Going into 2011, the field of training and development faces a number of challenges brought on by the recession that we are fortunately exiting: the global nature of the workforce and the new technologies rolled out in support of this increasingly geographically dispers... More »

Global Human Resources Development , Learning & Development

Business Impact , Change Management , Economy , Training and Development - General , Training for Multiple Cultures

ASTD has joined with the American National Standards Institute (ANSI) to form a U.S. Technical Advisory Group (US/TAG) to coordinate U.S. input to a newly formed International Organization for Standardization (ISO) technical committee (ISO/TC 232) on Educational Service... More »

Learning & Development

Business Impact , Curriculum Alignment , Global Workforce Development , Human Performance Improvement , Managing the Learning Function , Training and Development - General , Training for Multiple Cultures

Developing ethics and diversity awareness programs domestically can pose a significant challenge, and adding the global factor creates a new dimension. Experience with these matters often concentrates on generational, race, and gender differences. While focusing on thes... More »

Global Human Resources Development , Human Capital , Learning & Development

Business Impact , Global Workforce Development , Training and Development - General , Training for Multiple Cultures

The word virtual conjures up several enticing, but often untrue, images. What is a virtual team and why is the call for virtual teams greater than ever before? A virtual team, like every other team, is a group of people who interact through interdependent tasks guided b... More »

Global Human Resources Development , Learning & Development

Business Impact , Global Workforce Development , Training and Development - General , Training for Multiple Cultures