Stanley Hollander
Professor of Marketing at Michigan State University from 1959 to 1991, Stanley Hollander’s career in the fields of retailing and marketing spans more than fifty years, first in retailing, then with the Office of Price Administration prior to his move into academia in 1947. Among his many and diverse roles, Professor Hollander was founder and co-chair of the North American Workshops on Historical Research in … [ Read more ]
Content: Thought Leader | Source: Emerald Now | Subject: Management | Industry: Education / Training
E-Learning Market Expanding Beyond IT Training
E-Learning: Merging Technology and Training
E-learning Jumps 8% in Organizations
Taina Savolainen
Taina Savolainen, one of Finland’s leading experts in quality management, was recently nominated Professor of Organization and Management at the University of Jyväskylä, School of Business and Economics. Previously she held the positions of Professor of Quality Management at Helsinki University of Technology, Lahti Center and the University of Oulu, Faculty of Economics and Industrial Management.
Content: Thought Leader | Source: Emerald Now | Subject: Management | Industry: Education / Training
Why Most Training Fails
Most organizations use their training investments about as strategically as they deploy their office supplies spending. And the impact on customer satisfaction, cost containment or quality improvement is just as useless.
Content: Article | Author: Jim Clemmer | Source: CEO Refresher | Subjects: Education, Human Resources | Industry: Education / Training
When Should Your Organization Use Technology-Based Training?
Many companies are feeling the pressure to employ technology-based training solutions instead of continuing their reliance on traditional classroom training. Some have even taken the plunge with pilot projects, producing both favorable and unfavorable results. But before you go wading into the pricey waters of technology-based training, take the time to look at why many professionals feel it will vastly improve and enhance your … [ Read more ]
Content: Article | Author: Terrell L. Perry | Source: CEO Refresher | Subjects: Education, Human Resources | Industry: Education / Training
Evaluating Multimedia
So you’ve made the decision to use multimedia as part of your overall training strategy. You can take the low cost route and purchase generic off-the-shelf products, or you can expend more of your training budget on your own development. But do you know how to tell the difference between high quality multimedia and multimedia that is substandard (it may do the job … [ Read more ]
Content: Article | Author: Terrell L. Perry | Source: CEO Refresher | Subjects: Education, Human Resources | Industry: Education / Training
The 2001 Finance Education Special Report
Finance education and training is the key to building any superior finance team. Whether it’s sending seasoned finance executives or even CFOs to professional development courses, creating custom finance training programs for nonfinance managers, or sending young hires to executive MBA programs, boosting the financial knowledge of the organization can have a direct impact on the bottom line. This month CFO.com separates the fact from … [ Read more ]
Content: Online Resource | Source: CFO Publishing | Subjects: Education, Finance | Industry: Education / Training
Corporate e-Learning Market
C.K. Prahalad
article looks at Prahalad’s foray into the business world with his and partner Ramesh Jain’s new startup, Praja.
Content: Thought Leader | Source: Fast Company | Subject: Management | Industry: Education / Training
Paul Krugman
Ford Professor of Economics at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Has been called “The Great Debunker,” a title won from journalists and colleagues for subjecting the gloomy profession’s fads and fashions, and much of its commonly accepted wisdom, to the sharp edge of his analysis.
Content: Thought Leader | Source: strategy+business | Subject: Management | Industry: Education / Training
Howard Gardner
co-director of Project Zero at the Harvard Graduate School of Education and the school’s John H. and Elisabeth A. Hobbs Professor in Cognition and Education; developed the concept of multiple intelligences.
Content: Thought Leader | Source: strategy+business | Subject: Management | Industry: Education / Training
Rosabeth Moss Kanter
Author and Class of 1960 Professor of Business Administration at the Harvard Business School.
Content: Thought Leader | Source: strategy+business | Subject: Management | Industry: Education / Training
Lynda Applegate
M.B.A. Class of 1952 Distinguished Professor of Business Administration at the Harvard Business School
Content: Thought Leader | Source: strategy+business | Subject: Management | Industry: Education / Training
John Quelch
London Business School dean and global marketing guru.
Content: Thought Leader | Source: strategy+business | Subject: Management | Industry: Education / Training
Jeffrey E. Garten
dean of the Yale School of Management
Content: Thought Leader | Source: strategy+business | Subject: Management | Industry: Education / Training
C.K. Prahalad
Harvey C. Fruehauf Professor of Business at the University of Michigan Business School and well-known strategy expert
Content: Thought Leader | Source: strategy+business | Subject: Management | Industry: Education / Training
John Kao
Lecturer at Harvard, academic director of the Managing Innovation program at Stanford University and a visiting professor at the Media Lab at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
Content: Thought Leader | Source: strategy+business | Subject: Management | Industry: Education / Training
Warren Bennis
During his long and fruitful career, Warren Bennis has been a student, soldier, scholar, university provost, university president, student of leadership and group dynamics and distinguished professor.
Content: Thought Leader | Source: strategy+business | Subject: Management | Industry: Education / Training