Chief Learning Officer: CLO Discusses Business Drivers for Real-Time Learning; Washington Gas Engages in Real-Time Knowledge Transfer.CHICAGO -- There is a growing awareness among managers that significant productivity gains remain to be made in the human capital arena. Traditional approaches to learning have made some impact on productivity and quality, but that impact has arguably ar·gu·a·ble adj. 1. Open to argument: an arguable question, still unresolved. 2. That can be argued plausibly; defensible in argument: three arguable points of law. reached a plateau plateau, elevated, level or nearly level portion of the earth's surface, larger in summit area than a mountain and bounded on at least one side by steep slopes, occurring on land or in oceans. . The Productivity feature in the May issue of Chief Learning Officer magazine considers the concept of real-time 1. real-time - Describes an application which requires a program to respond to stimuli within some small upper limit of response time (typically milli- or microseconds). Process control at a chemical plant is the classic example. learning relative to other learning regimens as a way to boost workforce productivity. A case study on Washington Gas WGL Holdings, Inc. (NYSE: WGL), is a public utility holding company serving customers in the District of Columbia, Maryland, and Virginia. The company's Washington Gas subsidiary distributes natural gas to more than one million customers. illustrates the benefits of its Learning Solutions Center to create a more systematic, consistent approach to learning for its employees. |
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