Consider a past (or current) performance issue you’ve observed in an organization in which you’ve worked. Describe the situation (while maintaining confidentiality), and based upon the Performance Diagnostic Checklist (PDC) discussed in this module, determine 3 potential barriers that may be at play. What potential solutions that may have resolved the issue, from your perspective, based upon the assessment?

Module 5, Part 1: Introduction

Welcome to Module 5: Performance Assessments, part 1!

This 2-part module will provide an overview of the types of performance assessment tools used by performance management practitioners, and the historical foundations of these assessments are explored. Strategies for conducting historical assessments will be shared, including lists of documents that may be reviewed to influence interventions. Indirect assessments, including diagnostic tools and consequence analyses, will be demonstrated using both research and practical applications. Reviews of different types of direct observation strategies will also be reviewed in the context of determining interventions, and finally, the use of experimental analysis in PM practice will also be discussed, including exploring why the use of these analyses are more common in clinical ABA than performance management practice.

Upon successful completion of this module, learners should be able to:

· Determine why assessments have been historically neglected in performance management

· Select the justification(s) for implementing pre-intervention assessments in the workplace

· Determine which records/documents to review during a historical assessment, given a potential intervention target

· Given a scenario, select the area of the Performance Diagnostic Checklist (PDC) that may indicate an effective intervention