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Curriculum Planning Training Planning and Evaluation Knowledge management

Corporate Universities are one of an organization’s most important assets. Proving it can be a challenge, though, since it requires that they demonstrate the impact of their learning and training initiatives on individual and corporate performance. Corporate Universities are responsible for linking their own strategic plans and business objectives to the development of curricula for their learning and training programs, often in global environment. CSI extends comprehensive and timely solutions to the Corporate University.

The Challenge:
A leading, global consulting firm encountered this problem -- it was spending over $75 million per year on its Corporate University, and its partners demanded evidence that the hefty investment was profitable.

The Solution:
CSI worked with the client to:

• Analyze the entire spectrum of their activities and products
• Identify key areas of need including: strategic and operational planning, curriculum planning and evaluation, and training planning and evaluation
• Provide the tools to easily and rapidly involve a broad spectrum of stakeholders, inside the corporate university and throughout their global organization, in all levels of input on Corporate University activities

The Results:
The client had the benefit of:

• Significantly reduced costs and increased efficiencies in strategic and operational planning, curriculum planning and evaluation, and training planning and evaluation
• Strong buy-in and involvement of external, organizational clients
• The ability to detect and resolve disconnects between training design teams and clients before investing in costly training development efforts
• Strong recognition throughout the organization of the value of the corporate university in supporting organizational strategic objectives and performance