Vishwanath Shankar has been managing and maintaining various e-learning softwares for the past decade and a half. A storehouse of knowledge about LMS (Learning Management Systems), He has been working in close co-ordination with web development experts to develop user friendly distance learning programs. It takes a professional like him to declare the big time arrival of e learning as a worthy substitute to conventional learning techniques.
"People are an organization's most important asset." this is the golden rule for any successful corporation. Passionate, educated, proficient people are the key to corporate success. To this end training expenses are critical investments in human capital, by corporations.
In his book Break Away, Charles Fred writes that, “A breakaway starts when you reach the proficiency threshold. Proficient workers become contributing team members; they produce innovative ideas; they work safely but quickly, they go on to achieve even greater levels of proficiency, and they win the race.”
In keeping mind the training scenario more and more corporations are turning to e-learning as their learning solutions. In fact Corporations are currently among the largest users of e-learning and technology communications. They are now investing extensively to train the staff in new applications, processes and services, soft skills and customer interaction
E benefits in Corporations
E-learning is very effective in industries such as financial services, entertainment, health care, government, and education. E-learning provides communication, delivery of information, and efficiency of business practices which have tremendous and long-term benefits.
E-learning can be a highly-effective delivery mechanism for training courses, where:
There are a number of students spread over a large geographical area;
Qualification is global in nature
A corporate client requires confidential discussion among learners
Managers want to track (and record) effectively the progress of individual learners.
It is cost and time saving
E-learning helps in optimizing
E-learning is great for optimizing
Optimizing sales channel – Increase in tempo of sales force development. Getting channel partners up to speed on new products, learning to sell solutions instead products.
Optimizing customer relationships – helping and educating customers to learn and teaching them how to use products.
Optimizing the workforce –learning new business models, up gradation, instant product information, learning new techniques and better communication.
Optimization of learning- You can use the same software for 10 people as well as for 1000 people. It can be customized and paced according to the learners need.
Effective Corporate E-learning Program or LMS
LMS or learning management systems is a software package that enables the management delivery of online content to learners. There are many corporate LMS, but an effective LMS must incorporate features such as
Auto enrollment of learners in courses according to predefined criteria, such as job title or work location.
Manager enrollment and approval
Boolean definitions for prerequisites or equivalencies
Integration of performance tracking and management systems
Planning tools to identify skill gaps at departmental and individual level
Curriculum, required and elective training requirements at an individual and organizational level
Assigning and grouping learners according to geographic region, product line, business size.
Assign corporate and partner employees to more than one job title at more than one demographic unit
In Conclusion
If a corporate wants to succeed in today’s rat race it will need an army of well-informed, sharp and educated workers. To create this army the best and most cost effective and time saving tool is E-learning. In the era of information, learning is the ultimate survival tool. So to make your workers proficient achievers E-learning is the only solution
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