Session #815: Everything You Need to Know About Corporate Universities: Launching, Managing and Evaluating
The corporate university has gone from being nice-to-have to must-have; the difference lies in its level of sophistication and the extent of its contribution to the organization’s strategic success. Using a combination of research and best practices, we will explore the launch, management and evaluation elements of the most successful corporate universities, to ensure that yours delivers business results.
Learning Objectives:
- What a corporate university really is.
- How the best corporate universities help their organizations execute their strategic goals.
- Designing and launching (or re-launching) a corporate university.
- Running a corporate university so that everything you do contributes directly to the achievement of business objectives.
- How an evaluation program that measures the right things will demonstrate the value of your corporate university.
Mark Allen, Ph.D.
Mark Allen is a consultant and author who specializes in talent management and human resources. He is a professor at Pepperdine University where he serves as Academic Director of the Master of Science in Human Resources program. He is the author of Aha Moments in Talent Management, The Next Generation of Corporate Universities, and The Corporate University Handbook. In 2017, he was honored with the Global Training and Development Leadership Award by the World Human Resource Development Congress in Mumbai, India, and he was recently named one of the Top 100 Human Resources Influencers by Engagedly.