Performance Improvement Leadership Specialization Doctor of Education

This course is an overview of training and human performance improvement (HPI). Learners review the evolution of HPI through the introduction of associated theories, concepts, and processes. Learners experience the power and value of HPI in organizations by reviewing and assessing real-world projects that include business, performance, gap and cause analyses, intervention selection and implementation, and change and evaluation plans.  Prerequisite(s): ED5010 or EDD8010.  Cannot be fulfilled by prior learning assessment.

This course is a survey of the needs assessment models and procedures used to diagnose the causes of organizational performance problems. Learners design and develop needs assessment instruments and collect and analyze data to differentiate organizationalperformance issues that require training solutions from those that require non-training interventions.  Cannot be fulfilled by prior learning assessment.​

In this course, learners design effective solutions to resolve human performance problems in organizations. Learners apply the procedure and tools needed to select, design, and evaluate interventions to improve performance. The design and delivery process incorporates both training and non-training interventions, including electronic approaches. Prerequisite(s): ED7631, ED7641.  Cannot be fulfilled by transfer.

Learners in this course are immersed in the professional literature to provide the knowledge and skills needed to manage and control changes designed to improve organizational performance. The course is designed to prepare learners to initiate a planning process that includes the process, tools, and techniques to manage the people side of change to achieve the required business outcome.  Prerequisite(s): EDD8534.  Cannot be fulfilled by transfer.

In this course, learners evaluate human performance improvement interventions to determine if they were efficient, effective, and led to improved workplace and organizational performance. Learners acquire skills to resolve evaluation design issues, select appropriate data collection and analysis methods, and overcome evaluation implementation issues such as using technology, communicating results, gaining management support, and sustaining the evaluation process.  Prerequisite(s): EDD8536.  Cannot be fulfilled by transfer.