About adding value

Value + Value = 3xValue

That's the equation you want to aim for in your business investment. By leveraging the ROI on training you will expect to see improvements in productivity and reductions in wasted product or time. However, there are other benefits of training:

• When you make best use of the technology you already have installed to improve production that's added value.
• When you improve the job satisfaction of an employee through training and that employee continues to work for you for many years, that is added value.

So what happens when a machine breaks down?

Employees/operators are standing idle. They may be asked to move onto housekeeping duties to fill their time, but how much more effectively would their time be used if they had the option of training?

This is a possibility if large amounts of their theoretical training can be done online or over your company intranet.

Maximise knowledge with an intranet

Intranets can help maximise your investment in training, in policies and procedures, and in reference material.

An intranet is a website that is accessed only by the people who have access to it. It can be housed on a server run by someone else, just like a normal website; OR you can host it on your company server - so that anyone in the business can link to it.

Intranets do not have to be expensive installations. Provided you have a machine that can become a dedicated server, your intranet software can come FREE! The only cost will be the time it takes to set up and connect to other computers in your business. After that you have the perfect vehicle to deliver training modules and to ensure your employees are looking at the most up-to-date version of all your policies and procedures.

Edutech process

So how can Edutech KM add value to your business?
We can:

• Work with you to define what is the most cost effective way of delivering information or training to your employees
• Identify which of your current systems can be utilised for delivery of training
  
• Plan a timeline for the development of your online delivery system or learning modules
• Liaise with our strategic partners to secure you the most appropriate hardware (if required) for your system
• Work with trainers within your business to develop training systems that take advantage of the best the online environment has to offer
• Develop interactive learning modules at a cost to suit your budget
• Help you manage the assessment and training data that evolves from your new system
  

Guiding principles

At Edutech KM we measure our work against these guiding principles:

• Effective learning is always shaped around the needs of the learner and the organisation
• Training is not the ultimate goal; changed behaviour through understanding is the real goal
• Language must match the users' ability; illustration must add to understanding
• The best tools are those that suit the client's environment
• Assessment is a waste of time unless it measures the right things in the right way
• Work smart to maximise return on investment and measure results to prove it

If you are developing a Request for Proposal for training, try and build these elements into the specifications you want from your contractors. Ask them:

• How they will measure changed behaviour
• How they will decide on the best tools to use (not just sticking to the tools they normally use)
• How they suggest you can measure ROI

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