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Most books start with the tools and techniques of needs assessment and assume that implementation will naturally bring success. This is not the case. This book begins with the concepts of front-end alignment, followed by the tools needed for positive, predictable, and measurable results. This book does not deal with specific data collection methodology or approaches. Rather, this book deals with the framework and alignment that will make such methodologies and approaches useful.

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The ultimate resource for improvement and planning! This treasure trove of information gives you expert direction for helping your organization and its employees improve performance. Unlike most resources on organizational improvement that consider only the micro- (individual) and macro- (organization) levels, this guide incorporates the mega- (customer/client) level in planning success. Among the many leading contributors to this volume are: Dale M. Brethower Diane Dormant Judith Hale Roger Kaufman Danny G. Langdon Bette Madson Ann W. Parkman Sivasailam "Thiagi" Thiagarajan Odin Westgaard Jack Zigon . . . and many more! You'll learn vital performance improvement steps including: Defining objectives and ensuring that they are useful Determining what results to achieve Designing and implementing interventions, programs, and activities that will achieve results Planning appropriate evaluation efforts . . . and much more! The Guidebook for Performance Improvement draws on all the current improvement approaches--quality, reengineering, job-task analysis, reward programs, and others--synthesizes those ideas, and offers you a wide range of success strategies to maximize workplace performance. A desk reference like no other, this book gives you cutting-edge tips and techniques for achieving organizational breakthroughs.Selected Contents: --The Origins and Critical Attributes of Human Performance Technology Research and Development Origins of Performance Systems Social Responsibility --A Strategic-Planning Framework: Mega Planning Preparing Performance Indicators and Objectives Needs-Assessment Basics Business-Unit Performance Analysis and Development Organizational Mapping Job-Task Analysis --The Hierarchy of Interventions Applications of Total Quality Concepts to Organizational Effectiveness Developing Front-line Employees: A New Challenge for Achieving Organizational Effectiveness Job Aids Recruitment and Turnover Accountability for Staff Turnover Performance Management Program Management: Its Relationship to the Project Rewards and Performance Incentives Developing Test and Assessment Items Quality Management/Continuous Improvement Performance Appraisal

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Expert presentation of holistic planning for a learner-focused educational system. Integrates curriculum, facilities, personnel, finance, educational technology, and other significant planning tactics.

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Strategic Planning for Success offers you a pragmatic guide to the design and development of practical and pragmatic strategic thinking and organizational alignment that will yield high-impact results and measurably add value to you, your organization, your clients, and society. Unlike other books on the topic, this volume goes beyond simply detailing the tools and techniques of design and development by clearly showing how to align what you do with what will be most valuable to all stakeholders. Using this unique approach will yield extraordinary results adding measurable value that flows from individual performance accomplishment to organizational and societal contributions.

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