Lunch and Learn Workshop: Running Training Like a Business
When: Monday, January 17th, 2011 : 12:00PM - 2:00PM EDT
Where: American Chamber of Commerce, Hong Kong
Title: Running training Like a Business – Implications for a new Asian Model for Corporate Universities
How corporate training has changed over the years in Asia, and what the new trends are that can be implemented for your business.
Over the past 10 years, many things have changed in the training industry, not the least of which is that training now carries the mantle of learning and development, and constitutes a strategic commitment to talent management. The following are some of the fundamental trends in training:- There will be more and more information readily available to everyone. Dealing with content volume and quality will be a continuing challenge.
- Businesses will continue to look for the low cost venues to produce goods and maintain operations.
- Asian high growth economies will be subject to the same creative destruction forces that affect high growth companies globally.
- Asian populations will continue to have demographic changes that will affect the availability of talent. The huge expansion of the middle class will also affect the conditions of employment.
- Education level and continued educational competency will be a determining factor in market labor rates.
Mr. Peter McAteer will elaborate these trends and discuss how they are changing the landscape of training. He will also provide some case studies in which training has become an integral part of a business’ success.
Presenters:
Prior to joining Corporate University Xchange (CorpU) as the Chief Executive Officer in 2010, Peter was a member of the Executive Committee for Harvard Business Publishing (HBP) which oversees the Harvard Business Review Group, Harvard Business Press, Harvard Business Corporate Learning and Harvard Business Higher Education. Mr. McAteer also served as Managing Director for HBP’s Corporate Learning business, its fasting growing market segment. During Peter’s tenure, the Corporate Learning business more than doubled in size, received a range of awards for new products and greatly expanded its global distribution network.
Prior to joining Harvard Business Publishing, McAteer was Chief Learning Officer and Director of the Learning Resources Center for the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), directing global learning services for 30 service lines in 169 countries. Prior to joining the UNDP, McAteer was Vice President of Giga Information Group in Cambridge, MA, responsible for its innovative Human Resources e-Practices; Vice President of Leadership Development at Fidelity Investments in Boston; and Director of Consulting Services at Development Systems, Inc., in Wellesley.
McAteer has served as adjunct faculty in human resource management at Columbia University’s Graduate School of International and Public Affairs and has been a guest lecturer at various business schools including the Marshall School of Business at the University of Southern California and ESADE (Escuela Superior de Administración y Dirección de Empresas) in Spain. He holds undergraduate and graduate degrees from Rutgers University, and has written commentary.
