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PRLog (Press Release) – Jul 03, 2008 – ASTD HPI Certificate Program
Management Concepts Asia Pacific is pleased to partner with ASTD to bring this internationally recognized HPI curriculum to the region. We believe the HPI process will drive the global workforce for years to come.
Why HPI?
If you look at the plethora of research, books and seminars on leadership, training, teambuilding, customer service, organizational development and ROI—the thread that ties them together is Human Performance.
So why not start with Human Performance Improvement? Whether you are a CEO, Senior or middle manager, HR or Training Director—you need to understand performance issues and intervention. ASTD developed the Human Performance Improvement (HPI) certificate program for HR managers, trainers and consultants who want to be HPI practitioners, but its power extends beyond those areas of the corporate world.
Because this process can have such a dramatic bottom line impact - every manager should take, at a minimum, the overview:
HPI In the Workplace.
Why Earn Your HPI Certificate?
It could be the best thing you ever do for your career! ASTD developed the HPI curriculum as a benchmark for training and development professionals. Completion of the five-course curriculum gives you an ASTD HPI Certificate, recognized nationally and internationally. This intensive program also carries the SHRM Stamp of Approval for re-certification credits and ISPI will accept part as preparation for their national Human Performance Technologist certification.
HPI offers tools and techniques you can apply immediately—that will allow you to move to your place at the corporate management table with extensive problem-solving skills and the ability to identify what needs to happen to improve performance and increase the bottom line.
Register in advance for all five programs and save with special price of $5,975
   Human Performance Improvement in the Workplace: which ought to be mandatory for every business owner, manager, HR staff, training director and business consultant. It offers a blending of development theories, and outlines a process for dealing with performance problems in any organization.
Note:  This course is a prerequisite for all other courses.
   Analyzing Human Performance: gives you the analysis tools to evaluate the difference between mediocre and top performers and create interventions that move more people to the top. You can measure that success.
   Evaluating Performance Improvement Interventions: helps you assess evaluation theories and processes you already know and use, and will show you how they apply to the HPI process.
   Selecting and Managing Interventions: teaches how to link root causes to interventions that fall in one of six categories -- knowledge, information, physical resources, structure/process, motives, or wellness.
   Transitioning to Human Performance Improvement: is a hands-on program to equip you with skills to gauge your organization's readiness for change, You will create a transition plan that, when put into action, will create an environment that supports the ideals of the HPI movement.



ASTD's Human Performance Improvement
Certificate Program

Human Performance Improvement is a concept that follows a holistic approach to finding out how employees can work more efficiently and effectively, realizing that training is not the magic cure for all human performance problems.  The HPI methodology focuses on discovering and analyzing important human performance gaps and planning for future improvements based on the business goals of the organization.  Cost-effective and ethically justifiable interventions are designed, developed and implemented to meet goals and close gaps.  Financial and non-financial results are determined and evaluated.
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The ASTD HPI certificate program consists of (five) 18-hour courses, Including (for registration forms, see the specific course link below):
•   Course 1: Human Performance Improvement in the Workplace
•   Course 2: Analyzing Human Performance
•   Course 3: Evaluating HPI Solutions
•   Course 4: Selecting HPI Solutions
•   Course 5: Transitioning to Human Performance Improvement

Who should enroll in this program:
The ASTD HPI certificate program is designed for experienced practitioners in both private and public sectors of training, human resources, and organization development.  This program will benefit:
•   Trainers ready to make the transition to performance improvement consultants.
•   Training managers who want to transition to a performance improvement departments.
•   Consultants who work in the area of training, human resources, or organizational development.
•   Human resource generalists who work with internal clients to improve organizational performance.
•   Managers who want to improve the performances of their employees and departments.
•   HR professionals who need PHR and SPHR recertification credits.