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- The Business Benefits of e-Learning in High-Growth Companies
- High-growth companies use learning and development as a strategic tool to help their organizations grow, beat the competition, and maintain their competitive edge in the marketplace. This research report from Bersin & Associates looks at learning strategies and the use of e-learning technologies in high-growth companies - by focusing on...
- Tags: Benefit, SkillSoft, E-learning, Training And Certification, Enterprise Software, Software
- White papers 2008-07-02
- The True Value of Learning
- Yogi Berra, that paragon of word manipulation, exposition and baseball, is often quoted as saying, "The future ain't what it used to be." And, surprisingly, so it is in the world of learning measurement. Training departments cannot be sustained based on how well they do against their training budgets. This...
- Tags: Training, SkillSoft, Workforce Management, Training And Certification, Human Resources
- White papers 2008-06-27
- The Greening of Training: How Sustainability is Reshaping Organizational Learning
- Is your company "going green?" Would you like it to? This paper looks at corporate sustainability efforts and the pivotal role that the learning department can play in them. Also included are practical ideas for making training more environmentally-friendly.
- Tags: Sustainability, Training, SkillSoft
- White papers 2007-12-01
- The Impact of Work Force Agility on Business Performance
- Agility is an issue that is becoming more and more prominent in businesses across industries. While it is a common goal, its meaning can be somewhat ambiguous. Depending on the context, agility can mean different things to different organizational units. But one common thread persists: the accelerating speed of change....
- Tags: Performance, Agility, SkillSoft, Performance Management, Strategy, Human Resources, Workforce Management, Management
- White papers 2007-11-16
- Getting Started with e-Learning: Eight Questions to Consider
- The face of corporate learning has changed. It is no longer possible to develop your human capital with a single approach. Today's corporate environment calls for out of the box thinking, incorporating the benefits of many types of learning to benefit your company's single biggest investment -- your people. Evaluating...
- Tags: Human Capital, Benefits, SkillSoft, E-learning, Benefit, Human Resources, Workforce Management
- White papers 2007-09-01
- Extending Reach and Ensuring Effectiveness of Leadership Development: The Role of Technology-Based Learning
- Leadership is an important element of organizational success. So, it is not surprising that many companies look for ways to extend the benefits of leadership development to more employees. Technology-based learning approaches such as online courses, books and video programs can be used effectively to develop employees at all levels....
- Tags: Leadership, SkillSoft, Management
- White papers 2007-08-01
- SkillSoft Case Study: U.S. Air Force
- The U.S. Air Force delivers 2,000 business and IT courses, more than 300,000 Referenceware licenses, and 22 custom courses to a global audience. The solution is mapped to Air Force Job Qualification Standards for targeted crew positions and delivered on a combination of platforms. The Air Force and SkillSoft are...
- Tags: Air Force, SkillSoft, Strategy, Management
- Case studies 2007-08-01
- EMEA e-Learning Benchmark Survey: The Future of Learning
- Take an in-depth look at how employees use e-learning; when and where they do it; what specific skills e-learning has enabled them to develop; how these skills have been put into practice in the workplace; and whether the knowledge gained is widely shared. Most e-learning surveys are often limited in...
- Tags: Survey, SkillSoft, E-learning, Enterprise Software, Software
- White papers 2007-03-01
- Making The Abundant Relevant: Solving Today's Learning Challenges Through A Next Generation Technology Architecture
- There are two major challenges facing SkillSoft customers today: the need to integrate a wide variety of technology systems and content types, and the need to present content in a way that is relevant to the individual learner. These problems are getting more difficult as the number of content types...
- Tags: SkillSoft, E-learning, Enterprise Software, Software
- White papers 2005-12-01
- Linking Learning to the Broader Human Capital Strategy
- For organizations to leverage learning to its fullest potential, learning programs need to be targeted at critical competencies and strategic business objectives. When learning strategy is linked with human capital strategy the results can be dramatic. In this white paper from the Human Capital Institute, noted experts from...
- Tags: SkillSoft, Human Capital, Human Resources, Workforce Management
- White papers 2005-11-03
- How Executives Stay Informed: A Study of Resources Used and Time Spent Locating Critical Business Information by Bersin & Associates
- The study, written by Bersin & Associates, finds that most senior-level executives spend hours each week searching the Internet in frustration for business-related information that will help them stay informed and current. It shows that costs of time searching for information can exceed $50,000 annually for each executive. Of the...
