Education and engagement

The lack of training or outright lack of interest of managers is the main obstacle encountered by companies that want to increase the level of commitment to their employees. According to Martin Vickers argues, the Institute for Corporate Productivity, promote commitment in times of economic uncertainty we live is key for organizations. Manea to inculcate the best, he says, is that companies are serious about training their managers in this regard.

The commitment the company is always a matter of prime importance, but in a moment of uncertainty as we live it is even more. When the faltering labor and employees are asked to do more for less, their stress levels rise and fall of commitment. As suggested by Mark Vickers, Institute for Corporate Productivity, in an article published by the American Association Manager, develop effective strategies for workers to have a good level of commitment is key today.

According to a survey conducted by the Institute for Corporate Productivity, late last year, only one third of American workers were very committed to your business. The level of commitment of nearly a quarter did not exist.

The survey, which involved 776 people, also revealed that four out of five workers, the commitment was important or very important. What happens then? According to Vickers, the problem is that many organizations do not know how to deal with this issue. "Commitment", in fact, can be seen as an unclear term that is so difficult to measure as to inculcate. Still, the author argues that there are several practical things that can be carried out to increase that commitment.

Culture and leadership

What the survey shows the Vickers referred to is that companies in which there is a higher percentage of workers involved are different from those where this percentage is lower in strategic areas that have actively promoted it. It also suggests that one of the best ways of strengthening it is to make sure that managers, including immediate supervisors are adequately trained in this area. In fact, a good relationship between employee and supervisor is seen as the main lever for which the worker agrees.

Still, most managers fail in this area. Less than a third (29%) of respondents to that survey said their officers were carrying out actions in this regard. 79% said their companies should. Only 15% agreed that their managers were well qualified to build commitment among its workforce.

Many leaders and managers must improve their skills. His lack of knowledge is a major barrier to get the employee's commitment. Therefore, companies should train their managers and make them responsible for actively apply their knowledge.

Interestingly, the highest levels of commitment are closely linked to good market performance (earnings growth, customer satisfaction, profitability ...)

Learning Culture

On the other hand, the article says, companies with more engaged employees rely on communities of practice drive or extending the powers of its employees. In short, they put emphasis on what can be termed "learning culture."

By contrast, organizations with lower levels of commitment does not take actions to avoid it, show ultimately passive. Moreover, when they have financial difficulties, many managers are tempted to overlook this issue for a second term.

It is true, on the other hand, stressful working conditions are an almost insurmountable barrier to generate commitment among workers. A third of respondents in the study referred Vickers said that such conditions inhibited to commit. These situations are not seen, however, as a major impediment in comparison with the fact that we mentioned before, ie, lack of skills (or interest) between management

Vickers argues, finally, that the commitment levels can be increased even in bad times, in which organizations can address and make the right decisions. A high level of commitment is linked to an improvement in customer service, improved productivity, is, in short, "healthy."

The e-learning revolution

The concept of Information Society was created from the central role that was taking the information into the new routines of individuals, companies and countries, driven also by new technologies and the potential of internet and various electronic media.

The e-Learning has become a real and very valuable option for many companies and universities as well as employees and students in the world who have found a way to continue their education costs and saving time and allowing greater flexibility better suit their lifestyles.

To this is added the possibility for people to interact with other cultures and to build web content, which means that there is an enormous wealth of sources and a relatively quick update content.

It is, on the one hand, distance education self-directed, which is one in which there are separate training materials, when the user logs on and is content, materials and assessments, and, second, distance education directed that is where we exploit different tools such as chats, forums and video, and built various learning activities.



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In the U.S., for example, according to a study by the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation, the growth of American student incorporating online education exceeds 10% annually.

Save time and money

In times of economic crisis many companies and universities have to cut expenses while working and, therefore, what they should do is get a lot less. The e-Learning becomes easy for the student because it is in their own time and less cost, but at the same time, for companies and universities and that means training and education, respectively, of an easier way for people who are hiring and receiving throughout the year, virtually without removing them from their jobs or their country of residence.

On one side are the universities, who are increasingly migrating towards providing most of its distance learning programs and even have races now face that have online activities, and, secondly, there are enterprises in which there are different forms of e-Learning as the company's own content that are closed to the public and administered by human resources, continuing professional development of employees, and courses of welfare for workers and their families.

He explained to Tendencias21 Bodil Maul, manager of corporate accounts Netting Solutions with extensive experience in implementing e-Learning solutions for multinational companies, "Today, many multinationals have e-Learning programs as part of its training strategy and some have their own platforms (LMS) and content developed internally and others choose to outsourcing. "

Ninette Gaxiola, corporate education coordinator Netting Solutions company that provides solutions for audiences in Latin America, North America and Europe, said in turn to Tendencias21: "The e-Learning, understood as the possibility of incorporating new information technologies and communication in the processes of production, transmission and management of knowledge gives us the opportunity to perform this task in a more effective, cost effective and tailored to the needs of a society in which 2.0 technology allows us to cooperate actively. It is not only to make available to staff online courses, but to identify and build, with the support of experts, the strategy that meets the needs of each group integrating the most useful technological elements for each goal and each occasion. "

"Something fundamental is to have a strategy that you know exactly why you want to use this medium of education and training, and, likewise, have clear metrics to evaluate their impact on the organization and its users," says Maul.

The mobile world

And is that e-Learning is part of a set of technologies, media, tools and strategies in today's world, a "mobile world" in which people are "on the go, do not stop, but continue their work from wherever they are. Many large companies globally accepted and even offer their employees the option of working from home, and expected everything to be faster and more efficient, no matter where or how.

Keep in mind that a large variety of these electronic tools not only work on computers, but also from mobile devices, which really makes many people to access them and can work in their training from the most unexpected places.

Today, people want flexibility and speed, you have the option to bring all its business at the leading lifestyle, work and take advantage of free time while traveling, and being able to simultaneously combine personal and educational activities that contribute to the improvement.

In short, there are many choices you have those who really are willing to learn without being affected daily activities and free time. It's a moving world where more and less important where, when and how.