An Ounce of Good Assessment is Worth a Pound of Analysis and a Ton of Cure. Issue 2 (February 2014)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Kaufman, Roger
• Is Part Of: Performance improvement. Volume 53:Issue 2(2014:Feb.)
• Page Start: 35
• Page End: 39
• Publication Date: 2014-02
• Subjects: Organizational learning -- Periodicals; Organizational effectiveness -- Periodicals; Performance -- Periodicals; Employees -- Training of -- Periodicals; 658.314
• DOI: 10.1002/pfi.21396
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 1090-8811

Abstract

<abstract abstract-type="main"> <title> <x xml:space="preserve">Abstract</x> </title> <p>While it is conventional and comfortable to start professional performance improvement with analysis, doing so might make us wrong about 80% to 90% of the time. Analysis and cure, using Harless's (1975) immortal insight, are vital, but starting there is problematic. First do an assessment to justify where the organization is headed (and why go there) and then analysis and cure will be powerful.</p> </abstract>