Hong Chau and Malka Dubin
“Performance technology is the systematic process of linking business goals and strategies with the workforce responsible for achieving the goals. HPT (Human Performance Technology) practitioners focus on increasing the performance of people in the workplace. They aim to inspire and motivate workers to improve by providing tools that identify where there is room for improvement and how to fill the space between where they are and the potential of where they can be." (Nel, 2013).
Van Tiem, D.M., Moseley, J.L., & Dessinger, J.C. (2004)
HPT began to emerge as a major learning theory in the late 1950's. HPT took the place of the ISD (Instructional Systems Design) model when ISD was not accomplishing the desired results in workplace and individual improvement (Swanson, 1999).
Thomas F. Gilbert (1927–1995) is attributed as founder of human performance theory (Gilbert & Gilbert, 1992).
Rummler and Brache (1992) elevated theory of individual performance to the organizational level, defining "three performance levels: organization, process, and individual performance." (Swanson, 1999)
Instructional designers have the opportunity to
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Nel, B. (2013). Definition and overview of Human Performance Technology. In Human Performance Technology : A Learning Guide for Performance Improvement (pp. 11–20). Knowres Publishing.
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http://www.richardswanson.com/publications/Swanson(1999)TheFoundPer.pdf
Van Tiem, D.M., Moseley, J.L., & Dessinger, J.C. (2004). Fundamentals of performance technology: A guide to improving people, process, and organizations through performance technology. Silver Springs, MD: International Society for Performance Improvement
http://ocw.metu.edu.tr/file.php/118/Week8/VanTiem_whatshptmodel.pdf
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