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This document shows how new learning technologies are today fulfilling a fundamental role in the everyday life of companies. Drawing on case studies, it highlights the contribution of distance-learning programmes in the ongoing process of managing change, as well as in ensuring the success of the strategic changes that companies are often forced to make.

Over the last decade learning technologies have become firmly established within the corporate world, in companies of all sizes and across business sectors. Human resources departments, training departments and operational departments have all opted for this method of learning, the advantages of which are now indisputable and include high-quality content, rapid implementation, pedagogical efficiency and the ability to reach a very large audience. This work shows the success of the distance learning solutions which we set up for our clients. Success, above all, for the companies which place their trust in us year after year.

Deciding to set up a Corporate University can be a little like embarking on voyage over unfamiliar seas. In such a situation, it helps to know your precise point of departure, your heading and your ports of call. This Whitepaper provides some useful navigation aids to assist on your Corporate University voyage.

Distance learning has consistently increased in importance for corporations over the last few years. After “the fad effect”, the time has come for more mature and better thought-out applications, based on the first successful experiments. Today, very few people question the relevance of distance learning, least of all its users. However, we still need to ask how we can benefit from its full potential. How can it help the heads of Human Resources Departments play the role that management committees expect from them? How can a company use distance learning to attract talented individuals and gain their loyalty, ensuring that it has access to the key skills it needs for growth, helping it to stay agile and ready for change, and implementing strategy effectively? This white paper is designed to answer these questions.

The 70-20-10 model accredited to Lombardo & Eichinger (1996) suggests that lessons learned by successful and effective managers are roughly 70% from tough jobs, 20% from people (mostly the boss), and 10% from courses and reading. Together, Wargnier and Jennings explore the role of new technology in the implementation of the 70-20-10 training model, drawing on their combined 60 years of experience in the training field.