At the AMERICAN SOCIETY OF TRAINING AND DEVELOPMENT CONFERENCE, NEW ORLEANS, IBM Corporation announced that it has teamed with Harvard Business School Publishing's (HBSP) eLearning division to deliver HBSP's award- winning corporate training content through IBM Lotus LearningSpace 5.0, the high-performance e-learning platform from IBM Mindspan Solutions. Complementing IBM's award-winning suite of management development solutions and services, the combined offering will provide customers with easy access to timely and relevant business training content in a proven e-learning infrastructure.
By coupling Harvard Business School Publishing's training content with the advanced features of Lotus LearningSpace 5.0, customers will optimize their learning experience with three distinct modes of learning -- self-paced, collaborative and live virtual classroom. In addition, Lotus LearningSpace advanced tracking system makes it easy for instructors to monitor trainee performance and success, translating into simple calculation of return on investment figures. Lotus LearningSpace also complies with e-learning standards to ease implementation and protect customer investments, while its extremely scalable architecture allows customers to easily build in more courses and capabilities as their departments and companies grow.
Working with HBSP has allowed IBM Mindspan to blend its e-learning platform with content from renowned subject experts in management and leadership development. As the pioneer of the case-based approach to learning, which puts managers in lifelike situations to learn through trial and error, HBSP combines learning materials from some of the world's best known business minds to provide customers with a stimulating and relevant learning experience. This off-the-shelf solution can be integrated with IBM's blended, online and classroom-based Management Development Training Solution.
"This relationship allows us to offer our leadership and management content through an off-the-shelf solution from a trusted brand, giving customers a solution that is cost-effective and easy to implement in a very short timeframe," said Ian Fanton, chief relationship officer at Harvard Business School Publishing.
"With such a superior grasp on what organizations need, Harvard Business School Publishing is well positioned to help support our mission to offer customers one of the best e-learning options in corporate management training," said Karen Kocher, content offering executive, IBM Mindspan Solutions worldwide.
The IBM Mindspan Advanced Leadership Solution featuring Harvard Business School Publishing's eLearning programs is now available through the IBM Mindspan Solutions sales channel.
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