Harvard Business School Publishing Customer Wins Optimas Award; HBSP eLearning Earns Unprecedented Nine Awards in 2003.

Business Editors

BOSTON--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Jan. 21, 2004

Culminating a year of winning an unprecedented number of product and corporate awards for the eLearning division, Harvard Business School Publishing (HBSP) announced that its customer Monical Pizza Corp. has been awarded the Workforce Management Optimas Award for Vision.

"It's an honor to win industry awards, but our real measure of success comes from our customers who gain lasting value from the eLearning programs we offer. We are so pleased to see our customers gain industry recognition for their efforts," said Maureen Betses, vice president eLearning, Harvard Business School Publishing. "We delivered several innovative eLearning programs in 2003, which have enjoyed both wide adoption by our customers and industry recognition in the form of these awards. In the coming year, our focus will continue to be on creating unique eLearning programs that help managers become more effective leaders."

The complete list of eLearning awards won by HBSP in 2003 includes:

-- HR Executive Annual Top Training Products -Managing Difficult

Conversations

-- Training Media Review's Top 10 Best Online Products -

Productive Business Dialogue

-- International CINDY Awards- Gold, Training category: Managing

Change

-- International CINDY Awards - Silver, Training category:

Influencing and Motivating Others

-- International CINDY Awards - Silver, Training category:

Decision Making

-- MCAI's Awards in Media Excellence (AiME) - Silver: Service

Success

-- Training Magazine's First Annual Achieving Performance

eXcellence (APX) Awards - Best Business Management/Leadership

Skills Training Provider

-- Training Media Review's First Annual Best2Buy Awards, finalist

- Productive Business Dialogue

Harvard Business School Publishing's eLearning product lines, including Harvard ManageMentor(R), Leadership and Management Development Programs, and the Faculty Seminar Series, play distinct roles in management and leadership development training. Customers often implement the complete package, while others select individual modules or combine programs to develop a learning offering that can stand on its own or be integrated into existing learning initiatives. HBSP works with organizations to provide comprehensive training solutions that include eLearning programs as well as Harvard Business Review, newsletters, books, case studies and conferences.

Details of Monical's Pizza's innovative and results-generating training program can be found in the press release archive section of www.elearning.hbsp.org. They will also be highlighted in an upcoming issue of Workforce Management Magazine.

About Harvard Business School Publishing eLearning

Harvard Business School Publishing (HBSP) is a wholly owned, not-for-profit subsidiary of Harvard University. The HBSP eLearning division provides online leadership and management programs to a growing list of over 500 corporate eLearning clients. Combining premier content with flexible technology, HBSP eLearning is transforming the way that important management ideas are shared in the workplace. The eLearning programs include Harvard ManageMentor(R), Leadership Transitions, Managing Change, Decision Making, Coaching for Results, Influencing and Motivating Others and more. www.eLearning.hbsp.org