May 2008
Kohl’s Department Stores (NYSE: KSS) announced a $3 million gift to
the University of Wisconsin-Madison (UW-Madison) to establish the
Kohl’s Department Stores Centre for Retailing Excellence.
Ref: 05/001
Corporate Universities are a growing trend, moving from leading
American organizations to European ones. Companies are increasingly
creating their own degree-granting programmes with the purpose of
delivering specific company training to their managerial staff
and providing hands-on and directly applicable learning. These
learning projects contribute to reinforcing the staff’s sense of
belonging to their company, help staff to keep up with changing
business needs, and start and support strategic change in order to
stay competitive in the global marketplace.
Ref:05/002
A corporate university-style initiative between Manchester Business
School and construction firm Styles and Wood provides management and
business skills training for construction professionals and includes
modules that emphasise interdisciplinary teamwork, goal setting and
management in a customer-oriented service-led culture.
Ref: 05/003
Trump University's Ivy League entrepreneurship courses have become
part of Virginia Western Community College's Workforce Development
Services "Learn Connect" training. The addition is in response to
Virginia's local economic development programs focused on the growth
of new businesses.
Ref: 05/004
Training is just as integral to a restaurant chain as operations,
real estate and menu development, according to Gail Lyman, Director
of Training and Development for First Hospitality Group. During an
educational session at the National Restaurant Association
Restaurant, Hotel-Motel Show, she discussed the components of a good
training department and how it
should include corporate universities that teach managerial skills
such as how to motivate employees, communication, leadership, career
development.
Ref: 05/005
Turning out well-qualified accounting majors in increasing numbers
is of great importance to academia and the profession. More
resources are being committed to recruiting accounting students and
seeing them through to graduation. This is in response to demands
from the accounting profession and from university administrators
who want to increase enrolment.
Ref: 05/006
The new GRI Matchmaker Program is linking companies with
undergraduate and graduate business students who offer their
services in assessing, evaluating, and critiquing the companies' CSR
reporting efforts. The student teams, guided by business professors,
act almost as free consultants, creating benefits for both the
learners and the companies they study.
Ref: 05/007
Alexander Haig’s business TV series and the Alliance for Technology
Education (TATE) is offering universities curriculum, on-campus TV
content and library modules at no cost to promote business and
technology education to today’s Future Business Leaders.
Ref: 05/008
The OPEN CORPORATE UNIVERSITY (OCU)
architecture brings a new dimension of excellence to this business
and people development innovation
Ref: 05/009
