Performance capabilities and competencies at the undergraduate and graduate levels for performance improvement professionals

This quantitative study sought to identify the performance capabilities and competencies that organizations in the northern midwestern United States expect of future performance improvement professionals at the undergraduate and graduate levels. Eighty‐nine performance improvement professionals representing 89 organizations completed an online survey that captured the participants' perspective regarding undergraduate and graduate‐level performance capabilities, and undergraduate competency expectations. Results suggest that participants expect several training and development performance capabilities, a few organization developments, and no performance management performance capabilities at the undergraduate level. Several training and development capabilities, most organization development capabilities, and all performance management performance capabilities were expected at the graduate level. This definition is fundamental to support academic curricular development and the field of performance improvement.     

Performance technology—not a one‐size‐fits‐all profession

Note: This commentary is part of an ongoing dialogue that began in the October 2011 Performance Improvement special issue entitled Exploring a Universal Performance Model for HPT: Notes From the Field.     

企业并购中多个交易主体的风险分析

针对全球风起云涌的并购浪潮,阐述了并购交易各方的行为特点,多个交易主体的博弈均衡及风险分析,并把现代企业普遍存在的委托--代理关系引入其中,以期达到加强并购风险管理的目的.