BetterManagement.com Partners with Harvard Business School Publishing to Expand Online Learning.Business Editors/Education & High-Tech Writers PORTLAND, Ore.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Aug. 1, 2002 BetterManagement.com, the leading performance management Internet Internet Publicly accessible computer network connecting many smaller networks from around the world. It grew out of a U.S. Defense Department program called ARPANET (Advanced Research Projects Agency Network), established in 1969 with connections between computers at the portal, announced today an agreement with Harvard Business School Publishing Harvard Business School Publishing is a not-for-profit, wholly owned subsidiary of Harvard Business School. It operates as an umbrella corporation to manage a group of publishing products associated with the School, including Harvard Business Review (management journal), Harvard (HBSP HBSP Harvard Business School Publishing ) to offer leadership and management e-learning solutions to business professionals. More than 40 e-learning modules from Harvard Business School Publishing will be offered to BetterManagement.com members. Sample titles include "Capitalizing on Change," "Keeping Teams on Target," and "Focusing on Your Customer." The programs will be available on-line as part of Better Management University, a division of BetterManagement.com, which currently offers over 140 business and performance management courses. "Harvard Business School Harvard Business School, officially named the Harvard Business School: George F. Baker Foundation, and also known as HBS, is one of the graduate schools of Harvard University. Publishing's eLearning division has brought the world's leading management minds together, leveraging interactive technology to deliver some of the best e-training currently available," said Jeanette Hansen-Slepian, president of BetterManagement.com. "This partnership provides our members with instant access to management tactics, techniques and insights that is vital for improved organizational performance Organizational performance comprises the actual output or results of an organization as measured against its intended outputs (or goals and objectives). Specialists in many fields are concerned with organizational performance including strategic planners, operations, ." "Our mission is to improve the practice of management by providing quality, trusted and accessible on-line learning to corporations around the world," said Jonathon Levy, vice president of eLearning Programs for Harvard Business School Publishing. "We are pleased to be working with BetterManagement.com to bring this mission to their extensive audience of business leaders." Since its launch two years ago, BetterManagement.com has attracted a global audience of thought leaders. The portal has partnered with over 200 organizations and individuals to present thousands of articles, white papers, audio and video content on performance management topics. The expansion of the relationship with Harvard Business School Publishing further enhances the quality of authoritative content on the portal. Topics covered include scorecarding, cost management, supply chain management, resource planning Resource planning may refer to:
About BetterManagement.com (www.BetterManagement.com) BetterManagement.com is the leading performance management Internet portal. It enables managers to optimize optimize - optimisation individual performance and organizational performance through better management decisions. The digital resource provides content from industry-leading sources on performance measurement, profitability analysis, cost management, business process planning and value collaboration Working together on a project. See collaborative software. . Through a rich network of partnerships, BetterManagement.com delivers white papers, articles, interviews and seminars. Additional educational resources include individual courses or online degree programs in key business areas. About Harvard Business School Publishing eLearning Harvard Business School Publishing (HBSP) is a wholly owned, not-for-profit Not-for-profit An organization established for charitable, humanitarian, or educational purposes that is exempt from some taxes and in which no one in profits or losses. subsidiary of Harvard University Harvard University, mainly at Cambridge, Mass., including Harvard College, the oldest American college. Harvard College Harvard College, originally for men, was founded in 1636 with a grant from the General Court of the Massachusetts Bay Colony. . HBSP's eLearning division provides leadership and general management expertise through on-line programs to a growing list of over 500 corporate eLearning clients. Combining premier content with flexible technology, the eLearning programs bring powerful ideas and tools to the desktops of executives and managers around the world helping corporations improve management performance. HBSP's eLearning programs include Harvard ManageMentor(R), Leadership Transitions, Managing Change, Decision Making, Coaching for Results, Influencing and Motivating Others and more. |
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