Comments on: How clear is your business case? http://www.jarche.com/2008/01/how-clear-is-your-business-case/ Life in Perpetual Beta Thu, 09 Feb 2012 01:59:38 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Karyn Romeis http://www.jarche.com/2008/01/how-clear-is-your-business-case/comment-page-1/#comment-157315 Karyn Romeis Wed, 16 Jan 2008 10:07:41 +0000 http://www.jarche.com/?p=1426#comment-157315 In the academic arena, learning for the sake of adding to the fund of knowledge is the norm. In the corporate world, where the bottom line is king, I would hazard to say that any learning that does not directly support performance is pointless. Don't get me wrong, I am a living, breathing example of the former, which is why my manager constantly refers to me as "a bloody academic". But, unless I can prove to him that this university course, that book, the other conference are going to add value to his cost centre, it's at my own cost and on my own time. In the academic arena, learning for the sake of adding to the fund of knowledge is the norm. In the corporate world, where the bottom line is king, I would hazard to say that any learning that does not directly support performance is pointless.

Don’t get me wrong, I am a living, breathing example of the former, which is why my manager constantly refers to me as “a bloody academic”. But, unless I can prove to him that this university course, that book, the other conference are going to add value to his cost centre, it’s at my own cost and on my own time.

]]> By: Joe Deegan http://www.jarche.com/2008/01/how-clear-is-your-business-case/comment-page-1/#comment-157224 Joe Deegan Wed, 16 Jan 2008 01:27:32 +0000 http://www.jarche.com/?p=1426#comment-157224 You've hit the nail on the head with your reference to performance support. I wear the instructional design hat for a retail company and I can say that I have shifted my focus from creating courses to creating job aids and other performance support tools. Currently I am working on a Wiki rather than focusing on designing some new course. As the purse strings tighten, corporations will be looking for low cost solutions that pack a punch and performance support is the answer. This really strikes a chord with me as I just finished "Job Aids & Performance Support" by Alison Rosset this morning. It's a good read for those interested in this topic. You’ve hit the nail on the head with your reference to performance support. I wear the instructional design hat for a retail company and I can say that I have shifted my focus from creating courses to creating job aids and other performance support tools. Currently I am working on a Wiki rather than focusing on designing some new course.
As the purse strings tighten, corporations will be looking for low cost solutions that pack a punch and performance support is the answer. This really strikes a chord with me as I just finished “Job Aids & Performance Support” by Alison Rosset this morning. It’s a good read for those interested in this topic.

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