To the uninitiated or unfamiliar, life at QUALCOMM might be predicted as boring. A high-tech communications company populated by engineers working with chips and circuits and wireless equipment may be cutting-edge, but all that raises a stereotypic image
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E-Learning in the Government Market
September 4, 2003Public- and private-sector organizations have much to learn from each other when it comes to learning management strategies. While public-sector organizations have embraced automation of training and competencies much faster than private-sector companies,
International Rectifier: Working Together to Improve Customer Care
September 4, 2003How does a global company with a complex and rapidly changing product offering coordinate and train its field service engineers, several hundred sales representatives, a team of internal sales staffers and executives and independent inside sales reps in 1
Unilever: Developing Leadership Competency
September 4, 2003In 2000, Unilever, one of the world’s leading foods, home and personal care companies, initiated a five-year, comprehensive change program aimed at improving the company’s growth. As part of that program, Unilever implemented the Leadership Growth Profile
Learning Leaders Collaborate Through LearnShare
August 28, 2003Chief learning officers and other learning leaders know the value of sharing knowledge and best practices—it’s a large part of what they enable their organizations to do.
Xerox Global Services Drives Quality With Six Sigma
July 1, 2003Corporate learning serves the organization best when it ties in with company-wide goals and initiatives.
Turner Construction Co.: Building the Future
July 1, 2003Turner Construction Company is the leading commercial builder in the United States, completing more than 1,600 projects a year across 42 business units in 27 states. The company has more than 4,700 employees and works with over 25,000 subcontractors, whic
Communications Training
July 1, 2003In any company, communication between managers and employees is a big issue. Employees want guidelines from their supervisors, and the management staff wants input from their team. And while most companies have little trouble sharing information down the
The New Enterprise Learning Footprint
July 1, 2003Since the introduction of the first e-learning solutions in 1996, a lot has changed in corporate education and training. The first wave of e-learning started with self-paced learning followed by the fast growth of live e-learning. The next step in this ev
American Standard: Tracking the Bottom-Line Impact
July 1, 2003American Standard may be best known for its white porcelain toilets, but the Piscataway, N.J.-based corporation encompasses far more. In fact, plumbing products account for barely a quarter of the annual revenues of American Standard Cos., an organization
Six Sigma: Quality Performance
July 1, 2003Chief learning officers in many organizations focus on the cutting edge of business practices to shape the corporate learning agenda. Quality initiatives like Six Sigma have long been a priority on that agenda. Let’s examine three major implications of Si
Transportation Security Administration: Safety in Numbers
July 1, 2003As the aftershocks of the events of Sept. 11 rocked the United States, the U.S. government got to work finding ways to protect its citizens from future terrorist attacks. As a result, on Nov. 19, 2001, President Bush signed into law the Aviation and Trans
How ‘Siloed’ Is Your Training Organization?
July 1, 2003Training has always found its way into some interesting formats and departments across organizations. I’ve seen it “owned” by everyone from the CLO to the individual line manager. This has obviously created some fairly fragmented strategies. Mapping train
The Benefits of Mentor Programs
May 14, 2003People are the most important part of any organization, and developing those people through mentoring gives the organization a competitive advantage.
Adopting E-Learning: Lessons From the Government
May 1, 2003The use of e-learning within government agencies is one area where the government leads much of Corporate America in widespread adoption, the development of innovative applications and its incorporation as an essential component in agency-wide learning in
Union Pacific: On Track With Training
May 1, 2003Union Pacific Railroad is the largest railroad in North America, with more than 33,000 route miles of railway in 23 states. Kevin Nailer, assistant vice president of HR, Planning and Development for Union Pacific is responsible for the technical training
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