Competing with Harvard Business School, USA

Call of the Wild  Ltd’s Development Academy, our web enabled learning platform, is currently on a 3 month trial with one of the UK’s largest public sector bodies. Not only is this a coup in itself but it is being trialled with Harvard Business School’s online learning facility.

Harvard Business School in Boston, USA, is one of the world’s pre-eminent Business Schools drawing on its experience in working with organizations worldwide, and the insights gained from their research to educate generations of leaders who have shaped the practice of business in every industry and in every country around the world.

Call of the Wild’s e-learning online development academy is our exciting  interactive website. It is a facility designed to both enhance our face to face development services and also to act as an invaluable learning resource which our clients can use throughout their managerial career.

It provides practical online management education that is geared towards business managers. It is most successful as a blended learning approach i.e. linked to a company’s values, behaviours, competency frameworks, performance reviews and/or off-line training initiatives This has been stimulated by feedback from our clients. A number of recurring issues kept arising:-

1. Firstly time away from the office and its associated costs is of paramount importance in the current economic climate. Therefore the more this can be eliminated the better.
2. You’re all busy people with heavy workloads but with the desire to further your vocational knowledge to enable improved performance and progression. E-learning is an excellent means of achieving this difficult balance.
3. Retention of learning. Course material can be posted on the site together with pre and most importantly post course material.
4. CPD - For continued learning after the programme and throughout your career.

“To be competing with the likes of Harvard Business School is a real compliment  and reflects the world class quality of the service we offer our clients,” explained Kevin Gould, Director of Learning and Development at Call of the Wild.

The client will be assessing the attributes of both online systems over the next 3 month period after which they will decide on the best system to suit their requirements. It will then be rolled out across the organisation as a staff performance development tool.