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The Power of the Learning Organization
by Skillsoft - Business
In the new Knowledge Age the only successful organizations will be those that know how to gather support and manage knowledge. If youre a manager or trainer who wants to improve performance you need support from the corporate culture. Take this course to discover what factors make up a learning organization how to assess whether your organization has them how to train leaders to support them and how to create them if theyre missing. ...
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Managing Technical Professionals Simulation
by Skillsoft - Business
Beech & Stern Instrumentation is a medical engineering firm that specializes in the development of cardiac and pulmonary devices. Founded by a former chief of thoracic surgery and a biotechnical engineer the company has been in operation for nearly three years and has grown rapidly. ...
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The Potential of Self-directed Learning
by Skillsoft - Business
How often have you heard these buzz words of the 90s: self-directed learning; continuous learning; the learning organization; the knowledge worker? If you wonder what these terms really mean why they are so important and how you rate as a worker for the 21st century this course is for you. Find out what you can do to take control of your own skill and career development. Learn to identify resources build relationships assess your organizations support for self-directed learning and manage and assist other self-directed learners and self-directed teams. What youve learned in school is not enough. Its time to take control of your own learning. ...
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Lean Logic
by Skillsoft - Business
Suppose a friend told you that it was more efficient to put on your shoes before your pants when getting dressed. What is the logic behind taking an action that seems so counterintuitive? You probably wouldnt implement this new methodology without a thorough explanation of its origin and logic right? Some of the lean manufacturing suggestions may also strike you as counterintuitive. Thats because Lean Manufacturing is more than a concept it is a philosophy based on definitions vocabulary and principles that may be foreign to you. In this course youll receive an explanation of lean manufacturing logic and learn about its evolution definition philosophy and critical principles. In Lesson 1 youll uncover what lean is and what it isnt how it came to be and what foundational premises exist. In Lesson 2 youll examine the lean principles of value flow pull and perfection that must be applied to any lean undertaking. ...
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Lean Strategies
by Skillsoft - Business
You may have all the proper ingredients but that doesnt necessarily mean that you can make the ultimate dish especially if you are creating it for the first time. Adding the right amount of each ingredient in the proper sequence with specific techniques improves your chances for success. An understanding of lean manufacturing principles and techniques will give you the ingredients you need for a lean transformation. But you also need information about how to put all of these together in the correct sequence. In this course youll learn how to prepare for develop and maintain a lean organization. In Lesson 1 youll learn what lean techniques to implement first and how to make the organizational transition go smoothly. In Lesson 2 youll explore how to deploy specific lean techniques and support your efforts with proven strategies. In the last lesson youll discover how to expand lean initiatives get suppliers involved and set yourself up for a future lean legacy. ...
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Lean Techniques
by Skillsoft - Business
Imagine that youre shopping at a local furniture store when you see a lamp that you must buy. Its exactly what youve been looking for at the right price. But the lamp model is out of stock and the only one left is the floor sample. Naturally you inquire about purchasing the sample but the sales person tells you that the store has a policy of prohibiting this. Why? Wouldnt it make sense to give the customer what he wants exactly when he wants it? Yes but the furniture store is not a lean business. In fact the furniture industry uses batch and queue processes that inconvenience the customer at every turn. In this course youll learn how lean techniques can help organizations maximize value and minimize waste. In Lesson 1 youll examine lean production techniques that can be successful for many manufacturing organizations. In Lesson 2 youll explore organizational techniques critical to the lean enterprise and youll discover what implementation techniques must be in place for an organization to become lean. ...
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Benchmarking for Best Practices
by Skillsoft - Business
Benchmarking is an old idea with a new slant toward performance improvement. Learning from other companies to improve the practices of your own is not just making site visits or talking to other companies about how they operate. Its a disciplined process requiring careful research and analysis. Find out who should benchmark how to benchmark and what to do with the benchmarked data once youve collected it. ...
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Implementing and Evaluating Self-directed Learning
by Skillsoft - Business
Self-directed learning is the foundation for the Knowledge Age. Well-conceived implementation of self-directed learning is crucial for the success of learning organizations in the 21st century. In this course youll look at three major implementation schemes: distributed implementation implementation through a learning center and implementation through an intranet. Learn how to set up the systems evaluate them and position them for success. Learn how to use SDL as a supplement or replacement for instructor-led training. And learn new roles and skills trainers will need in the 21st century corporation. ...
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Training for Business Results
by Skillsoft - Business
As todays training or cross-functional manager youre facing tight budgets and a focus on results for training dollars spent. This challenge is forcing you to demonstrate the effectiveness of your companys training investments. While most organizations evaluate participants reactions to training they rarely measure the effect of that training on job performance behaviors and organizational objectives. Many companies understand that evaluation and assessments should be linked to organizational objectives competency profiles and intellectual capital development. But forward-looking organizations are recognizing and monitoring this industry trend by actually linking training and assessment to strategic objectives. The bottom line is that learning how to use assessment tools today will spur the incorporation of your companys objectives into the training dollars you spend tomorrow. This course gives you the skills youll need to assess training effectiveness with respect to business goals and objectives. ...
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Lean Value
by Skillsoft - Business
Finding methods to capture customer-driven value is not a new activity. Youve probably analyzed processes conducting customer surveys and used audits to determine what customers want. Yet according to lean thinkers these techniques dont go far enough. They still departmentalize the value concept. Lean experts propose a more holistic view of value that stretches beyond organizational boundaries and stream from manufacturer to supplier to producer. This course explores this value principle in depth. In Lesson 1 youll consider the benefits of the lean transformation for your own business and look through the lean manufacturing lens to redefine product value. Then in Lesson 2 youll learn about value-stream mapping - a technique designed by several forefounders of the lean manufacturing movement. Applying this technique to identify waste create an ideal value stream and initiate lean projects will be the culmination of your new-found knowledge. ...
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