Performance by Design : The Systematic Selection, Design, and Development of Performance Technologies That Produce Useful Results.
Title:
Performance by Design : The Systematic Selection, Design, and Development of Performance Technologies That Produce Useful Results.
Author:
Gerson, Richard F.
ISBN:
9781599968773
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Edition:
1st ed.
Physical Description:
1 online resource (191 pages)
Series:
Defining and Delivering Successful Professional Practice Series
Contents:
Table of Contents -- Chapter 1 - What is Performance, and why do we have to design for it? -- Performing -- Improving Performance -- Peformance Worth Improving -- Beyond Training and Professional Development -- Performance Technologies -- Section One: Defining Performance -- Chapter 2: Identify Desired Performance -- Strategic Planning and Alignment -- The Context for Performance Improve ment -- Assessing Needs -- Defining Priorities -- Chapter 3: Define Success -- Strategic Analysis -- Performance Objectives -- Applying Performance Objectives in Context -- Task Analysis -- Align Performing With Performance -- Chapter 4: Define Performance Assessments -- Relating Performance Objectives, Measures, and Indicators -- Linking Performance Objectives -- Desirable Traits -- Choosing Performance Assessments -- Assessment Alignment -- Section Two: Improving Performance -- Chapter 5: Identify a Set fo Solutions -- Analyzing Performance and Performer -- Finding Options and Opportunities -- Evaluating Options -- Choosing Approrpiate Performance technologies -- Chapter 6: Design and Develop Performance Solutions -- Random Acts of Improvement -- Partnerships in Development -- Designing and Developing Solutions -- Aligning Project Accomplishments and Tasks -- Section Three: Continual Improvement -- Chapter 7: Conduct Formative Evaluations -- Evaluation With Results -- Evaluation Techniques -- Evaluation M anagement -- Improving Performance -- Implement Interventions -- Chapter 8: Continual Improvements -- Measuring Results -- Reviewing Solutions for Alignment -- Implementing Effectiveness and Efficiency -- Making Improvements -- Conclusion -- Glossary of Terms -- References -- About this Series -- About the Author.
Abstract:
At the end of the day, our jobs are all about results. The desire to achieve useful results should guide your decisions on a daily basis. This book's unique Performance by Design approach and framework will systematically walk you through the processes, procedures, tools and techniques that are most valuable in creating performance systems that achieve results. In eight chapters, the book sequentially describes each step in the Performance by Design framework: What is performance; Identify desired performance; Define success; Define performance assessments; Identify a set of solutions; Design and develop performance solutions; Conduct formative evaluations; Continual improvements. You'll learn how to combine strategic plans, needs assessments and SWOT analysis results to prioritize the accomplishments that are expected from your improvement efforts. You'll understand the importance of using agreed-upon performance objectives - rather than myths and assumptions - to guide your decision-making. You'll learn how to align performance interventions with those factors known to contribute to the achievement of useful results. The book comes with a variety of aids that will help you grasp the material - including real-world examples, numerous figures and charts and a glossary of key terms. This is the third of six books in the new Defining and Delivering Successful Professional Practice Series designed to define and deliver measurable performance improvement. Code DDSPP3, Price, 19.95, 192 pp. Dr. Ryan Watkins.
Local Note:
Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2017. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.
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