Corporate E-Learning

An Inside View of IBM's Solutions

Business & Finance, Economics, Development & Growth, Management & Leadership, Management
Cover of the book Corporate E-Learning by Luther Tai, Oxford University Press
View on Amazon View on AbeBooks View on Kobo View on B.Depository View on eBay View on Walmart
Author: Luther Tai ISBN: 9780199924158
Publisher: Oxford University Press Publication: September 27, 2007
Imprint: Oxford University Press Language: English
Author: Luther Tai
ISBN: 9780199924158
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Publication: September 27, 2007
Imprint: Oxford University Press
Language: English

Corporate e-learning has become increasingly important in the contemporary universal-access business world, and can provide strategic and competitive advantages to corporations as a way to accelerate training and reduce the high costs of face-to-face learning programs. However, most of the books that are written about e-learning do not describe in detail how corporate e-learning is actually implemented within a specific company. Corporate E-Learning fills that gap by describing in depth how e-learning programs are developed and instituted, and how their effectiveness is measured, from the perspective of practicing e-learning professionals at IBM, an early and liberal user of e-learning technologies to train their global workforce. Drawing on a wealth of in-person interviews of numerous e-learning professionals at IBM, as well as recent e-learning literature, Tai discusses how IBM has significantly contributed to the evolution of corporate e-learning. In the course of doing so, he makes useful comparisons with other companies and industries, and draws conclusions that are applicable to any company considering utilizing e-learning. Companies should be careful, concludes Tai, to use e-learning only when it makes strategic and economic sense, not simply because the technology is available. In addition, e-learning should always be used along with other more traditional means of learning, and carefully monitored by feedback mechanisms to measure whether its objectives have been accomplished, and how e-learning programs might improve in the future. Corporate E-Learning is designed for classroom use in technology management courses, and will also appeal to corporate professionals who are involved in training, human resources development, and performance improvement.

View on Amazon View on AbeBooks View on Kobo View on B.Depository View on eBay View on Walmart

Corporate e-learning has become increasingly important in the contemporary universal-access business world, and can provide strategic and competitive advantages to corporations as a way to accelerate training and reduce the high costs of face-to-face learning programs. However, most of the books that are written about e-learning do not describe in detail how corporate e-learning is actually implemented within a specific company. Corporate E-Learning fills that gap by describing in depth how e-learning programs are developed and instituted, and how their effectiveness is measured, from the perspective of practicing e-learning professionals at IBM, an early and liberal user of e-learning technologies to train their global workforce. Drawing on a wealth of in-person interviews of numerous e-learning professionals at IBM, as well as recent e-learning literature, Tai discusses how IBM has significantly contributed to the evolution of corporate e-learning. In the course of doing so, he makes useful comparisons with other companies and industries, and draws conclusions that are applicable to any company considering utilizing e-learning. Companies should be careful, concludes Tai, to use e-learning only when it makes strategic and economic sense, not simply because the technology is available. In addition, e-learning should always be used along with other more traditional means of learning, and carefully monitored by feedback mechanisms to measure whether its objectives have been accomplished, and how e-learning programs might improve in the future. Corporate E-Learning is designed for classroom use in technology management courses, and will also appeal to corporate professionals who are involved in training, human resources development, and performance improvement.

More books from Oxford University Press

Cover of the book Capital Markets, Derivatives and the Law by Luther Tai
Cover of the book Joschka Fischer and the Making of the Berlin Republic by Luther Tai
Cover of the book Sustainable Futures for Music Cultures by Luther Tai
Cover of the book Measuring Crime: Oxford Bibliographies Online Research Guide by Luther Tai
Cover of the book Religion and Politics in Post-Communist Romania by Luther Tai
Cover of the book The Oxford Handbook of Contemporary Buddhism by Luther Tai
Cover of the book Rationality + Consciousness = Free Will by Luther Tai
Cover of the book Gender, Sexuality, and Meaning by Luther Tai
Cover of the book The American Revolution by Luther Tai
Cover of the book Tocqueville: A Very Short Introduction by Luther Tai
Cover of the book God and Other Spirits by Luther Tai
Cover of the book Filling-In by Luther Tai
Cover of the book Play = Learning by Luther Tai
Cover of the book Muslim Women in America by Luther Tai
Cover of the book The Prince of Medicine: Galen in the Roman Empire by Luther Tai
We use our own "cookies" and third party cookies to improve services and to see statistical information. By using this website, you agree to our Privacy Policy