e-learning
(noun)
An online platform for training modules, whether internal or external to an organization.
Examples of e-learning in the following topics:
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E-Business Strategy
- The term electronic business (commonly referred to as E-business or e-business) is sometimes used interchangeably with e-commerce.
- In fact, e-business encompasses a broader definition that includes not only e-commerce, but customer relationship management (CRM), business partnerships, e-learning, and electronic transactions within an organization.
- In practice, e-business is more than just e-commerce.
- While e-business refers to a strategic focus with an emphasis on the functions that occur using electronic capabilities, e-commerce is a subset of an overall e-business strategy.
- In the emerging global economy, e-commerce and e-business have become increasingly necessary components of business strategy and strong catalysts for economic development.
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Strategies for Successful Organizational Change
- Maintaining focus on learning and growth (e.g., employee training), internal business processes (e.g., establishing partnerships), customer-oriented processes (e.g., inspiring loyalty), and financial concerns (e.g., maximizing shareholder value) is integral to successful change management.
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Learning to Speak
- Fortunately, these can be learned and honed through practice.
- Effective ways to learn precise, professional oral and written communication skills include:
- For example, texts or e-mails should avoid using abbreviations that the receiver may not recognize.
- Using e-mail effectively poses particular challenges.
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Productivity: Argyris
- Argyris's theory of single- and double-loop learning has been applied to management theory to suggest the best ways for employees to learn.
- He is best known for his work on learning theories in the area of learning organizations.
- This essentially means that learning is through experience and direct reflection on outcomes, where the ends are justifying the means and dictating the fulcrum of the discussion and learning outcomes.
- While this type of learning, and this broader type of behavior, is extremely common in the real world, it is not the ideal method to learn and adapt from a broader organizational level.
- Argyris's theory of single- and double-loop learning has been applied to management theory in order to suggest the best way for employees to learn and think about new goals and strategies for an organization.
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Experiential Learning for Managers
- Aristotle once said, "For the things we have to learn before we can do them, we learn by doing them."
- Experiential learning involves learning through reflection on doing; it is often contrasted with rote or didactic learning.
- Experiential learning is related to—though not fully synonymous with—experiential education, action learning, adventure learning, free-choice learning, cooperative learning, and service learning.
- Experiential learning can be a highly effective way to learn new skills, new attitudes, or even entirely new ways of thinking.
- Experiential learning plays an important role in business learning and managerial training.
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The Trait-Theory Approach
- Using traits to explain effective leadership considers both characteristics that are inherited and attributes that are learned.
- This diagram visually represents Zaccaro's theory that distal attributes (e.g., cognitive abilities, personality, values) serve as precursors for the development of proximal personal characteristics (e.g. social skills, problem-solving skills), both of which contribute to leadership.
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Cooperative Strategy
- Mowery, Joanne E.
- This practice is especially common in IT-oriented industries as a result of low to no variable costs, e.g. banking.
- Learning from partners and developing competencies that may be more widely exploited elsewhere
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Developing Leadership Skills
- Leadership skills can be learned, and leadership development benefits individuals and organizations.
- These types of learning opportunities focus on developing knowledge, skills, self-awareness, and abilities needed to lead effectively.
- While these are difficult to change, leadership is a set of behaviors and practices that can be learned through effort and experience.
- Using self-directed learning, individual leaders teach themselves new skills by selecting areas for development, choosing learning avenues, and identifying resources.
- These experiences and the ability to learn also have an impact on each other: leaders with a high ability to learn from experience will seek out developmental experiences, and through these experiences leaders increase their ability to learn.
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Evaluate the Results
- Learning from experience is important to continuous improvement and effectiveness.
- For example, a decision to hold additional training seminars may have been intended to make it more convenient for people to learn a new technology.
- This type of bias can limit an honest assessment of what went right and what didn't, and thus reduce what can be learned by carefully evaluating outcomes.
- Often they can learn lessons that will benefit future decisions.
- If estimates were off, or it becomes clear that emotions played too large a role in making a choice, it is important to learn from those mistakes so they won't happen again.
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Delivering Constructive Feedback
- Constructive feedback, both positive and negative, can help individuals learn and improve their performance.
- Critical assessments are essential to learning and performance improvement.
- Joseph Folkman, an expert in the use of the 360-degree feedback technique, comments that those who want to achieve the greatest level of success possible should learn how to accept any kind of feedback, analyze it in the most positive manner possible, and use it to influence future choices.
- The goal of this form of feedback is to apply lessons learned from one project to subsequent ones.