Knowledge of the Human Performance Technology Practitioner Relative to ISPI Human Performance Technology Standards and the Degree of Standard Acceptance by the Field

Despite the availability of the human performance technology (HPT) competency standards, the degree to which practitioners within HPT practice the standards has not been the subject of significant empirical research. The present study examines whether the International Society for Performance Improvement HPT standards accurately describe the threshold of competency within HPT and the degree to which practitioners apply and utilize the competency standards.     

绩效技术的理论渊源与研究领域

20世纪70年代以来,人类绩效技术在美国等国家得到了长足的发展,并逐渐影响着教学设计,成为教育技术学科一个非常重要的领域。本文对人类绩效技术的相关概念、理论渊源及基本观点、HPT模型与绩效技术的研究内容、方法及工具等进行了概括性的介绍,力争为我国相关研究人员提供一定的参考。     

A Framework for New Scholarship in Human Performance Technology

This article introduces a strategic argument and examples, in subsequent articles in this special issue, about sociocultural research opportunities for HPT practitioners and scholars. The authors take the view that recent criticisms of Instructional Systems Design have merit when considered from an organizational performance point of view. We see the problem as historic overuse of one theoretical perspective at a microlevel of theory and application. We argue that adding recent sociocultural perspectives and expanding the levels of theory to include groups and complex organizational structures will offer an opportunity for more rigorous and diverse research agenda and create new insights for problem solving in practice.     

A Proposed Domain of Human Performance Technology: Implications for Theory and Practice

In this article, I have proposed a domain and definition for the human performance technology field. I contend that the domain can provide an organizing structure for the field. The proposed domain consists of three major components: management functions, performance systems development functions, and components of human performance systems. In making this proposal, I have discussed as well systems theory and professional practice and outlined three major areas of implications: research, practice, and professional preparation. The domain presented is explicitly derived from and consistent with the principles of systems theory.     

Human Performance Technology and Knowledge Management: A Case Study

ABSTRACT As organizations respond to competitive environments and strive to enhance performance, knowledge management (KM) has increasingly become a strategic activity. A KM strategy entails consciously helping people share and put knowledge into action. A key challenge is how to develop and implement KM solutions that provide performance support to knowledge workers and seamlessly integrate KM into business processes. We propose that human performance technology (HPT) provides a systematic framework to help guide KM initiatives. Specifically, HPT provides a holistic view of a knowledge worker's performance environment by considering the complex interdependencies between the organizational context, business processes, and individual performers. Via a case study, we describe and illustrate how HPT guided one organization in its journey to identify the content and structure to best support performance and manage knowledge in a core business process. Based on the case study, we offer lessons for other firms on how HPT can be used to guide KM initiatives.     

绩效技术在组织实施中的成败关键:变革管理

该文通过对绩效技术领域中的变革管理的论述,提出变革管理是绩效技术在组织实施中的成败关键的这个命题,然后对绩效改进中变革管理的四个基本因素展开分析,最后从变革的视角解构了绩效技术模型,并在此基础上提出了"绩效技术变革观"。     

Information Technology in Education: The Need for a Critical Examination of Popular Assumptions

The field of information technology in education is currently in a stage that is characterized by the presence of certain assumptions that are taken for granted and seldom questioned. This article presents some of those assumptions and presents reasons why they should be questioned. The article explores reasons that may explain why these assumptions have come to be regarded as established facts. The article concludes that it may be wise for the field to move back toward empiricism and objectivity.     

An Optimization of Human Performance Technology Intervention Selection Model: A 360‐Degree Approach to Support Performance

The human performance technology (HPT) model suggests various interventions to meet organizational challenges. While the original model includes a matrix to match an intervention according to a performance analysis, accumulated experience and recent research show that there are several parameters that will influence the validity and effectiveness of the solution. This article offers a 360‐degree approach to support the use of a performance model that helps practitioners to select the proper HPT intervention according to key attributes that influence the solution. Successful implementation, such as target audience characteristics and work processes that are at the heart of organizational needs, are examples of the benefits provided by this approach. The model is based on research conducted by Gal and Nachmias (2011, 2012) concerning performance support solutions success factors in corporate settings. In addition, experiences gained by both authors as they implemented HPT solutions in large organizations are considered.     

Examining the Practice of Human Performance Technology

Despite the fact that Human Performance Technology (HPT) has proved itself as a systemic, systematic process for increasing performance and profitability in organizations, it has not yet been widely adopted. There are several reasons for this. The conditions that must exist for organizations to benefit from all HPT can offer them are lacking. First, few individuals have the knowledge and skill necessary to implement the methods, measures, and models of HPT, and second, those who do seldom have the opportunity and authority to apply HPT where it will most benefit the organization. This article takes a look at such barriers to successful HPT practice, and how they can be overcome. It reports the findings of a survey of academics, internal practitioners, and external consultants who are members of NSPI who were asked to report on what opportunities exist for learning about HPT, where it is practiced in organizations and by whom, and what role management plays in implementing HPT within organizations. The article also suggests ways of addressing the barriers identified.     

论亚里士多德"人性论"的教育学意义

关于人性问题,亚里士多德有三个著名的论断,"求知是人的本性"、"人是理性的动物"、"人是政治动物".这三个论断有着丰富的内涵和价值,深刻而全面地掌握和理解它,对于我们寻求"什么是教育?"、"人为什么受教育?"、"人如何受教育?"问题答案的根源,具有重要的教育学意义.     

绩效技术模型分类与比较

根据“事物”、“过程”和“方法”三类描绘对象,将绩效技术模型分为“绩效影响因素”模型、“绩效改进流程”模型和“干预措施匹配”模型三类进行描述,列举每类的代表进行分析和对比,以期帮助绩效技术领域的初学人员把握影响绩效的变量,了解绩效改进流程,并针对原因选择恰当的干预措施。     

A Selected Review of the Underpinnings of Ethics for Human Performance Technology Professionals -Part Two: Professional Resources

Professionals serving as internal and external consultants, whether as performance technologists, human resource development facilitators, training specialists, organizational development change agents, or quality improvement engineers, are uniquely positioned to influence ethical awareness in the workplace. Yet it is unlikely that they will be able to exert much influence without knowledge of the factors that influence ethical behavior in organizations and knowledge of ethical decision making. Although the literature on ethics is proliferating, little of it is directly related to performance improvement professionals. Those who want to educate themselves in ethics have been left to their own devices. Part One in this series of two articles presents a review of key ethical theories and research. Part Two is a list of references available for those who are ready to examine the ethical responsibilities of HPT professionals, who have encountered ethical issues, who want to include an ethics audit in their needs assessment tool box, or who need to suggest ethics-related solutions to performance problems.     

Grade 7 Students Reading Graphic Novels: ‘You Need To Do a Lot of Thinking’

A multifaceted, classroom‐based research project explored how developing Grade 7 students’ knowledge of literary and illustrative elements affects their understanding, interpretation and analysis of picturebooks and graphic novels, and their subsequent creation of their own print texts. Analysis of two sources of data, the students’ written responses to Amulet ( Kibuishi 2008 ), one of the graphic novels read and discussed during the study, and the students’ opinions about the knowledge that is required to read and understand a graphic novel, indicated how the instruction about various graphic novel conventions had impacted the students’ awareness of and knowledge about the structural design of these multimodal texts.