by Dr. Robert F. Mager and Peter Pipe

 

Performance problems are something that all teachers and educators face. Indeed, getting students to behave and finding a way to spend your time on teaching rather than on discipline is one of the biggest challenges in education today.

 

Analyzing Performance Problems can help. In this groundbreaking book by Dr. Robert F. Mager and Peter Pipe, you’re given a proven methodology for understanding why people behave as they do and for identifying solutions that result in the behavior you desire. Instead of guessing at solutions that won’t work, you’re given a practical, step-by-step process for solving virtually any performance problem you face. 

 

Full of real-world examples and practical tips, the book is an easy-to-read, hands-on resource you’ll come back to time and time again to come up with solutions that work.

 

People often don’t say exactly what they mean. They talk in vague terms – words that can be interpreted in many different ways. This is particularly distressing when they set goals that others are supposed to achieve.

 

You’ve probably heard things like, or “Your students need to appreciate history,” or “Teach them to be leaders.” But how would anyone recognize achievement of such goals?

 

Before useful goals can be achieved, those goals must first be translated into specific, observable, desired performances. Goal Analysis gives you a concise, simple, step-by-step process for doing so. It shows you how to: 

 

•      discover the meaning of vaguely-stated goals,

•      decide what steps are appropriate for getting there, and

•      recognize and demonstrate achievement of your goals.