“The most valuable asset of a 21st-century institution, whether business or nonbusiness, will be its knowledge workers and their productivity.” – Peter Drucker, “Management Challenges for the 21st Century”
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Front-Line Managers: Training’s Biggest Asset
November 1, 2002In my last column, I discussed how every training department should establish itself as an investment, not an expense. Once this perspective is adopted, training programs need to align themselves with the organization’s best resources to guarantee success
The Convergence of E-learning and Human Capital Development
September 3, 2002To e or not to e ? That isn’t the question! … Over the past year, e-learning has been variously described as the cosmic solution for all corporate learning problems or as a vast disappointment. Has e-learning been oversold by well intentioned but sho
Evaluating E-Learning Solutions
September 3, 2002The power of e-Learning has brought about a new context for learning in the training industry. The exciting universe of e-Learning balances the traditional classroom approach (ILT) and the constantly evolving technology-based learning (TBT). This balance
Brooks – PRI Automation Saves with Learning Objects
September 3, 2002Brooks-PRI Automation Inc., which delivers total automation for semiconductor manufacturing, has long understood that the traditional approach to training employees isn’t nearly enough to maintain...
AstraZeneca: Using Technology to Ensure Compliance
September 3, 2002Training in the pharmaceutical industry is truly mission-critical, and not just from a quality control and production perspective. Large pharmaceutical companies must comply with stringent...
The Dixie Group: Building People, Building Business
September 2, 2002The motto of The Dixie Group Inc., an Atlanta-based floor-covering company, is “Building People as We Build Our Business.” But when you have more than 3,000 employees in Georgia, Alabama and California, living up to such a motto is a challenging task. The
Is Sales and Marketing e-Learning Giving You Customer ROI?
September 2, 2002In 1999, PurchasePro spent a small fortune on instructor-led training (ILT) for sales, customer service, vendors and clients. They knew that e-learning suited their product well, yet e-learning wasn’t ready for (Web) primetime. ILT was still more valuable
Learning Solutions – Learning Objects: Behind the Buzz
August 29, 2002At conferences and in planning meetings, people concerned with education, training and performance improvement are talking about learning objects. What are they? What do learning objects promise your organization? And are they delivering on their promises
E-Learning Myths and Realities for the IT Professional
August 27, 2002The potential impact of e-learning on today’s companies is seemingly enormous. By providing personalization of courses, anytime/anywhere learning, more effective training and an increase in productivity, e-learning appears positioned to provide training
Real Results from Learning Technologies
August 27, 2002It’s certainly not news that ongoing employee education is crucial to businesses surviving and thriving in competitive and uncertain markets. The delivery of that education,...
Linking Education and Sales Success
August 27, 2002Given that you are where you are in your career, you certainly don’t need to be told that your company’s sales force holds the keys...
The State of e-Learning
August 25, 2002Falling stock prices, failed LMS implementations, poor course completion rates, slashed corporate budgets. In the face of all that, will e-learning be remembered as nothing more than a late salvo in the dot-bomb campaign?
Environment – The CLO’s Role: Balancing the Learning Mix in Outsourced Environments
August 25, 2002With the evolving development of the information-based economy and the increasing need for high-performance employees, intellectual capital is becoming the most critical resource in the...
Increasing Sales Force Productivity
August 25, 2002Maintaining a strong sales force during difficult times is where training and development organizations struggle to maintain ground, as training budgets often become the focus of cost-cutting initiatives. The right type of salesperson can be a point of di
Technology – Training and Technology: Methods That Work in a Global Enterprise
August 25, 2002As chief learning officers, you are charted with cost-effectively managing training and ensuring knowledge transfer through your initiatives. In the past couple of years, you may have been caught in the e-learning boom and quite possibly have been burned.
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