PPD: Productive Program Development

There is only one way to win, achieve or be successful in accomplishing your objectives - and that's through program development. In this inspiring book, Dr. Robert Carkhuff presents the principles of program development that make all things possible - whether you are a parent, teacher, student, counselor, client, employer or employee.In nine chapters, Dr. Carkhuff introduces concepts that have been used by thousands of people to develop living learning and working programs: Preparing for Acting - get a good index of where you are, then you can determine where you want to be; Defining Objectives - know who and what is involved, what do they do, when and how do they do it and how well do they do it; Developing Tasks - develop the tasks you need to perform to achieve your objective; Developing Steps - develop the steps you need to perform to achieve your tasks; Employing Check Steps - employ check steps before, during and after to prepare to attach criteria; Attaching Criteria - prepare to implement the program by incorporating milestone and timelines; and, Implementing Programs - review, rehearse and reinforce until you achieve mastery.