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Wk7ProjectEdingerA
Wk7ProjectEdingerA
go quite as well. The weekly schedule included a trip across state for a family wedding. We scheduled the week with
play on Monday, Tuesday, Sunday, and a multiple play day on Wednesday, but instead of coming home on Sunday, like
originally scheduled, we came home on Monday, missing our time to play. One aspect of this project that I feared was the
chances that my boys would fight back or complain about spending this time with their dad. This did not happen, yes the
first couple of days I needed to remind them or pull them away from something else, but by the start of the third week,
both boys showed actual excitement and tried to get dad to play more than their scheduled time.
Usually, when determining the effectiveness of a Performance Improvement program, you must calculate its worth
and find its Return on Investment, allowing decision makers and stakeholders to decided whether to fund the program or
not(Stolovitch). When you think of ROI, you think about the amount of money the intervention has either saved or made
the company, but since my intervention program was with my family, it really cant be judged in financial terms (at least not
yet, it could all change with a college scholarship), and we must find another way to calculate success. Calculating worth
does not require math skills beyond addition, subtraction, multiplication, and division(Stolovitch) So when calculating the
success of our program we look in a number of different areas.
Consistency:
93%
Dad and boys participated in all scheduled days and times, except one.
Dad and boys played all discussed sports.
Andrew
Camden
Endurance:
80%
85%
Free Throw
Catching
25
15
Pitching accuracy
Dad Time
Up
Up
As you can see from the data above, the boys have not only accomplished their goals of spending more time
playing sports, the time has actually proven to be beneficial in a variety of athletic areas. The boys have built up their
endurance and are not so tired when playing, they have improved the skills because of the time spent on them, and most
importantly they have had the opportunity to spend more quality time with their dad.
Stolovitch, H. D., & Keeps, E. J. (2004). Beyond training aint performance fieldbook: Strategies, tools, and
guidance for effective workplace performance. Alexandria, VA: ASTD Press