Linking Learning and Performance: A Practical Guide to Measuring Learning and on the Job Application (Improving Human Performance (Paperback)) - Hardcover

Hodges, Toni

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0750674121 ISBN 13: 9780750674126

Publisher: Routledge, 2001

Synopsis

This book provides a step-by-step approach for developing learning and performance measures and a method for analyzing and reporting results. The easy to use format serves as a quick reference―featuring the necessary checklists to evaluate the situation and tools for immediate application in a number of organizational settings―sales, leadership, and technical. It will prove an invaluable resource for anyone involved in training, HRD, human resource measurement and evaluation, and performance improvement.

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Review

"Linking Learning and Performance, written in an easy conversational tone, delights the reader with many useful tools, tips, techniques, and examples. An exceptional handbook sure to answer the learning and application evaluation needs of beginner and seasoned practitioner alike. A solid contribution to measuring human capital performance on the balanced scorecard."
Gwendolyn G. Berthiez
Organizational Development & Effectiveness Consultant, Raytheon Missile Systems

"Practitioners have often selected between measuring learning or job performance, seldom both. Toni Hodges' book breaks down that artificial barrier and does much to improve HRD accountability in organizations."
Ronald L. Jacobs, Ph.D.
Professor, Workforce Development and Education, The Ohio State University

"This book provides practical tools and checklists that can be easily implemented by novice and experienced evaluators alike. Toni has provided a comprehensive, easy-to-use resource that lays out the necessary steps to successfully design and implement evaluation strategies to measure the business results for a variety of HRD initiatives."
Mike Sullivan
Staff Manager, Allstate Insurance Company

"In this book, Toni Hodges has done an outstanding job of showing how a Workplace Learning and Performance professional can measure learning. A key strength of this book is its practical, step-by-step approach to measuring learning and on-the-job performance. This is a must-have book for any serious-minded WLP professional at this time of growing accountability for people in this field."
William J. Rothwell, Ph.D., SPHR
Professor, The Pennsylvania State University

Synopsis

While return-on-investment measurement programs have gained wide acceptance and popularity over the last few years, two key components to successful program evaluation are often neglected: learning and performance evaluation. This book provides a step-by-step approach for developing learning and performance measures and a method for analyzing and reporting results. The easy to use format serves as a quick reference featuring the necessary checklists to evaluate the situation and tools for immediate application in a number of organizational settingssales, leadership, and technical. It will prove an invaluable resource for anyone involved in training, HRD, human resource measurement and evaluation, and performance improvement. This is a new addition to the highly successful "Improving Human Performance" series.

Edition details

• Publisher: Routledge
• Publication date: 2001
• ISBN 10: 0750674121
• ISBN 13: 9780750674126
• Binding: Hardcover
• Language: English
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 296