Rothwell W.J. - Beyond Training and Development[c] The Groundbreaking Classic on Human Performance Enhancement (2004)(2-e)(en)
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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
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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Enhancement Department |
61 |
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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 |
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Problems and Analyzing Human Performance |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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Be Happening? |
116 |
The Competencies of the Visionary Role |
121 |
Part Three Finding Opportunities for Improving |
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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 |
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The Competencies of the HPE Facilitator |
144 |
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The HPE Consultant’s Role in Determining the Importance of Performance |
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Gaps |
148 |
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Identifying the Underlying Causes of Performance Gaps |
149 |
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Defining Cause |
149 |
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Distinguishing a Cause from a Symptom |
151 |
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Who Determines the Causes of Human Performance Gaps? |
154 |
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When Should Causes Be Identified? |
154 |
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What Is Known About the Causes of Human Performance Problems? |
155 |
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Identifying the Causes of Human Performance Gaps |
162 |
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How and Why Do Causes Change over Time? |
166 |
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The Competencies of the Strategic Troubleshooter Role |
169 |
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The Roles of the HPE Consultant and Their Clients in Identifying the |
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Underlying Causes of Performance Gaps |
171 |
Part Four Selecting and Implementing HPE |
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Strategies: Intervening for Change |
173 |
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Selecting Human Performance Enhancement (HPE) Strategies |
175 |
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What Is a Human Performance Enhancement Strategy? |
175 |
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What Assumptions Guide the Selection of HPE Strategies? |
176 |
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What Is the Range of Possible HPE Strategies? |
177 |
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How Often Are HPE Strategies Used? |
177 |
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How Should HPE Strategies Be Selected? |
186 |
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The Competencies of the HPE Methods Specialist Role, the Forecaster of |
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Consequences Role, and the Action Plan Facilitator Role |
189 |
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What Are the Roles of the HPE Consultant and Their Clients in Selecting |
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and Implementing HPE Strategies? |
192 |
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Implementing Human Performance Enhancement Strategies to |
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Address Organizational Environment Problems or Opportunities |
194 |
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Who Are the Most Important External Stakeholders? |
195 |
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How Well Is the Organization Interacting with the Most Important External |
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Stakeholders? |
197 |
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What HPE Strategies Can Improve the Organization’s Interactions with |
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External Stakeholders? |
197 |
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How Should HPE Strategies Be Implemented? |
206 |
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The Competencies of the HPE Implementer |
207 |
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Implementing Human Performance Enhancement Strategies to |
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Address Work Environment Problems or Opportunities |
209 |
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Formulating, Clarifying, and Communicating Organizational Policies and |
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Procedures |
209 |
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Enhancing Organizational Design |
214 |