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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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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
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How to Create a Visual Brand Identity
Creating a visual identity for a company’s brand is crucial for competing and surviving in today’s global marketplace. Even large companies with defined corporate images do not always take into consideration the visual aspect of their brand and the differ
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E-Learning Lessons: Compliance and IT Innovation
As the IT market gets more comfortable with the idea of recovery, speculations abound regarding “the next big thing” and which market segments stand to gain the most when IT spending returns to a more fluid pace. While some markets waned or simply disa
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Translating Lofty Goals Into Action
In prior columns, I’ve talked about an execution gap in organizations—the gap between setting a goal and achieving it. To close the execution gap, leaders must practice four disciplines of execution: focus on the wildly important goal, create a compelling
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Using Models to Manage Strategic Learning Investments
Gone are the days of technologies looking for a problem to solve. Today, technology investments must be strategic and driven by an organization’s business focus. However, not everyone fully realizes the strategic importance of technology investments