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The Benefits of Using an Employee Skills Database for Organisational Strategy

Acorn Labs

It's an inventory of your employees' skills that allows you to see which skills your employees need for their current roles and (coupled with a demand analysis ) which skills will be needed in the future when you look to fill those roles. Why do you need an employee skills database? We have two words for you: Workforce planning.

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The Benefits of Using an Employee Skills Database for Organisational Strategy

Acorn Labs

It's an inventory of your employees' skills that allows you to see which skills your employees need for their current roles and (coupled with a demand analysis ) which skills will be needed in the future when you look to fill those roles. We'll break them down below: Training and development. Training and development.

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Importance of Questions in the Concept Age

ID Reflections

I have quoted liberally from the paper below to substantiate my analysis of why this age demands that we develop the art of asking questions. Refer to the Cynefin Framework developed by David Snowden for an understanding of the increasing complexity of today’s environment. A simple explanation of the Cynefin Framework.

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Workplace Learning Professionals Next Job - Management Consultant

Tony Karrer

But there was another significant trend in the answers… Learning and Work Converge In a world where Knowledge Work and Learning is Inseparable , finding ways to support and improve work is the same as finding ways to support and improve learning. There will always be some level of training/education required.

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19 Insider Secrets About Selecting An LMS

Spark Your Interest

Automated administration tasks such as course registration, Tracking learner progress and analyzing user data, Tracking certification and compliance, Create individual learning plans for users, Performance-based tasks, e.g. skill gap analysis, Course administration including a course catalog, and. Including customers, partners, or members.

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The Best of Times, The Worst of Times: opportunities and challenges for the L&D profession

Performance Learning Productivity

Briefly, the CLC survey found the following: L&D IS SEEN AS IMPORTANT BY MOST MANAGERS Employee development (and learning) is seen as important by most line managers. The way organisations work today is almost unrecognisably different from the structured and closely-managed systems in pre-Internet and pre-ubiquitous connectivity times.

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The 70:20:10 Model – Today, Tomorrow & Beyond

Learnnovators

From 2002 until the end of 2008, Charles was the Chief Learning Officer for Reuters and Thomson Reuters where he had responsibility for developing the global learning and performance strategy and leading the learning organisation for the firm’s 55,000 workforce. Where do you see today’s organisations in the midst of these radical shifts?