U.S. Department of Justice Completes Internal Report on Training; Report Confirms High Value, Cost-effectiveness of Ninth House E-Learning for Employees.Business Editors/High-Tech Writers SAN FRANCISCO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--April 24, 2003 Ninth House, Inc., the leading online business skills training provider, today announced that the United States Department of Justice “Justice Department” redirects here. For other uses, see Department of Justice. The United States Department of Justice (DOJ) is a Cabinet department in the United States government designed to enforce the law and defend the interests of the United States (DOJ (Department Of Justice) The legal arm of the U.S. government that represents the public interest of the United States. It is headed by the Attorney General. ) has completed a cost/time savings and course evaluation A course evaluation is a paper or electronic questionnaire, which requires a written or selected response answer to a series of questions in order to evaluate the instruction of a given course. report of Ninth House e-Learning, which indicates significant time and money savings as well as high satisfaction ratings from employees in 10 Department of Justice components. The report also shows that Ninth House courses support all core qualifications listed by the U.S. Office of Personnel Management. The report is the result of the compilation of two years of data, which the DOJ collected to evaluate Ninth House courses and simulations. One part of the report compared the cost and time-away-from-work with a comparable instructor-led course. Their conclusion: per course, Ninth House e-Learning saved $2,489 and 34 hours of employee work time per person over the two-year period. The report went on to specify cumulative savings of $2.6 million and 7 work years from using e-Learning instead of instructor-based classes over the same period. Additionally, 1,069 employees completed the Situational Leadership and Self Management training using Ninth House, 10 times the number who received similar instructor-led training in the same time period. When compared to traditional classroom training, the report showed a time savings of 69 work years for the 4,437 Ninth House courses taken by Department of Justice employees during FY 2001-FY 2002. The report also analyzed the applicability of Ninth House courses to federal agencies. Ninth House courses were compared with the Office of Personnel Management's (OPM See Oracle Process Manufacturing. ) core qualifications and found to support them across the board. OPM core qualifications are required for senior level managers at every federal agency, including the Department of Justice, and include categories such as leading change, leading people, being results driven, business acumen acumen Astuteness, perception, perspicacity , building coalitions, and communications. In addition, the report noted that "most Ninth House courses are valuable for federal employees at all GS (government service) levels," so these courses can be taught throughout the organization easily and efficiently. Finally, the study incorporated evaluations performed across Department of Justice components. Cross-division surveys completed from October 2000 to June 2002 showed that an overwhelming majority of employees cited Ninth House as "equal or superior to classroom training" and an even higher percentage agreed that Ninth House courses were "equal or superior to other computer-based, CD-ROM CD-ROM: see compact disc. CD-ROM in full compact disc read-only memory Type of computer storage medium that is read optically (e.g., by a laser). or web-based courses." "Organizations like the Department of Justice are finding that they can effect behavioral change faster and better with our online training," said Ninth House CEO (1) (Chief Executive Officer) The highest individual in command of an organization. Typically the president of the company, the CEO reports to the Chairman of the Board. and President Jeff Snipes Snipes (Diminutive for Snipers) is a text-mode networked computer game that was created in 1983 by SuperSet software. Snipes is officially credited as being the original inspiration for Novell NetWare. . "That's no small feat for a 130,000-person organization with one of the most important missions in the country." About Ninth House Ninth House helps organizations drive behavioral change across the enterprise by providing the most effective and engaging online business skills training available today. Ninth House(R) courses, eSeries(R) simulations and Instant Advice(R) modules combine engaging and interactive delivery with the teachings of the world's foremost business thinkers like Ken Blanchard, Tom Peters and Peter Senge. With usage rates that are 50% higher and course completion rates that are 300% higher than typical online learning rates, as well as a blended design that accelerates traditional classroom training, Ninth House has become the premier training choice of leading organizations like British Telecommunications, Wachovia Corporation, Empire BlueCross BlueShield, JP Morgan Chase, the U.S. Navy, the U.S. Department of Justice, Alumni Affairs and Development at Cornell University Cornell University, mainly at Ithaca, N.Y.; with land-grant, state, and private support; coeducational; chartered 1865, opened 1868. It was named for Ezra Cornell, who donated $500,000 and a tract of land. With the help of state senator Andrew D. and Sara Lee
Sara Lee Corporation (NYSE: SLE) is a global consumer-goods company based in Downers Grove, Illinois, USA. . Ninth House is headquartered in San Francisco San Francisco (săn frănsĭs`kō), city (1990 pop. 723,959), coextensive with San Francisco co., W Calif., on the tip of a peninsula between the Pacific Ocean and San Francisco Bay, which are connected by the strait known as the Golden , CA. For more information, please visit the Ninth House website at: www.ninthhouse.com, or call: 415-277-8200. Note to Editors: Ninth House(R) and Instant Advice(R) are registered trademarks of Ninth House, Inc. |
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