Sat.Apr 19, 2014

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Developing Trust in a Hierarchical Culture

The Performance Improvement Blog

'Organizational culture has become a hot topic in the popular business press. Recently, GM’s culture has become front page news with calls for greater transparency and open communication, and with claims that culture is what got the company into trouble with government regulators and customers. It’s easy to talk about culture, and blame culture, and say that culture should be changed.

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It takes a village

Learning with e's

'It''s a phrase that keeps echoing in my head: ''It takes a village''. It''s not a new phrase, but I was reminded of it again recently by Aaron Davis , a secondary school teacher in Melbourne, who has a prolific education Twitter account. I feel ''it takes a village'' requires some unpacking. In 1962, in his book The Gutenberg Galaxy , media theorist Marshall McLuhan popularised the term ''Global Village'' as a description of global contraction through proliferation of electronic technology.

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How much does it cost to have e-learning developed by an external provider?

e-Learning Academy

'As an independent e-learning consultant, I am often asked how much will it cost to engage an external e-learning vendor to develop, say, 20 minutes of e-learning. This is a difficult question to answer, as there are lots of variables including: the state of the existing content that will be used to. The post How much does it cost to have e-learning developed by an external provider?

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Looking ‘Under the Hood’ of MOOCs

e-Learning Academy

'There’s lots of excitement about MOOCs (Massive Open Online Course); new business models and prestige for education institutions, new opportunities for people from around the world to access learning. I’ve been a university student and lecturer, I’ve trained tertiary teachers in online design and facilitation, and I’ve been a guest presenter in MOOCs.

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20 Common Mistakes Made by Inexperienced Project Managers

You’ve read the PMBOK® Guide several times, taken the certification exam for project managers, passed, and you are now a PMP®. So why do you keep making rookie mistakes? This whitepaper shows 20 of the most common mistakes that young or inexperienced project managers make, issues that can cost significant time and money. It's a good starting point for understanding how and why many PMs get themsleves into trouble, and provides guidance on the types of issues that PMs need to understand.

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How much does it cost to have e-learning developed by an external provider?

e-Learning Academy

As an independent e-learning consultant, I am often asked how much will it cost to engage an external e-learning vendor to develop, say, 20 minutes of e-learning. This is a difficult question to answer, as there are lots of variables including: the state of the existing content that will be used to. The post How much does it cost to have e-learning developed by an external provider?

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