Performance technology: A view from the fo'c'sle

Ainsworth, David

doi:10.1002/pfi.4180180404

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“…The views and beliefs swirling around behavior and performance began to coalesce in the late 1970s around the ideas presented by Gilbert (1987, p. 5), "…where I defined performance (P) as a transaction between behavior (B) and its effects upon the world-accomplishment.…Worth-that is, worthy performance-was a ratio of valuable accomplishments to costly behavior." The 1987 Gilbert article was a reprint from 1979, which was also the date of the first documented definition that this author located for performance technology (Ainsworth, 1979). There is another important coalescing of thoughts articulated by Gilbert (1987, p. 5…”

Section: History and Challenges Of Hptmentioning

confidence: 97%

“…Identifying the goals for an organization or field of practice helps to delineate its boundaries. Table 1 lists goals articulated about HPT, first labeled as performance engineering (Gilbert, 1978) and performance technology (Ainsworth, 1979). The evolution of the goals associated with HPT attest to the acknowledgement of performance and varied interventions.…”

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“…Gilbert (1978) began the investigation of performance technology, although his discussions used the phrases human competence and performance engineering. Following on the heels of Gilbert's early linkage of behavior, performance, and achievement, Ainsworth (1979) alluded to achievement through the use of the phrase outcome signification as well as performance. Harless (Geis, 1986) Table 2 Human Competence and Performance Technology Rothwell (1996) Systematic process that links business strategy and goals and workers' abilities to achieve them with a variety of interventions, including environment redesign, learning and training, and incentive system reconfiguration (p. 5).…”

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“…Since that time, the field has engaged in a process of searching for purpose and definition. Many scholars (Ainsworth, 1979;Jacobs, 1987; ISPI, 2000;Langdon, 1991) developed definitions to help clarify our understanding of the field. The International Society for Performance Improvement (ISPI) summarized this searching in a recent Website statement (ISPI, 2000; http://www.ispi.org/):Human performance technology-the systematic approach to improving productivity and competence-is the key to global competitiveness.…”

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Human Performance Technology: An Examination of Definitions through Dependent and Independent Variables

Irlbeck

2008

Performance Improvement Quarterly

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This definitional paper provides a chronological perspective of human performance technology (HPT) definitions and an evaluation of them in terms of independent and dependent variables. The intent is to compare the definitions with the goals that have been articulated for HPT over the years and to provide one source for past definitions as researchers move forward to continue their study of HPT. The search for definitions extended back to Gilbert in the late 1970s, who provided a foundation; the search revealed an evolution of definitions from the late 1970s to the present day, with the definition currently on the Website of the International Society for Performance Improvement (ISPI). The analysis depicts a brief chronology of the field, the breadth of HPT through the definitions, and how the definitions changed as the field matured (with the increased knowledge and applications of several theory disciplines).

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