Human Performance Technology: A Discipline to Improve C2 Concept Development and Analysis
Abstract
Human Performance Technology (HPT) is not a device but a rich discipline committed to improving performance using a systematic and holistic approach. A basic description is humans, working within a system to get desired results. The relevance to C2 is unmistakable - information age C2 is increasingly focused on all aspects of the human in the loop. The processes used, while powerful and rigorous, are easy to comprehend. Understanding the important difference between the means and ends, HPT is characterized by efficiently addressing a performance gap with a thorough cause analysis in order to address causes and not just symptoms. During this presentation, the audience will be introduced to HPT history, the ten Standards of Performance Technology, several models associated with HPT, and areas where HPT methodologies can enable optimization of C2. Military staff officers and other professional analysts can develop their HPT analytical skills through research, leading university graduate programs, and a professional organization, the International Society for Performance Improvement. While these programs are focused on dynamic business and social processes, the principles readily transfer to the C2 arena and powerfully compliment the current tools available to C2 concept developers and analysts.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Jun 01, 2007
- Accession Number
- ADA481550
Entities
People
- Carol Paris
- William J. Piersol