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Category: Tales from the Field

Tales from the Field: <br/>Improving Interviewing Skills for Affordable Housing Providers

Tales from the Field:
Improving Interviewing Skills for Affordable Housing Providers

A federal housing compliance contractor, ABC-Contractors (a pseudonym), was seeking a way to improve information gathered from applicants for U. S. Housing and Urban Development (HUD) affordable housing subsidies.

Tales from the Field:<br/>Evaluating a Consulting Methodology Training Program

Tales from the Field:
Evaluating a Consulting Methodology Training Program

A team of two graduate students from Boise State University conducted a summative evaluation of SmartStart to determine whether its desired outcomes have been achieved.

Tales from the Field:<br/>Using the BEM for Performance Analysis at a Technology Company

Tales from the Field:
Using the BEM for Performance Analysis at a Technology Company

We discovered that the average sales agent stays in that role for less than two years, in part, because Company X actively promotes sales people to management.

Tales from the Field:<br/>Optimizing the SOP — Subtleties of Kinesthetic Performance

Tales from the Field:
Optimizing the SOP — Subtleties of Kinesthetic Performance

The instructional design team, made up of graduate students at Boise State University, conducted a performance and cause analysis and found that the FASs regularly followed the SOP but that they often had difficulty with certain steps.

Tales From the Field:<br/>What Do We Know About Truth in the Practice of Performance Improvement?

Tales From the Field:
What Do We Know About Truth in the Practice of Performance Improvement?

In any field of study – whether it be focused on application, dedicated to research or a combination of the two – one thing is common: an orientation toward truth.