Handbook of Organizational Performance, Volume I

Douglas A. Johnson is the Global Engagement and Learning Leader for Eastman Chemical Company, USA, where he leads initiatives related to leadership development, performance improvement, employee training, instructional design, and performance management to guide learning, employee motivation, and safety outcomes. He previously spent 13 years working as a faculty member at Western Michigan University. He is certified as a Lean Six Sigma Yellow Belt and a doctoral-level Board Certified Behavior Analyst (BCBA-D). He is an expert in instructional design, training design/development, computer-based instruction, performance management, behavioral systems analysis, fluency training, incentives, feedback, and employee motivation.C. Merle Johnson is Professor Emeritus of Psychology at Central Michigan University, USA. He serves on the editorial board for the Journal of Organizational Behavior Management. His research concerns organizational behaviour management, treatment of sleep disorders in children, behavioural pediatrics, and assessment and treatment of children who have low-incidence disabilities.

• 1. Revisiting the Past and Selecting for the Future: An Introduction to Handbook of Organizational Performance, Foundations and Advances 2. A History of Organizational Behavior Management 3. On Terms within Organizational Behavior Management 4. Experimental Research Methodologies in Organizational Behavior Management 5. Common Antecedent Strategies within Organizational Behavior Management: The Use of Goal Setting, Task Clarification, and Job Aids 6. Pinpointing, measurement, procedural integrity, and maintenance in organizational behavior management 7. Performance Feedback in Organizations: Understanding the Functions, Forms, and Important Features 8. Pay-for-performance: Behavior-based recommendations from research and practice 9. Assessment of Employee Performance 10. Performance Assessment of Organizations Epilogue

If you are in need of high quality OBM content to round out coursework or enhance your applied skills, look no further than the Handbook of Organizational Performance: Foundations and Advances. Imagine hosting a dinner party where your guests are the sharpest minds in OBM and you get to listen to them discuss OBM content spanning from its history to application to future directions. Well, that is how this handbook feels! It is a well curated feast of OBM information, all in one place, that you can use to support your students or your own professional development.Tyra Sellers, JD, PhD, BCBA-DOwner, TP Sellers, LLCThe Handbook of Organizational Performance is an invaluable resource for students, early career practitioners, and seasoned experts in OBM alike. It strikes an impeccable balance between breadth and depth in comprehensively examining the field. This text fills critical gaps by addressing topics often overlooked in existing literature and offers a unique opportunity to learn directly from a distinguished group of subject matter experts. As a professor and practitioner, I unequivocally endorse this book as the preeminent choice for guiding early-career professionals in honing their competencies.Shannon Biagi, MS, BCBACEO, Chief Motivating Officers, LLCAcademic Administrator and Professor, UWF Center for Behavior AnalysisHandbook of Organizational Performance: Foundations and Advances is an excellent resource for professors, practitioners, and students in the field of Organizational Behavior Management (OBM). I have used several of the chapters as part of my graduate level performance management class and it has greatly benefited students with their knowledge, understanding and application of both the basic and more advanced topics within the discipline. This handbook will serve as valuable text for anyone interested in learning more about the field of OBM. Denys Brand, Ph.D.Assistant Professor, Department of Psychology, California State University, SacramentoI was eager to delve into this thoughtfully curated text edited by Drs. Doug Johnson and Carl Johnson. The book provides the reader with a history of OBM, including development and challenges, highlighting the importance of both systems analysis and performance management. This text is a ‘must use’ for instructors teaching Organizational Behavior Management (OBM) and is appropriate at the undergraduate and graduate level. The chapters are authored by faculty and experts, including new and emerging researchers, practitioners, and consultants. I’m excited to incorporate this book into a future course and to see this book support student research.Ivy Chong, PhD, BCBA-DChief Clinical Officer, Little Leaves Behavioral ServicesAdjunct faculty & Lead Instructor, University of Massachusetts-Lowell