance improvement interventions; How is the role of the evaluator enacted?; Trends and their implication for HPI - Corporate trends; Workforce trends; Human resource trends; Transforming the training department into an HPI function - One approach to transforming a traditional training department into an HPI department; Alternative paths for transforming a traditional training department into an HPI department; Common mistakes to avoid; Success stories; Assessing your progress; Building your competence as an HPI practitioner - Making the shift in role; Steps for transforming from trainer to HPI practitioner.
- Edition: 1
- Published: October 26, 2000
- Imprint: Butterworth-Heinemann
- Language: English
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Carolyn K. Hohne
Affiliations and expertise
Performance Improvement Consultant.SK
Stephen B. King
Affiliations and expertise
Executive Director, Leadership & Management Development Division, Management Concepts Inc.WR
William J. Rothwell
Affiliations and expertise
Professor of Human Resource Development, Pennsylvania State University. Director of Penn State's Institute for Research in Training and Development.