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Corporate Education and Government Funding
Since manufacturing’s share of GDP began to decline to its current levels of about 20 percent (17 percent in the United States), western governments have realized that economic growth relies not on an ever-greater output of goods, but on citizens with the
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Letters to the Editor
CompUSA: Too Many or Too Few Learning Dollars? The table of contents description of the CompUSA case study (“Computerized Learning at CompUSA,” March 2007) tells us that CompUSA cut its […]
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Behind the Scenes: How Political Campaigns Learn
It was one year ago today that Howard Dean formally launched his campaign for president, building support and funding rapidly via the Internet, and becoming a real contender in the primary race. Dean’s voice helped changed the focus of the primaries, but
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Measuring Intellectual Capital: The Value of Performance Testing
Learning executives must be able to measure the skills of their workforce for multiple purposes. Being aware of employees’ skills not only helps CLOs prescribe new learning initiatives, but it also enables them to measure the success of those initiatives
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Building the Foundation for Knowledge Management
The convergence of information and technology innovations such as computers, PDAs, fiber optics, satellites and the like poses knowledge challenges around every corner. As a learning professional, what relevance does this have for you?
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Norwich Union: Cutting Contracting Costs
Norwich Union is part of Aviva, the world’s seventh largest insurer and the biggest in the United Kingdom. Formed by the merger of several large insurance companies in the late ’90s, Aviva has premium income and investment sales of more than $50 billion a
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Skills Management: Cutting Outsourcing Costs
In the IT field in particular, contracting is a common practice. In the ’90s, contracting became a way of life that went unquestioned in many organizations. Economic reality since 2000, however, has led to challenges to the traditional supporting claims f
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The Evolution of the CLO
Today’s successful organizations must focus on aligning learning and employee development with strategic initiatives. To achieve this goal, learning activities must be integrated into the business processes that drive organizational performance.