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Learning Solutions – Learning Objects: Behind the Buzz
At 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
College Credit for Corporate Training Makes Economic Sense
"Doing more with less", "creating improved efficiencies", "downsizing", "right-sizing", "trimming fat", "curbing expenses", and "streamlining processes" are among the buzzwords and catch-phrases that herald today's business environment. They all point t
E-Learning Myths and Realities for the IT Professional
The 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
Technology – Training and Technology: Methods That Work in a Global Enterprise
As 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.
Increasing Sales Force Productivity
Maintaining 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
Training Your Teams in Downsized Environments
The events of Sept. 11 rocked the airline industry to its core. To an enterprise that had weathered the storms of fuel embargos, mergers, devastating air disasters and labor unrest, there was simply no precedent for the impact of an event of this magnitud
The State of e-Learning
Falling 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?
The Critical Element of an Enterprise Learning Strategy
If there is a single role that differentiates the CLO from other learning professionals, it is that the CLO must set the overall learning strategy for the enterprise. But what is a learning strategy, and what does it include? The most important element o
How is Your Training Viewed: Expense or Investment?
There are many buzz words in the training community right now: e-learning, blended learning, knowledge capital, competency mapping, just to name a few.
Enterprise Learning: The New ‘Killer App’
The increasing presence on executive staffs of a chief leaning officer or someone with a similar title represents the emerging recognition that an organization's talent is a strategic asset- an essential element in achieving organizational goals.
Consolidation in the Knowledge Management Sector
With all the fear currently residing in the market, consolidation is being widely discussed. The topic of consolidation is often thrown about as if deals are started and closed over a weekend. This is not the case, which is why attrition is end result for