Handbook of Human Performance Technology: Principles, Practices, and Potential, Third Edition

Part I. FOUNDATIONS OF HUMAN PERFORMANCE TECHNOLOGY

MONIQUE MUELLER

Nearly fifty years of research and practice with human performance technology (HPT) have led to a vast body of literature: theoretical concepts and models, case studies, and lessons learned from application. As HPT evolves, and a healthy debate on what it really entails continues, we have one certainty, that the field is alive and well.

Through experience and through the solid work of scholars and professional practitioners, HTP now is firmly grounded in a set of fundamental principles and a code of ethics.

The purpose of the chapters in Part One is to introduce these fundamentals. They are meant to orient the reader with an overview of what HPT is about, its practical application, ...