First, this is an opinion piece – I have not seen systematic research on the value of corporate universities.  But a recent client experience reinforced something I said in the first edition of Building Expertise: Corporate Universities are often a STEP BACKWARD.

Of course there are many different implementations of Corporate Universities.  But just the name signals an emphasis on education rather than organizational performance improvement.  Education has it’s place – but often the residue of an educational rather than work performance emphasis is transfer failure.   Rather than signal an educational metaphor, how about a title that suggests improved workplace performance such as Capability Development or????  What do you think about corporate universities?

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Original Article: http://clarktraining.com/blog/