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Capturing the Intellectual Capital of Baby-Boomers
The number of baby-boomers reaching retirement age is staggering. Currently, 32.8 million Americans are between 55 and 69 years old, and this number will increase to 39.7 million by 2005. With the largest-growing segment of the American workforce being th
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Why Does Learning Matter?
Today, executive management understands that organizational learning enables organizational performance. It enables agility, change and growth. Because it is the centerpiece of the strategy to recruit, retain and leverage the most talented people, learnin
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How Will Interest in Outsourcing Change the CLO’s Role?
According to a recent IDC study, the market for business process outsourcing (BPO) in the learning function reached $2 billion in 2003, an increase of 150 percent over 2002. Big numbers, yes, but the forecast numbers are even bigger: a $10 billion learnin
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Déjà Vu All Over Again
Periodically, all of us feel like we are trapped in Groundhog Day. We seem to face similar problems over and over. We’re forced to deal repeatedly with our habits and their consequences. Each of us know certain types of people who provide us with special
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HR Critical to Align Workforce Performance With Organizational Goals
The human resources function is critical to optimize workforce performance and connect learning with organizational goals and objectives in the manufacturing industry, according to a new PeopleSoft customer survey on human capital management (HCM).
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Why Is Outsourcing So Popular in the Enterprise?
Outsourcing can have significant economic value to the enterprise. Many strategic business drivers encourage learning organizations to outsource specific functions. A recent survey from Bersin & Associates looks at several of these business dr
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Think Like a Pilot to Remedy Performance Issues in the Enterprise
The Institute of Medicine estimates that between 45,000 and 98,000 patients die every year as a result of medical mistakes in hospitals. That number includes instruments accidentally left inside patients on the operating table. Imagine if surgeons and doc
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Don’t Use a Hammer When You Need a Screwdriver
Self-paced, Web-based learning and Web conferencing are powerful tools to address an organization’s communication and training needs. Since each tool has its own strengths and limitations, organizations should use these online learning modes in the most e