This year, we celebrate the 50th anniversary of the Kirkpatrick Four Levels. In the early 1950s, I was teaching supervisory development courses at the University of Wisconsin Management Institute. I decided to pursue a PhD and chose to write a practical dissertation on ... More »

Learning & Development

Beginner Level Content , Business Impact , Delivering Training , Designing Learning , Measuring and Evaluating , Training and Development - General

Most companies, those with and without formal training departments, have some sort of on-the-job training (OJT) in place to support the learning of a new hire. In most cases, the OJT consists of introducing the new hire to a more experienced employee who walks him throu... More »

Human Capital , Learning & Development

Beginner Level Content , Coaching and Mentoring , Delivering Training , Training and Development - General

Every company values quality training, and many say it is paramount to organizational success. Companies in the security services industry are no exception. Training is critical to ensuring that security officers and the managers who support them are properly prepared f... More »

Learning & Development

Beginner Level Content , Career Development , Curriculum Alignment , Delivering Training , E-Learning

Although mobile phones have become an extension of the workplace, questions persist about how organizations can best leverage them to improve employee performance and development. To answer some of these questions, IBM conducted a study to examine how its employees actu... More »

Learning Technologies

Delivering Training , E-Learning , Human Performance Improvement , Mobile Learning