Lester Thurow
Lester Thurow is all about thinking big. In his new book, Fortune Favors the Bold: What We Must Do to Build a New and Lasting Prosperity, the economics professor at MIT’s Sloan School of Management argues that the United States is in danger of being left behind as the global economy trudges forward. He postulates that we must take a few big gambles if we … [ Read more ]
Content: Thought Leader | Source: CFO Publishing | Subject: Management | Industry: Education / Training
Manfred F. R. Kets de Vries
Raoul de Vitry d’Avaucourt Chaired Professor of Leadership Development at INSEAD in Fontainebleau, France, and the director of INSEAD’s Global Leadership Center.
Content: Thought Leader | Source: Harvard Business School (HBS) Working Knowledge | Subject: Management | Industry: Education / Training
Business Masters Awarded (US)
W. Chan Kim
Professor at INSEAD
Content: Thought Leader | Source: strategy+business | Subject: Management | Industry: Education / Training
Renée Mauborgne
Professor at INSEAD
Content: Thought Leader | Source: strategy+business | Subject: Management | Industry: Education / Training
Michael Ray
Stanford University professor who teaches BUS G341 (“Personal Creativity in Business”)
Content: Thought Leader | Source: Fast Company | Subject: Management | Industry: Education / Training
Effective Instruction: Aligning Needs, Goals, and Purpose
Sometimes instruction needs to be serious, sometimes experiential, sometimes individual, and sometimes social. Sometimes content is the issue, sometimes it’s motivation, and sometimes learner preference. It all depends. Understand the primary goals of each instructional strategy, and get to know them well.
Content: Article | Author: Bettina Grahek | Source: Edu-Leadership | Subjects: Human Resources, Industry Specific | Industry: Education / Training
Will Companies Ever Learn?
Judy Rosenblum has dealt with all of the obstacles that keep companies from getting smarter. Here is her 10-point curriculum for getting smart about learning.
Content: Article | Author: Alan M. Webber | Source: Fast Company | Subjects: Management, Organizational Behavior | Industry: Education / Training
Cisco’s Quick Study
Tom Kelly is using the Web to reinvent training inside the world’s most Internet-centric big company. Here’s what he’s learned about e-learning — and how it’s changing the style and the substance of training at Cisco Systems.
Content: Article | Author: Anna Muoio | Source: Fast Company | Subjects: Best Practices, Education | Industry: Education / Training
US Public Schools’ Digital Outlook
Noel M. Tichy
Noel Tichy is currently professor of organizational behavior and human resource management and director of the Global Leadership Program at the University of Michigan business school. Between 1985 and 1987, Dr. Tichy served as the GE’s manager of management education at its Leadership Development Center in Crotonville, N.Y.
Content: Thought Leader | Source: strategy+business | Subject: Management | Industry: Education / Training
Business School Relative Emphasis on Teaching, Intellectual Contributions, and Service
E-Learning Gains Momentum
University Tech Transfers 2002
What is an MBA Worth? An Analysis of the Effect of Business Education…
Training Spending Steady, E-Learning Growing
Running Training Like a Business: Determining the Return on Investment of Your Learning Programs
Demonstrating the business benefits of spending on human performance has been challenging for executives and researchers alike. The Accenture Learning Return on Investment methodology breaks new ground by showing it is possible to measure the value of learning. This paper describes the methodology – and the dramatic business ROI from Accenture’s own employee learning programs.
Content: Article | Authors: David Y. Smith, Tad Waddington | Source: Accenture | Subjects: Human Resources, Management | Industry: Education / Training
Worldwide Corporate E-Learning Revenues
INSEAD: One School, Two Campuses – Going to Asia
In the late 1990s, INSEAD stood at a crossroads: to one side was the status quo, a continuation of its expansion on the Fontainebleau campus; to the other was a bold step, a further commitment to the Asian market by opening a second campus in the region. Professors Lasserre and De Meyer, and Sam Garg provide an analysis and chronology of the decision-making process. … [ Read more ]
Content: Case Study | Authors: Arnoud De Meyer, Philippe Lasserre, Sam Garg | Source: INSEAD | Subjects: Industry Specific, MBA Related | Industry: Education / Training
John Sperling
Sperling is chairman of the Apollo Group Inc., a Nasdaq-traded holding company with a market cap of $7.5 billion, and founder of the University of Phoenix
Content: Thought Leader | Source: Fast Company | Subject: Management | Industry: Education / Training