For the construction industry, an aging workforce could mean losing the experienced, older workers that the firms count on to bring new workers up to speed, says Stephen Sweet, a visiting scholar and researcher at the Sloan Center on Aging & Work at Boston College. ... More »

Human Capital

Managing Organizational Knowledge

The global recession and threat of a jobless recovery have converged with decade-long seismic shifts in the workplace (Table 1) to create profound implications for today's employees. These volatile changes have been dubbed the "new normal," where long-held assumptions h... More »

Global Human Resources Development , Human Capital

Advanced Level Content , Business Impact , Engagement , Human Performance Improvement , Integrated Talent Management , Managing Organizational Knowledge , Trends

Crayola, a Hallmark-owned company with headquarters in Easton, Pennsylvania, realized in 2004 that it needed to replace its aging legacy software systems. Its strategy was to implement an enterprise system that would be the single source of their manufacturing, inventor... More »

Learning & Development , Global Human Resources Development , Human Capital

Change Management , Human Performance Improvement , Managing Organizational Knowledge , Assessment , Competencies , Training and Development - General

A huge demographic shift is taking place. As the populous baby boomer generation ages and nears retirement, many organizations are primed to face shortages in the workforce. And because the public sector is aging more rapidly than the private sector, state agencies are ... More »

Human Capital

Global Workforce Development , Integrated Talent Management , Jobs , Managing Organizational Knowledge