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BEYOND TRAINING

AND DEVELOPMENT

S E C O N D E D I T I O N

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BEYOND TRAINING

AND DEVELOPMENT

S E C O N D E D I T I O N

The Groundbreaking Classic on

Human Performance Enhancement

William J. Rothwell

American Management Association

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Rothwell, William J.

Beyond training and development : the groundbreaking classic on human performance enhancement / William J. Rothwell.— 2nd ed.

p.cm.

Includes bibliographical references and index. ISBN 0-8144-0796-X

1. Performance technology. 2. Performance standards. I. Title.

HF5549.5.P37R68 2005 658.3 14—dc22

2004014341

2005 William J. Rothwell. All rights reserved.

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C O N T E N T S

List of Exhibits

xi

Preface to the Second Edition

xvii

Sources of Information

xvii

The Scheme of This Book

xviii

What’s New in the Second Edition?

xxiii

Acknowledgments

xxv

Part One The Need to Move Beyond Training

1

1. Why Training Is Not Enough

3

Introductory Vignettes

3

Problems with Traditional Approaches to Training

5

Trends Affecting Organizations

12

What Have Training and Development Professionals Historically Done?

19

2. What Is Human Performance Enhancement?

24

Performance Breakthroughs Are the Results of Human Choices, Not

 

Technological Wizardry: A Case Study

25

Defining Key Terms

34

Important Propositions of HPE

37

Key Models Governing HPE

41

Introducing an HPE Model

48

What Do HPE Professionals Do?

50

What Are the Essential Competencies of HPE Professionals and Clients of

 

HPE?

51

Research on HPE

55

Cross-Cultural Issues in HPE

56

Ethical Issues in HPE

60

3. Transforming a Training Department into a Human Performance

 

Enhancement Department

61

vii

viii

CONTENTS

How Organizations Should Support HPE: Key Success Factors

64

Making the Case for Change

65

Building Awareness of the Need for Change

67

Building Awareness of Possible Directions for Change

69

Assessing and Building Support for Change

72

Creating a Flexible Road Map for Change

75

Building Competencies Is Key to the Change Effort

77

Communicating the Need for Change

81

Training People to Think Like HPE Professionals

82

Part Two Troubleshooting Human Performance

 

Problems and Analyzing Human Performance

 

Improvement Opportunities

83

4. Analyzing What Is Happening

85

What Does It Mean to Analyze What Is Happening?

85

What Are the Roles of the HPE Consultant and Their Clients in Analyzing

What Is Happening?

89

What Prompted the Investigation?

92

Gathering and Documenting Facts and Perceptions

94

Analyzing Present Conditions

98

The Competencies of the Auditor’s Role

103

5. Envisioning What Should Be Happening

105

What Does It Mean to Envision What Should Be Happening?

106

What Are the Roles of the HPE Consultant and Their Clients in

 

Envisioning What Should Be Happening?

106

What Sources Provide Clues About What Should Be Happening?

107

What Methods May Be Used to Collect Information About What Should

Be Happening?

116

The Competencies of the Visionary Role

121

Part Three Finding Opportunities for Improving

 

Human Performance

123

6. Clarifying Present and Future Performance Gaps

125

Defining a Performance Gap

125

Identifying Performance Gaps

128

Assessing Present and Future Performance Gaps

135

The Competencies of the Gap Assessor Role

135

7. Determining the Importance of Performance Gaps

137

Defining Importance

137

Assessing Consequences

139

Who Determines Importance?

141

Forecasting Importance

143

Contents

ix

 

The Competencies of the HPE Facilitator

144

 

The HPE Consultant’s Role in Determining the Importance of Performance

 

 

Gaps

148

8.

Identifying the Underlying Causes of Performance Gaps

149

 

Defining Cause

149

 

Distinguishing a Cause from a Symptom

151

 

Who Determines the Causes of Human Performance Gaps?

154

 

When Should Causes Be Identified?

154

 

What Is Known About the Causes of Human Performance Problems?

155

 

Identifying the Causes of Human Performance Gaps

162

 

How and Why Do Causes Change over Time?

166

 

The Competencies of the Strategic Troubleshooter Role

169

 

The Roles of the HPE Consultant and Their Clients in Identifying the

 

 

Underlying Causes of Performance Gaps

171

Part Four Selecting and Implementing HPE

 

Strategies: Intervening for Change

173

9.

Selecting Human Performance Enhancement (HPE) Strategies

175

 

What Is a Human Performance Enhancement Strategy?

175

 

What Assumptions Guide the Selection of HPE Strategies?

176

 

What Is the Range of Possible HPE Strategies?

177

 

How Often Are HPE Strategies Used?

177

 

How Should HPE Strategies Be Selected?

186

 

The Competencies of the HPE Methods Specialist Role, the Forecaster of

 

 

Consequences Role, and the Action Plan Facilitator Role

189

 

What Are the Roles of the HPE Consultant and Their Clients in Selecting

 

 

and Implementing HPE Strategies?

192

10.

Implementing Human Performance Enhancement Strategies to

 

 

Address Organizational Environment Problems or Opportunities

194

 

Who Are the Most Important External Stakeholders?

195

 

How Well Is the Organization Interacting with the Most Important External

 

 

Stakeholders?

197

 

What HPE Strategies Can Improve the Organization’s Interactions with

 

 

External Stakeholders?

197

 

How Should HPE Strategies Be Implemented?

206

 

The Competencies of the HPE Implementer

207

11.

Implementing Human Performance Enhancement Strategies to

 

 

Address Work Environment Problems or Opportunities

209

 

Formulating, Clarifying, and Communicating Organizational Policies and

 

 

Procedures

209

 

Enhancing Organizational Design

214