Jim Donaldson, CEO of XYZ Company, a multi-divisional corporation, struggled with his predicament. As a result of the economy, his company was going to have to restructure to consolidate departments, layoff staff, and redefine jobs. His employees were concerned, anxious... More »

Global Human Resources Development , Human Capital , Senior Leaders & Executives

Assessment , Business Impact , Change Management

In 12-step programs, a story is told to newly recovering addicts about a person who walks down a street absentmindedly and falls into a pothole. If the person is an unrecovered addict, he keeps walking down the same street, falling into the pothole, evoking Einsteins de... More »

Career Development

Advanced Level Content , Business Impact , Career Planning

Before you just place any old photo into an online course or informational website, its a good idea to think about whether a realistic graphic is required. And if so, how much realism will be most effective? By realism, I mean how well a graphic appears to be a successf... More »

Learning & Development , Learning Technologies

Delivering Training , Designing Learning , Intermediate-level Content , Simulations and Serious Games , Students

Current economic constraints demand that organizations find alternative resources for developing and delivering their learning assets. One option some learning executives are exploring is open source software. In recent years, open source software (OSS) has steadily mat... More »

Learning Technologies

Advanced Level Content , Innovation , Trends

Purpose The purpose of this study is to demonstrate how performing a job task analysis (JTA) can be useful in developing an objective and effective ROI forecast. Background Texas Grocery* (fictitious name) is an innovative, multi-billion dollar grocery retailer committe... More »

Senior Leaders & Executives

Advanced Level Content , Assessment , Human Performance Improvement