We all know how the CMM and PCMM models have fundamentally changed the way mega corporations manage their operational processes. These industry standards, however, have predominantly benefited the production and HR organizations. But, what about the Learning & Development (L&D) organization?
Based on the CMM and PCMM framework, I’ve synthesized a Learning Maturity Model (LMM) for [...]
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Calibrating the L&D Organization
Posted in Aligning to corporate strategies on August 14, 2008 | 2 Comments »
From R&D to L&D (2)
Posted in Aligning to corporate strategies on April 16, 2008 | 1 Comment »
Aligning L&D Goals to Corporate Goals
While the Directors were frantically thinking of ways to improve the bottom line, the HR Head, Kim Foster had been thinking over a possible way out to improve business performance. She could see Business development through PEOPLE DEVELOPMENT.
The Board after a detailed discussion — decided on a paradigm shift from [...]
HR – Key to Quality Manpower
Posted in Aligning to corporate strategies, Optimizing costs & resources on April 11, 2008 | 2 Comments »
Today, paucity of talented resources is a key issue the corporate world is struggling to overcome. Companies recruit employees just to add up the numbers. If you ask any organisation, they will say they are short of “N” hundred/ thousand resources. The widely used corporate parameter to measure erosion in resources is: percentage attrition – again just another number. [...]
Achieving L&D Efficiency in One Year
Posted in Aligning to corporate strategies, Delivering for business results, Developing quality content, Managing resistance to change, Measuring bottom-line impact, Optimizing costs & resources on April 10, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
The Head of Human Resources of a leading ISP company asked me not so long ago what could be the least possible time in which his organization could transition into a “lean, mean, and hard” L&D machine. I thought for a moment and said, “One year, at best.” Of course, as a consultant, I cannot [...]
From R&D to L&D (1)
Posted in Aligning to corporate strategies, Delivering for business results, Developing quality content, General, Managing resistance to change, Measuring bottom-line impact, Optimizing costs & resources, tagged Business Challenge, Failing Marketing strategies, HR concerns, People Differentiation on April 9, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
The Business Case
It’s the end of the first quarter, and the conference room of Acme Corporation was buzzing with activity with “Channel Partners Meet”. Channel partners were generally displeased with the products and services of the company. They were unable to sustain competitive advantages through product differentiators. Though the company kept innovating to offer world-class [...]
