Corporate Universities

Twelve success factors for corporate universities

"In an attempt to align training and learning to business objectives, corporate universities have been created to deliver learning at the appropriate times, to a wide range of audiences, using a variety of methods. While executives pursue corporate universities for different reasons, their long-term viability has recently come into question. Many corporate universities have suffered severe budget cuts. Some have been disbanded. Still others have been outsourced." Jack J Philipps, Chief Learning Officer Magazine, February 2004

Added: 5 February 2004
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"The success factors identified in this article are review points to judge the success of the corporate university and provide the impetus for sustained improvement, change and growth."

Corporate universities: a powerful model for learning

"Examining the differences between corporate universities and traditional training departments can illuminate many of the weaknesses that have often existed in a company's learning model. Becoming a corporate university can strengthen the focus on learning and challenge corporate executives to think about how learning can affect their organizations." Bonni Frazee, Chief Learning Office Magazine

Added: 5 November 2002
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An easy-to-read survey of the advantages and disadvantages of using a corporate university model as well as some points on designing and running a corporate university

e-learning in the corporate university: an interview with Jeanne Meister

"Corporate universities are educational organizations established and operated by corporations. Their purpose is to enhance the competencies of employees and suppliers and to help customers use the company's products more effectively." Jim Morrison and Jeanne Meister, the technology source, July/August 2001

Added: 5 July 2001
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a good interview with the leading name in corporate universities, Jeanne Meister

Life at Corporate U

"The growing importance of CUs; an interview with Jeanne Meister, president of Corporate University Xchange."Paul DeVeaux, e-learning magazine, February 2001

Added: June 2001
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Corporate learning portals

"Just as a boom in pornographic videos fostered the explosive growth of the VCRs that training departments use to train their people, so the hypergrowth of the "portal industry" offers outsize benefits to corporate learning and knowledge management efforts." Jay Cross, Internet Time Group

Added: 2000
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Corporate learning

"Without books or classrooms, virtual corporate universities promote learning among employees." 1 Sept 1999, CIO Magazine

Added: 2000
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Corporate universities for small companies

"You might think that where there's a corporate university, there's a big company with an even bigger institutional ego bent on molding men and women into company clones. Not so fast. An increasing number of growing businesses are starting their own "universities"--ongoing skill-enhancement programs that draw on both internal and external resources to train new employees and keep veteran ones current with a rapidly changing business environment." inc.com

Added: 2000
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Corporate universities grow

"Improving employee productivity and keeping staff in touch with the latest technology are top factors transforming the once traditional training program into a "corporate university." Judith N Mottl, InternetWeek, 15 March 1999

Added: 2000
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