Technology
Innovations in technology are forever transforming the learning and development industry. Management needs to continue to immerse themselves in these transformations in order to keep up with current trends and changes in competing companies.
Building the Case for Education Investment
CLOs know that learning is imperative to success with enterprise software rollouts, but how do you justify your case to the other leaders of your organization? With PeopleSoft’s help, learning executives can not only build the case to justify investments
Increasing Value Through High-Stakes Testing
Popular debate surrounding “high-stakes testing” often points in the direction of the federal government’s handling of K-12 education policy, but there exists an equally consequential argument involving standardized tests as they influence career paths an
Pep Boys: Tuning Up the Workforce
Pep Boys is the country’s largest chain of automotive aftermarket products and services with 594 stores and 6,000 service bays throughout the United States and Puerto Rico. Through its 20,000 employees, the company generates more than $2 billion in revenu
Training Analytics: The Next Big Wave in Learning Management Technology
Learning management systems have become the mainstream technology underlying corporate training and the migration to e-learning. Today with PeopleSoft, Oracle, Siebel and IBM, as well as Saba, Docent and dozens of others in the market, companies have many
Don Ronchi: Education Launches Success for Raytheon
On the surface, you might be pretty amazed to learn just how much is placed on Don Ronchi’s professional shoulders. In addition to being chief learning officer for Raytheon Co., Ronchi is also the vice president of Raytheon Six Sigma and supply chain, giv
Driving Performance Through Training
Tough times demand tough action. You have a mountain of training and reference material, but does this mountain of material address your current business goals? For example, your training department has been in existence for a number of years, and you hav
Guidelines for Effective E-Learning
As the economy picks up, two things will happen. First, companies will have more money to spend on training. While a critical mass of courses is important, those e-learning companies that have high quality will get the majority of the business. The others
Innovative Corporate/University Alliances
The National Center for Education Statistics reports that over the past decade more than 500 institutions of higher education have closed their doors. During this same time, corporate universities have grown fivefold, to more than 2,000, compared with 3,6
Blended Leadership Development Programs
In the past, economic downturns meant cuts in leadership development programs; however, in most organizations today the opposite is found to be true. Organizations recognize that the turbulence of global markets, competition, geopolitics and the economy r
Human Capital Measurement: A Challenge for the CLO
A recent study conducted by the human capital practice at Deloitte & Touche in the United Kingdom made an interesting conclusion: There is much confusion about what to measure and monitor in the human capital arena. This comes as no surprise t
Why Content Management Systems Fall Short of Great Learning
If the pilot on your next flight told you he had never flown a jet before but not to worry because he had read the training manual, would you stay on board? If a builder told you she had never built a house before but would have no problem building yours
Get the Best Return on Your Training Dollars
The training budget is one of the first to be slashed in a troubled economy, leaving managers searching for ways to make the most of the training dollars left. One might be inclined, especially in this case, to splurge on a cheap program that yields no be
Brink’s Home Security: Safe Solutions
Monitoring the safety of more than 800,000 homes, Irving, Texas-based Brink’s Home Security knows that learning is imperative to customer satisfaction and company success. With more than 2,600 employees in the United States and Canada, Brink’s Home Securi
Energy Management
Energy is the most important asset of any organization. It is the ultimate driver of productivity. Since energy is defined as the capacity to do work, every business function requires energy to drive successful execution. Energy is the fundamental currenc