Corporate University: Cultivating World-Class Employees for Your Company

Author: [USA] Meister/Jian Xu/Jing Zhu
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Publish Date: 2005-01-01
Features: Today, businesses face a new reality; learning how to manage knowledge is gradually becoming the key to success. In many industries, the lifecycle of knowledge is less than two years. Companies realize they must frequently provide training for their employees. An increasing number of businesses are entering the education industry at unprecedented speed. The number of companies with corporate universities has grown from 400 in 1988 to thousands today, spanning industries such as high-tech, finance, utilities, communications, retail, and services. Various forms of corporate universities will provide all training and educational activities for the entire value chain, including employees, customers, and suppliers. Corporate University is a follow-up to the best-selling Corporate Quality University. In this book, corporate education expert Jeanne Meister explains the rise and development of corporate universities and the challenges they pose to higher education institutions. Establishing a corporate university represents a higher level and new model of employee training. Through research on 100 corporate universities worldwide, this book introduces the design process, curriculum systems, and best learning programs of corporate universities, summarizes 12 experiences in cultivating world-class employees, and ultimately reveals the essence and mission of corporate universities. The driving force behind corporate universities is senior management, so this book is suitable for corporate executives. HR managers, training department supervisors, scholars studying corporate universities, and those interested in workplace education can all read this book.