Discuss the following:
According to you what are the most important descriptors of HPT? Why?
Summarize the HPT Landscape Model? How does it work? Is a valuable tool in your opinion? Explain?
Do you believe that the transition from Mechanical Determinism to System Theory was important in the development of HPT? Why or why not?
Topic 1
Choose one of the three topics covered in the lesson (origins, landscape or history of HPT) and write a summary of the elements you found interesting. Be sure to use APA format.
Q1: Why should HPT Practitioners care about the organization's strategic direction?
Q2: Some HPT practitioners believe that the analysis phase in an HPT project is the most important. Do you agree? Why?
Q3: What are requirements? Why are they important?
Topic 2
Choose one of the three topics below and address the issues related to your chosen topic. Your essay should be at least 300 words.
Research a company and try to find a strategy or goal statement. Do you think you could align an HPT intervention to that strategy/goal?
OR
What do you think the biggest challenges are to an HPT professional in the analysis phase of a project? Why?
OR
What kinds of requirements do you think are the most important? Why?
1: Why is basic instruction valuable? When should it be used?
2: What are the most effective ways to motivate individuals and teams? What experience have you had in this area?
3: What makes a work group successful? Why do you think work groups often fail?
Topic 3
Answer the following questions regarding this unit.
1. What would be an example of a situation where instruction is not necessary to solve a performance problem?
2. Write about a time you felt motivated at work. What was it about that situation that made you motivated? Does this experience fit with the reading?
3. Have you been part of a work group that failed? Why did it fail? What would you do differently in light of the reading on work groups?
1: What are your thoughts on Organizational Development? How is it different from training?
2: To what kind of problems would you apply a systems analysis? Why?
3: How would you use Six Sigma in your work environment?
Topic 4
Choose one of the three topics presented in this unit: Organizational Development, Systems Thinking, or Six Sigma. Write a paper (300 words minimum) on how you would use that approach in an HPT problem you might encounter.
Abstract
Abstracts are research tools that can help you readers determine if the scope of your article/essay will help them in their own research. In APA, abstracts are typically 150-250 words in length and provide an evaluative summary of the essay to follow. The personal opinion of the author is strictly prohibited in abstracts. Unlike a body paragraph, the first line of an abstract is not tabbed-in. For many student essays, especially in lower-numbers courses, an abstract will not be required; still, it is good to practice this skill.
Title of Essay
In APA style, the introduction of the essay must begin here, followed by the body paragraphs. APA is typically a more formal style than most students are accustomed to using in a writing course. For the purposes of this course, the level of formality should be based on the assignment.For example: APA asks that students always write in third person (avoiding words such as I, me, we, our(s), you, your(s), etc). Certain rhetorical modes, however, don’t cater well to third person (narrative and reflection writing are two such examples). In these situations, first person (I, me, we, our(s)) may be, and should be employed; second person (you, your(s)) should be avoided in all academic writing unless an essay is specifically designed to relay instructions (there are few assignments that will employ second person).
Like any essay, students should make sure their essays are formatted with one inch margins, with their text exclusively in Times New Roman 12-point font, and students should double space their lines. This document can be downloaded and used as a template wherein students may simply replace names, titles, dates, and so on with their own information.
The final page of this document will demonstrate a References page. If a student uses information from any source, that source must be identified within the text and listed on a References page. These citations should be listed in alphabetical order and, opposite to the way a normal paragraph works, the first line should be flush left and each following line should be tabbed in. Though there is really no substitute for a good APA Style Manual, students can refer to a citation generator such as www.citationmachine.net to ensure proper formatting. Any further questions should be directed to the instructor of the course.
References
Badley, G. (2009). A place from where to speak: The university and academic freedom. British Journal of Educational Studies, 57(2), 146-163. doi:10.1111/j.1467-8527.2009.00429.x
Baumanns, M., Biedenkopf, K., Cole, J. R., Kerrey, B., & Lee, B. (2009). The future of universities and the fate of free inquiry and academic freedom: Question and answer session. Social Research, 76(3), 867-886. Retrieved from EBSCOhost.
Berthoff, A. E. (2009). Learning the uses of chaos. In S. Miller (Ed.), The Norton Book of
Composition Studies (pp. 649). New York: W. W. Norton & Company.
Carroll, L. (2000) The Annotated Alice: The Definitive Edition. M. Gardner (Ed.) NY: Norton. Elbow, P. (2000). Getting along without grades—and getting along with them too. Everyone Can
Write: Essays Toward a Hopeful Theory of Writing and Teaching Writing. NY: Oxford University Press.