The Corporate University Workbook: Launching the 21st Century Learning Organization [Paperback]

Kevin Wheeler (Author), Eileen Clegg (Contributor)

Book Description

ISBN-10: 0787973394 | ISBN-13: 978-0787973391 | Publication Date: January 24, 2005

The Corporate University Workbook gives you everything you need to create effective, systematic, learning infrastructure within your organization. As a result, you will develop employees who are capable of adapting to rapid changes and who deliver the results your business needs! This resource offers a dynamic combination of practical methodology, best practices, and step-by-step guidance. The Workbook, along with the CD-ROM, are filled with the tools, templates, and activities you need to develop and implement a corporate university. Build a corporate university in your organization and develop human talent in an effective and measurable manner. The Corporate University Workbook will help create a highly effective corporate university that will

• Identify your organization’s competencies and skills
• Develop the specific development programs with internal or external formal training, experiential learning, and coaching 
• Encourage the growth of informal learning communities
• Foster networking and the exchange of learning
• Help you build learning into the work process
• Disseminate and increase knowledge
• Help employees develop strong career choices and skills
• Anticipate the skills, competencies, and abilities your organization will need in the future

Editorial Reviews

Review

"This is a great read for learning professionals. It provides practical, usable strategies and approaches for enterprise learning."
--Elliott Masie, The MASIE Center

From the Back Cover

THE CORPORATE UNIVERSITY WORKBOOK

Align Your Employees' Skills with Your Corporate Objectives by Building a Corporate University!

The Corporate University Workbook gives you everything you need to create an effective, systematic learning infrastructure within your organization. As a result, you will develop employees who are capable of adapting to rapid changes and who deliver the results your business needs! This resource offers a dynamic combination of practical methodology, best practices, and step-by-step guidance. The Workbook, along with the CD-ROM, are filled with the tools, templates, and activities you need to develop and implement a corporate university.

Build a corporate university in your organization and develop human talent in an effective and measurable manner. The Corporate University Workbook will help create a highly effective corporate university that will

• Identify your organization's competencies and skills
• Develop the specific development programs with internal or external formal training, experiential learning, and coaching
• Encourage the growth of informal learning communities
• Foster networking and the exchange of learning
• Help you build learning into the work process
• Disseminate and increase knowledge
• Help employees develop strong career choices and skills
• Anticipate the skills, competencies, and abilities your organization will need in the future

In addition, this important book offers trainers and HR professionals the information needed to overcome mistakes and avoid common pitfalls such as simply renaming the training function, focusing too much on curriculum, failing to get senior-level management buy-in, failing to adequately market to internal participants, overemphasizing technology, and empire building.

The Corporate University Workbook will be your hands-on resource for creating a training and learning environment today that will increase your organization's ability to meet its business goals tomorrow.

"This is a great read for learning professionals. It provides practical, usable strategies and approaches for enterprise learning."
—Elliott Masie, The MASIE Center

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Product Details

• Paperback: 160 pages
• Publisher: Pfeiffer (January 24, 2005)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0787973394
• ISBN-13: 978-0787973391
• Product Dimensions: 10.8 x 8.4 x 0.6 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.2 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #584,324 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

Customer Reviews

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9 of 9 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A Must Read if You Want to Build a Corporate University, February 19, 2005

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Eilif Trondsen "Eilif Trondsen, Director, Lea... (Menlo Park, California) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: The Corporate University Workbook: Launching the 21st Century Learning Organization (Paperback)

Kevin Wheeler makes it clear early on in his book that successful corporate universities must go beyond traditional training. Learning goes far beyond training, incorporating a wide range of informal learning processes and activities. This differentiates this book from much of what has been written in the past about corporate universities--focusing on mostly course-oriented training. Wheeler takes the reality of broad-based learning in organizations into account and provides a very detailed and practical guide for building a successful and flexbible corporate university. The book contains lots of templates and practical lists with questions and issues that must be addressed by someone building a corporate university. Each chapter begins with a review of an unsuccessful and a successful example of corporate universities, making it clear that success is by no means guaranteed. But the probability of success will no doubt be much higher for those who do their homework and not only read this book but complete the numerous exercises that Wheeler has carefully prepared to assist those ready to build a corporate university meant to transform an organization into a 21st century learning organization.

7 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A road map for talent development ..., March 12, 2005

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John Castaldi "VERITAS University" (Mountain View, CA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: The Corporate University Workbook: Launching the 21st Century Learning Organization (Paperback)

From strategic visioning through measuring success, this practical workbook provides tools, guidelines and even a dozen templates in the enclosed CD. Mr. Wheeler shares best practices, from years of experience and research. With the lead from product advances shrinking, human talent will become a major competitive differentiator. I highly recommend for anyone challenged to support your organization's success through talent development.

6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A must have workbook., March 9, 2005

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PHILIP H. MCGEE - See all my reviews
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This review is from: The Corporate University Workbook: Launching the 21st Century Learning Organization (Paperback)

If you are involved in setting up or work for a corporate university, run, don't walk to your nearest book seller and purchase this workbook. Long overdue, The Corporate University Workbook, written in plan, easy to understand English, walks the reader through eleven chapters packed with business oriented explanations, strategies, checklists, exercises, case studies and rationales for designing, building and maintaining a world class corporate university. Destined to become a classic in the field, The Corporate University Workbook should be required reading and within arms reach of anyone responsible for establishing or fine tuning their organization's corporate university.

Philip McGee, Ed.D., MHRD Program Coordinator, Clemson University