- Tags: Internet, SkillSoft, Study
- White papers 2005-11-01
- SkillSoft Case Study: Christiana Care Health System
- In September 2004, Christiana Care of Wilmington, Del. implemented SkillSoft's SkillChoice IT solution that includes courseware, Referenceware from Books24x7, IT mentoring services and TestPreps to assist individuals with IT training and certification. The organization also uses SkillSoft business courses to develop IT project managers.
- Tags: Strategy, SkillSoft, Health Care, Management
- Case studies 2005-09-01
- What Return on Investment Does e-Learning Provide?
- Organizations make investments in e-learning solutions with the expectation that the solutions will have a measurable impact on performance by achieving specific business outcomes. Measuring the value of learning solutions enables organizations to demonstrate the return on investment they make in training. In addition, organizations that measure training are able...
- Tags: ROI, SkillSoft, E-learning, Roi/Tco, Enterprise Software, Software, Finance, Managerial Accounting
- White papers 2005-07-01
- Healthcare IT Department Develops Project Leaders Through e-Learning
- Based in Wilmington, Del., Christiana Care Health System is one of the largest healthcare providers in the mid-Atlantic region. Christiana Care's information technology department supports various projects throughout the health system that often require specialized training or expertise in particular IT areas, as well as project management skills. Following a...
- Tags: Information Technology, Leader, E-learning, Health Care, SkillSoft, Healthcare IT Department, Vertical Industries, Strategy, Benefits, Healthcare, Enterprise Software, Software, Management, Human Resources
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- Blended Learning at Its Best!
- Equant leads industry surveys in corporate user satisfaction. To achieve this, its employees require comprehensive on-going training on a variety of topics. The challenge facing Equant was how to deliver a steady stream of consistently high level training within these subject areas to a diverse and dispersed global workforce. Traditional...
- Tags: Equant, SkillSoft, Workforce Management, E-learning, Human Resources, Enterprise Software, Software
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- When Speed Is of the Essence
- Reuters customers - including banks around the world, news organisations and major global corporations - want the very latest news and information as it actually happens. To achieve this Reuters has to have the fastest, most advanced and sophisticated products possible. And the company's IT professionals need to be equally...
- Tags: Reuters Ltd., SkillSoft, Financial Services
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- Increased Customer Satisfaction and Market Share
- With 1,000 employees stationed in 109 offices around the globe, the Australian Trade Commission, known as Austrade, uses SkillSoft to equip its workers with technical know-how for measurable business results. Austrade employees have sharpened their skills at delivering presentations, marketing services, managing organisational finances, and delivering client services. Austrade selected...
- Tags: Customer Satisfaction, SkillSoft, Austrade, Marketing Research, Product Marketing, Marketing
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- Measurable Results
- Hilton Hotel has 380 hotels worldwide and is represented in 66 countries. Hilton selected 70 courses from SkillSoft's management, business and IT curricula, which SkillSoft delivers to the company's worldwide workforce through its in-built learner management system, SkillPort. Hilton also subscribes to Books24x7 so that it can offer a reference...
- Tags: Hilton Hotels Corp., SkillSoft, Hilton Hotel, Portals, Strategy, E-learning, Internet, Management, Enterprise Software, Software
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- The NHS Nursing Leadership Project Is Designed to Liberate Talent and Is Proving to Be a Shining Example of e-Learning in Action
- As one of the largest employers in Europe, the NHS has an ongoing need to support and influence the work force so it can adapt to change, improve service and deal with challenges of new ways of working. To address these needs, it introduced the National Nursing Leadership Project, which...
- Tags: Talent, SkillSoft, E-learning, Leadership, Enterprise Software, Software, Management
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- Proving e-Learning's Worth in Delivering Cost-Effective Training to 8,000 Staff at Prudential
- Prudential needed to find the most efficient, effective and consistent way of reaching a geographically diverse audience - and needed to do it quickly. Prudential gravitated towards established e-Learning providers, on the basis that as well as being robust and reliable, e-Learning providers would be able to share past experiences...
- Tags: Prudential Insurance Company Of America, Training, SkillSoft, E-learning, Enterprise Software, Software
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