While offering learning and developmental opportunities is also a popular route to take in providing job satisfaction for employees, pay-for-performance plans are often the most appropriate incentives to increase the business productivity for even the highest performers in a company. This whitepaper explains why many companies are turning to formalized compensation plans to dictate the rules of adjustments, bonuses and incentivized pay.

This whitepaper outlines actionable, best practices for going beyond controlling the costs associated with absent employees, to obtaining measurable improvements in workforce schedules and facilitating compliance with government and internal regulations.

Lean manufacturing initiatives and strategies can also be effectively applied toward a business's largest controllable expense - its workforce.
This paper examines:

• LEAN manufacturing workforce management initiatives
• the opportunities and benefits they provide
• the enterprise applications available to manage and support them

Social learning can be classified as: "Any type of learning where a person learns vicariously through the observations of, or interactions with, others." Useful social technologies enable providers and users to navigate what is now called the "Seven Cs" - Content, Consumption, Contribution, Conversation, Collaboration, Connections, and Control while remaining meaningful to the workflow of the business.

As an integrated suite of Web-based tools, Learning Maestro helps organizations assess, deliver and measure enterprise learning and development:

• Assess organizational and individual competencies, deficiencies and training needs using a variety of powerful tools, including online testing and survey instruments, talent development and performance management tools.
• Deliver required training initiatives to address identified performance and learning needs using the most appropriate method (e-learning, classroom, self-study webcast, mentoring, blended, etc.)...
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  Mobile Learning solutions are significantly expanding how organizations train their employees, contractors, customers, and partners by allowing users to access content from anywhere, anytime more easily. Whether providing certification-based or informal training, organizations that invest in this new and powerful technology can expect to achieve numerous benefits. This free mobile learning field guide will explore five critical steps to ensure that you get the most out of your mobile learning investments.
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  This paper explains how a learning management compliance solution can help manage an organization's compliance requirements.
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  This whitepaper describes the sweeping new regulatory framework that's emerging as a result of the global financial crisis, affecting many aspects of corporate operations, including HR.
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  • how they will impact HR divisions and broader business
  • what organizational and technological changes will need to occur to become compliant
  
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  This whitepaper takes you step-by-step through the process of addressing your immediate problems, building alliances throughout your organization, and making a successful business case for an LMS, including:

  • Analyzing your current processes and identifying your needs
  • Mapping out the various processes and training requirements
  • Calculating the financial impact of training
  • Making the case and managing the project
  
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  Through the use of the SIMPLE acronym, this whitepaper offers an introduction to using templates for rapid content development. It also includes best practices and tips for working with subject matter experts (SMEs).
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  In this whitepaper, you'll find six critical tips for achieving and maintaining alignment between your employees and your business goals.
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  This whitepaper includes ten steps that can save you time and expense as you work to drive better organizational alignment.
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  • the ten most important things to consider before you embark on organizational alignment project
  • how to position HR in the process-and what role HR professionals should play
  • best practices for avoiding common pitfalls, such as planning a multi-tiered rollout to help goals work their way down an organization
  
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  Wondering why performance management matters? In this whitepaper, you'll learn:

  • how an employee performance management system helps you align organizational goals with employee objectives
  • why EPM systems provide more reliable, straightforward access to performance information
  • ways to leverage an EPM to make better employee-related decisions and improve retention
  • how to beat the "annual because it's manual" mantra for improved employee development
  • why organizations of all sizes are suddenly rushing to automate their EPM ...
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    84% of HR and business leaders believe that providing career advancement opportunities to top performing employees is the most impactful way to retain them. Yet only 43% of organizations have put in place a systematic process for employee development.

    Download your free whitepaper and get three key tips for leveraging proven talent management principles, practices, and technologies to retain your top performers.

    
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    • Improve business performance and productivity
    
    >> Download now]]> http://www.sumtotalsystems.com/resources/login_global.html?id=140 Mon, 28 Mar 2011 08:00:00 PST This paper describes five ways that performance management can improve training initiatives:
    • Producing development plans that work
    • Improving leadership development programs
    • Making learning opportunities more visible
    • Aligning the training department to organizational needs
    • Making learning and human resources more strategic
    
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    The purpose of this paper is to demonstrate how the Extended Enterprise platform brings about the efficient delivery of knowledge to customers, partners, suppliers, channel and distribution networks, independent agents, and others for the strategic purpose of transforming business performance.

    
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    • looks at e-learning from a business manager's perspective
    • describes how e-Learning can improve your bottom line
    • describes how e-Learning can build a compelling business case reaching out to your external audiences including customers, partners, channel or distributor networks, independent agents, suppliers, franchises/franchisees, association members, contractors or volunteers
    
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    This CEO Guide:

    • Explains five key tips for jump starting your succession planning efforts to better manage risk and ensure business continuity
    • Provides the foundation to further understanding the impact that a strong succession strategy can have on your organization
    
    >> Download now]]> http://www.sumtotalsystems.com/resources/login_global.html?id=136 Tue, 22 Feb 2011 08:00:00 PST The purpose of this paper is to demonstrate how the Extended Enterprise platform can help specific verticals to promote and sell their products to external audiences. In particular, it investigates the value of the Extended Enterprise solution in:
    • Financial Services
    • Insurance
    • Government
    • Retail
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    • better financial performance
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    • more productive employees

    Companies with higher percentages of engaged employees perform better than their industry peers. Download the whitepaper to find out how.

    
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    • successfully manage employee development to impact the organization's bottom line
    • gain the highest return on learning and development investments
    • Link learning initiatives with key performance indicators
    • Align human capital resources with organizational objectives

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    • The importance of a talent mobility strategy
    • Considerations for approaching and deploying the strategy
    • The significant business benefits that a talent mobility strategy affords

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    >> Download now]]> http://www.sumtotalsystems.com/resources/login_global.html?id=131 Sat, 13 Nov 2010 08:00:00 PST There is a new wave of thinking about what it means to be strategic, and savvy human resources (HR) executives are leading forward-thinking organizations in integrating human capital management (HCM) to optimize organizational success.

    Strategic goals can shift depending on the political climate, business demands, and the changing needs of an organization. However, being strategic means being able to make rapid and informed decisions and take the actions necessary that will enable the entire organization to be successful in the long run.

    
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    According to SumTotal's 2010 State of Global People Management worldwide survey of human resources (HR) leaders, organizations with fully integrated HR and talent processes, systems, and data outperform those organizations that have not integrated by 41% across twelve key HR and business operating metrics.

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    >> Download now]]> http://www.sumtotalsystems.com/resources/login_global.html?id=129 Sat, 13 Nov 2010 08:00:00 PST This field guide will explore:

    • Providing accessible and secure cross functional compliance reports and audit trails of all transactions and performance
    • Consistently measuring and communicating the impact of HR programs, especially to secure funding for strategic initiatives
    • Easily configuring a performance management system to suit your organization's unique needs
    
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    • Automate and standardize learning and training practices, processes, and content
    • Reduce administration and delivery costs while providing faster delivery
    • Enable blending learning programs (online and instructor-led curricula, courses...
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      • Standardize, automate, and optimize succession planning processes and practices across the organization
      • Provide senior management with global visibility into the talent pipeline and overall bench strength by leveraging dynamic talent pools and advanced analytics
      
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      • Enable full lifecycle recruiting and hiring , including workforce planning, talent needs assessments, sourcing management, candidate evaluation, offer and onboarding management, and reporting/analysis
      • Sta...
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