Companies today can't promise lifetime employment, but they can help employees ensure lifetime employability.
A number of companies are looking for ways to turn their training centers into profit centers by opening them to outsiders.
More companies are educating executives within their own walls—and even at their own desks.
The corporate virtual university model outlined in this paper embraces the workplace learning paradigm, but not in an exclusive sense. It seeks to understand the roles of academic…
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The corporate virtual university model outlined in this paper embraces the workplace learning paradigm, but not in an exclusive sense. It seeks to understand the roles of academic and professional institutions as external forces in developing rigorous models of virtual corporate universities that meet the learning needs of individuals and organizations. This approach is enhanced by our ability to support knowledge creation and disseminate knowledge using electronic communications infrastructure.
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Judy C. Nixon and Marilyn M. Helms
Corporate universities are not new, but have experienced tremendous growth during the last ten years. Predictions are that corporate universities will outnumber traditional…
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Corporate universities are not new, but have experienced tremendous growth during the last ten years. Predictions are that corporate universities will outnumber traditional colleges and universities within the next ten years. Reasons for the rapid growth are profiled in this article along with implications and challenges for both corporations and traditional universities. As an illustrative case, a partnering example between a corporate university and a traditional university is profiled. Costs and issues to consider in planning a corporate university are included. Changes underway at traditional universities and future implications conclude the article.
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David J. Nelson and Evan W. Flower
Conoco's Trailblazer™ Program, a “corporate university,” integrates personal development with individual and company business goals.
Robert M. Fulmer and Philip A. Gibbs
Organizations have been seeking new ways to satisfy the requirement for continuous learning. It is argued that a blend of on‐the‐job education, skill development and action…
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Organizations have been seeking new ways to satisfy the requirement for continuous learning. It is argued that a blend of on‐the‐job education, skill development and action learning will be required to fuse individual development with corporate development. Some corporations are adopting corporate universities to ensure that education is relevant and to help them become learning organizations. The development of such institutions is considered and a number are described.