It’s no secret that the economies of the world are converging. Companies that in the past could remain viable by only doing business stateside now find themselves with the need…
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Category Archives: Organizational Learning
Creating Future-Facing Development Plans
From an employer’s perspective, the purpose of employee development plans is to make sure the workforce is growing with the needs of the business. Opportunities may be on the horizon…
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Language Technology and Work-Readiness Testing
Inside Higher Ed recently reported that employers in India are increasingly using AMCAT (Aspiring Minds’ Computer Adaptive Test), a well-established workplace readiness test that over 1.5 million Indians have taken…
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Building a Rock-Solid Development Plan
Development plans are a key cog in improving employee-based business practices. Not only that, but they actually function as a retention strategy. Employees like to know where they are going…
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Rosetta Stone Solutions Highlighted as Models in Digital Learning
Recently, Rosetta Stone® products and efforts for higher education were featured in the Center for Digital Education’s comprehensive new special report, The Curriculum of the Future. Rosetta Stone was highlighted…
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Language Departments Could Influence College Rankings
Institutional rankings can make a big difference in the further success of a college or university. As reported by the Times Higher Education World University Rankings 2014–2015, high rankings can…
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The Galatea Effect: How to Cultivate Employee-Driven Development
We wrote last week about the Pygmalion and Galatea effects and their role in the workplace. Harnessing them can enable transformative changes in your organization for a relatively low investment—it…
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The Pygmalion-Galatea Tango: Driving Performance from Employee and Supervisor Expectations
One of the most famous people in business history, Henry Ford, once said about expectations: “Whether you think you can or think you can’t, you’re probably right.” Over the last…
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Development Plans: Employee-Driven vs. Supervisor-Driven
Central to the goal of employee growth is the development plan. After all, growth is accomplished more efficiently when tackled in a systematic, professional fashion. But who should steer the…
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Innovating Pedagogy Report and Language Tech
In the Innovating Pedagogy 2014 report, Open University outlines ten innovations in teaching, learning, and assessment that could have a profound influence on education, bringing about a more “interactive world.”…
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