hhjjkh Unisys Corporation is in the process of creating a corporate university challenged to foster a learning culture. This new entity will replace seven loosely connected professional development organizations that currently design, develop or procure, and deliver professional development programs to 34,000 world wide employees. The widely dispersed locations of these employees, as well as the requirement to build corporate profitability while containing costs, will require many of the courses to be delivered using distance education technologies.
The corporation has engaged in a limited number of distance learning courses to date; most of these have used video technology distributed over the corporate business television network. Additionally, an attempt to apply asynchronous learning network technology over the corporate Intranet was researched with limited success. The application of distance learning technologies, when applied in corporate settings, carries a preconceived set of executive expectations.Gayeski(1998) found that "most executives are trying to foster management cultures of speed, performance, collaboration, flexibility, continuous improvement" (p. 37).
Additionally, Sheridan(1996) states that "experience to date shows that effective distance training requires the right mix of instructional design, expert talent and delivery media" (p. S12).Unisys Corporation is in the process of creating a corporate university challenged to foster a learning culture. This new entity will replace seven loosely connected professional development organizations that currently design, develop or procure, and deliver professional development programs to 34,000 world wide employees.
The widely dispersed locations of these employees, as well as the requirement to build corporate profitability while containing costs, will require many of the courses to be delivered using distance education technologies. The corporation has engaged in a limited number of distance learning courses to date; most of these have used video technology distributed over the corporate business television network. Additionally, an attempt to apply asynchronous learning network technology over the corporate Intranet was researched with limited success. The application of distance learning technologies, when applied in corporate settings, carries a preconceived set of executive expectations.Gayeski(1998) found that "most executives are trying to foster management cultures of speed, performance, collaboration, flexibility, continuous improvement" (p.
37). Additionally, Sheridan(1996) states that "experience to date shows that effective distance training requires the right mix of instructional design, expert talent and delivery media" (p. S12).
Unisys Corporation is in the process of creating a corporate university challenged to foster a learning culture. This new entity will replace seven loosely connected professional development organizations that currently design, develop or procure, and deliver professional development programs to 34,000 world wide employees.
The widely dispersed locations of these employees, as well as the requirement to build corporate profitability while containing costs, will require many of the courses to be delivered using distance education technologies. The corporation has engaged in a limited number of distance learning courses to date; most of these have used video technology distributed over the corporate business television network. Additionally, an attempt to apply asynchronous learning network technology over the corporate Intranet was researched with limited success. The application of distance learning technologies, when applied in corporate settings, carries a preconceived set of executive expectations.
Gayeski(1998) found that "most executives are trying to foster management cultures of speed, performance, collaboration, flexibility, continuous improvement" (p. 37). Additionally, Sheridan(1996) states that "experience to date shows that effective distance training requires the right mix of instructional design, expert talent and delivery media" (p. S12).
Unisys Corporation is in the process of creating a corporate university challenged to foster a learning culture. This new entity will replace seven loosely connected professional development organizations that currently design, develop or procure, and deliver professional development programs to 34,000 world wide employees.
The widely dispersed locations of these employees, as well as the requirement to build corporate profitability while containing costs, will require many of the courses to be delivered using distance education technologies. The corporation has engaged in a limited number of distance learning courses to date; most of these have used video technology distributed over the corporate business television network. Additionally, an attempt to apply asynchronous learning network technology over the corporate Intranet was researched with limited success. The application of distance learning technologies, when applied in corporate settings, carries a preconceived set of executive expectations.Gayeski(1998) found that "most executives are trying to foster management cultures of speed, performance, collaboration, flexibility, continuous improvement" (p. 37).
Additionally, Sheridan(1996) states that "experience to date shows that effective distance training requires the right mix of instructional design, expert talent and delivery media" (p. S12).
