In the first part of this article, we discussed Workplace Change and the Speed of Information. In part two, we complete our discussion with a look at information technology’s effect on Social Systems, Skills Displacement, and the Dynamics of Information Technology.

Social Systems

Questions in the information age have been surfacing, causing rifts in the social system of the organization. Changes in thought are occurring as part of the cultural transformation. Work groups are forming as workers move away from linear processing (assembly lines) and toward other models and dynamics, yet we are glued to the computer more. Social interaction as our parents and grandparents knew it is on the decline. Organizations will be forced to adopt changes in order to survive in the fast-paced information age.

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A “Biz-y” Year

We have had a great 2007 at Bizmanualz, with considerable successes for all three product areas (training, off-the-shelf manuals, and consulting) in our mission to help businesses and organizations discover and follow the path to success.

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The articles in September were intended to give you glimpses of developments at Bizmanualz. Our first article was about the newly redesigned Internal Auditor class. The next article talked about our new learning center and last week’s article covered the release of the Spanish ISO 22000 Procedures Manual.

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Our mission at Bizmanualz is to help other businesses succeed. Our product line of policies and procedures manuals, business process training, and business consulting are all geared toward helping organizations realize their vision and mission, and then implementing these over-arching principles operationally through alignment and control of internal processes in order to achieve continual improvement and reach important goals.

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There are claims made in so many trade journal articles and web page texts about how to make “training stick.” (Or, in the vernacular – “training transfer”)  In spite of so many claims, really only a small percentage of internal and external learning will be successfully applied to improve work. 

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Question of the month: Under what situations can training be financially justified?

The email articles in August talked about workplace training programs. Highly trained and competent employees are great assets to any company. These employees grow and change as

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Last week we discussed some tips to enhance your company’s training and training programs. This included a whole lot of “do’s” and a few “don’ts” to providing good training sessions and programs.This week we will discuss the results of good training classes and programs.

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Last week we discussed why companies do and do not invest in training programs for employees. We discussed some strengths and weaknesses of training programs, along with some examples of each. This week we will discuss some aspects of “how” to provide good training.

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Why do training?

As an auditor, consultant, employee, and trainer, I have been in many dozens of different facilities. With that background I have been able to identify a common trait among companies that have strong business management systems,

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Phase Three in a Five-Part SeriesPhase One: Discovery

Before beginning our discussion of The Development Phase, let’s recap. In Phase I (Discovery) we learned how your organization specifies the project mission, objectives and effectiveness criteria. Phase II (Planning) entailed setting requirements for project tools,

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