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Human Performance Technology (HPT) is the applied study and practice of improving organizational performance through training and non-training interventions. For practitioners working in this area that identify themselves as an HPT practitioner, organizational training and performance (OTP) specialist, or instructional designer—offering the right intervention set requires understanding of how humans work and function internally and within organizations that are bounded by environmental, societal, and economic realities. The HPT field is rooted in a multi-disciplinary knowledge base and has its own models and theories, which are generally developed by practitioners to guide their practice. Because HPT follows a systematic, data-driven process akin to action research, HPT practitioners are applied researchers even if they do not see themselves as such. What we need is more collaboration between scholars, practitioners, professional associations, and businesses to create a culture of engagement and involve everybody in the validation of applied research and theory development.
Author(s): Abaci S, Pershing JA
Publication type: Article
Publication status: Published
Journal: TechTrends
Year: 2017
Volume: 61
Issue: 1
Pages: 19-25
Print publication date: 01/01/2017
Online publication date: 05/11/2016
Acceptance date: 31/10/2016
ISSN (print): 8756-3894
ISSN (electronic): 1559-7075
Publisher: Springer
URL: https://doi.org/10.1007/s11528-016-0123-7
DOI: 10.1007/s11528-016-0123-7
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