Friday
Dec311999
106 - IBM Learning Services Launched; Aligning Training with Business Goals
December 31, 1999
1. Marketplace Wishes Request: Next week, in Seattle, I will be leading a
gathering of 225 business leaders in the on-line learning marketplace. One
of the topics on the agenda is a Learning Marketplace Wish List. Please
expand our list by sending an email to us with your personal Learning
Marketplace Wish List. What learning tools, systems, content or services do
you wish were available on the marketplace? This is your chance to add your
input to the development of the on-line learning and training world. Just
send an email to wishes@masie.com Thanks!
2. IBM Learning Services Launched: IBM is reorganizing its learning and
training efforts into a new group, IBM Learning Services. The group will
offer the broadest range of services that help companies to grow information
technology (IT) skills, contain escalating training costs, and address the
need for rapid employee training to sustain competitive advantage. IBM
Learning Services, formerly IBM education and training, is aggressively
addressing new training requirements through four new strategic initiatives:
expanded curriculum of IT training using distributed learning; advanced
personal computer and server training to support company e-business and
Internet efforts; customized Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) training
solutions; and an unparalleled range of services to satisfy workforce
training needs, from assessment to curriculum design and development, to
deployment and training management, all available on a global basis.
Part of this announcement is closer integration of key Lotus offerings by
IBM Learning Services. For example, the authorized curricula for training on
Lotus products, and the collaborative learning software, Lotus LearningSpace
become important elements in the solutions provided through IBM Learning
Services and its partners.
In addition, IBM said it will work with Lucent Technologies to explore ways
to combine their complementary strengths to deliver integrated learning
solutions for customers. For more information on this announcement go to:
http://www.ibm.com/services/learning/
3. Aligning Training with Business Goals: This is one of the hot topics
that keep coming up in conversations with training and learning managers.
The core of this concept is to use the stated business goals of the overall
enterprise or specific business unit as the structure for corporate learning
efforts. For example, as a change in business goals is announced, such as a
move toward greater globalization, the learning and training departments
would immediately move to align along global lines. It drives all the way
to the metrics of success. If the organization measures success by
marketshare of product, one of the metrics of the learning department would
be their contribution to the growth of marketshare. At a recent meeting of
our TechLearn Collaborative, the majority of training managers confirmed
that they were under pressure to carry out this alignment. We will be
addressing this trend in future newsletters.
4. Learning Decisions '99 Application Now On-Line: Our new event for
training and learning decision makers is now available for on-line
applications. Learning Decisions '99 will be held on May 12 to 14, 1999 in
Las Vegas, Nevada. The conference is restricted to training and learning
managers and executives. Each year Learning Decisions will focus on 3 key
questions facing learning departments. The 1999 topics are:
* How to Align Training with Business Objectives?
* What are Effective Economic and Business Models for Learning?
* Developing Corporate Wide Learning Technology Strategies!
The faculty for Learning Decisions '99 include: Secretary of Labor Robert
Reich; Peter Henschel (Institute for Research on Learning); Diane Hessan
(Training Guru and Co-Author of Customer Centered Growth); Becky Aiken (U.S.
Government); Brandon Hall (Training Industry Analyst) and twenty active
learning and training executives. To submit your application, just go to
http://www.masie.com The sessions are limited to 285 participants and we
have already received 120 applications
5. Laws and On-Line Learning? We received the following query from a
Trends Reader, Peter Clements, Informatics CTEC, Manchester - UK:
"In Europe we have noticed that there are some laws emerging which affect on
line training. For instance, in Germany, there is a law that if you do not
register your online training course you could be fined 10,210 euros,
regardless of which country and laws which govern your business. Are there
other such laws governing the deployment of distance learning courses?"
If you can add to this query, please send an email to trends@masie.com
gathering of 225 business leaders in the on-line learning marketplace. One
of the topics on the agenda is a Learning Marketplace Wish List. Please
expand our list by sending an email to us with your personal Learning
Marketplace Wish List. What learning tools, systems, content or services do
you wish were available on the marketplace? This is your chance to add your
input to the development of the on-line learning and training world. Just
send an email to wishes@masie.com Thanks!
2. IBM Learning Services Launched: IBM is reorganizing its learning and
training efforts into a new group, IBM Learning Services. The group will
offer the broadest range of services that help companies to grow information
technology (IT) skills, contain escalating training costs, and address the
need for rapid employee training to sustain competitive advantage. IBM
Learning Services, formerly IBM education and training, is aggressively
addressing new training requirements through four new strategic initiatives:
expanded curriculum of IT training using distributed learning; advanced
personal computer and server training to support company e-business and
Internet efforts; customized Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) training
solutions; and an unparalleled range of services to satisfy workforce
training needs, from assessment to curriculum design and development, to
deployment and training management, all available on a global basis.
Part of this announcement is closer integration of key Lotus offerings by
IBM Learning Services. For example, the authorized curricula for training on
Lotus products, and the collaborative learning software, Lotus LearningSpace
become important elements in the solutions provided through IBM Learning
Services and its partners.
In addition, IBM said it will work with Lucent Technologies to explore ways
to combine their complementary strengths to deliver integrated learning
solutions for customers. For more information on this announcement go to:
http://www.ibm.com/services/learning/
3. Aligning Training with Business Goals: This is one of the hot topics
that keep coming up in conversations with training and learning managers.
The core of this concept is to use the stated business goals of the overall
enterprise or specific business unit as the structure for corporate learning
efforts. For example, as a change in business goals is announced, such as a
move toward greater globalization, the learning and training departments
would immediately move to align along global lines. It drives all the way
to the metrics of success. If the organization measures success by
marketshare of product, one of the metrics of the learning department would
be their contribution to the growth of marketshare. At a recent meeting of
our TechLearn Collaborative, the majority of training managers confirmed
that they were under pressure to carry out this alignment. We will be
addressing this trend in future newsletters.
4. Learning Decisions '99 Application Now On-Line: Our new event for
training and learning decision makers is now available for on-line
applications. Learning Decisions '99 will be held on May 12 to 14, 1999 in
Las Vegas, Nevada. The conference is restricted to training and learning
managers and executives. Each year Learning Decisions will focus on 3 key
questions facing learning departments. The 1999 topics are:
* How to Align Training with Business Objectives?
* What are Effective Economic and Business Models for Learning?
* Developing Corporate Wide Learning Technology Strategies!
The faculty for Learning Decisions '99 include: Secretary of Labor Robert
Reich; Peter Henschel (Institute for Research on Learning); Diane Hessan
(Training Guru and Co-Author of Customer Centered Growth); Becky Aiken (U.S.
Government); Brandon Hall (Training Industry Analyst) and twenty active
learning and training executives. To submit your application, just go to
http://www.masie.com The sessions are limited to 285 participants and we
have already received 120 applications
5. Laws and On-Line Learning? We received the following query from a
Trends Reader, Peter Clements, Informatics CTEC, Manchester - UK:
"In Europe we have noticed that there are some laws emerging which affect on
line training. For instance, in Germany, there is a law that if you do not
register your online training course you could be fined 10,210 euros,
regardless of which country and laws which govern your business. Are there
other such laws governing the deployment of distance learning courses?"
If you can add to this query, please send an email to trends@masie.com
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