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Coping with Organizational Change

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Coping with Organizational Change:
Skills for People in Re-Designed Businesses

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Product Description
A self-directed, interactive set of CD-ROMs providing instruction on topics such as skill building in conflict resolution, coaching & counseling, and teamwork. The series is directed at those individuals in situations of significant organizational change. The first CD in this series, Workshop in Conflict Solutions has been very popular and recently was selected by Lakewood Publications, publishers of Training Magazine to be included in their Recommended Resources catalog.

Educational, skill development, and reference materials as well as interactive exercises are included on each disc.

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Target Markets
People in both organizations and relationships. Organizations of all kinds are undergoing rapid change. Downsizing, re-engineering, and continuously gearing up for intense competition inevitably requires developing exactly the skills these CD-ROMs deliver. These skills -- whether in conflict resolution, facilitation, or team building -- also apply to relationships and the burgeoning self-help market. Interactive CD-ROMs allow individuals to learn in a comfortable, self-paced environment, creating opportunities to practice skills and adjust behaviors.
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Target Markets
Flattened corporate hierarchies combined with high-pressure competition create a need for rapid training in "people" skills. Interactive self-teaching CD-ROMs speed delivery of these skills at greatly reduced costs. The convergence of widespread organizational change with the penetration of CD-ROM technology into both the home and the workplace create a perfect environment for these products.

Market Data
According to Training Magazine's Industry Report 1995, based on surveys from a large sample of representative organizations:


Regarding program types:


Of organizations surveyed with over 10,000 employees:


Of organizations surveyed of all sizes:

Opportunity
"Demand for training is outrunning resources" and supports the case for interactive CD-ROM training, which can be an effective teaching and learning tool in an era of downsizing and cost cutting."

"Corporate downsizing remains ubiquitous, and slimmed-down organizations require more training. With fewer workers to do the work, almost certainly those fewer workers are going to need to learn to do additional tasks or to work more effectively or both."

"But in many cases the training department itself has been downsized and placed under the same edict -- find ways to do as much, or more, with less in the way of staff and resources."

"Episodic learning will give way to continuous accessibility of learning through learning networks, performance support tools, and electronic job aids - self initiated, just-in-time information."

"CD-ROM technology in particular will enhance the way in which training is delivered while reducing costs. While it's our belief that technology should not replace the trainer, technology does dramatically reduce the costs of implementation."

"The effective use of technology will be the most dramatic change we see in delivery in the next five years. Lastly, technology will help organizations train critical masses of employees in short periods of time."

"Organizations want better training in less time. CD-ROM, self-study, video teleconferencing, etc., can develop knowledge and basic interaction skills."

Promotion Theme
Coping with Organizational Change addresses the needs of today's organizations and individuals by providing the training tools required in changed organizations, using multimedia technology.
Promotion Plan
Selected advertising in training and business publications, direct marketing to targeted businesses, special partnering promotion programs, and Internet promotions.
Content Types
BCV workshop materials, audio, reference materials, high-quality graphics, self-assessment exercises, role plays, glossary, Internet-related resources.
Presentation Format
Informal style where user can walk through the disc at his/her own pace. Notepad feature allows user to take notes throughout, saving for future reference.
Special Features
Notepad, interactive exercises, role plays, virtual library of Internet resources, glossary, bibliography.
Content Outline
Disc 1: Workshop in Conflict Solutions: An Interactive Guide
Background

Setting the Scene

Strategies

Tactics

Common Ground

Role Plays*

Resource Center


Disc 2: Coaching & Counseling Practices: An Interactive Workshop in Facilitation Skills

Background

Setting the Scene

Coaching Process

Fundamental Skills

Special Applications

Successful Coaching Practices

Resource Center

Disc 3: Workshop in Team Skills: An Interactive Guide

o Setting the Climate for Teams
o High Performance Models
o Individual and Team Skills Assessment
o Problem-Solving and Deal Making on Teams
o "Real-Time" Team Review Survey
o Types of Task Teams
o Diversity and Teamwork

Hardware Requirements
(Hybrid Disc)

    Windows

    3.1, 3.11, or Windows 95
    486 33 Mhz (minimum)
    8 Mb RAM
    Sound card
    256 color display
    2X CD-ROM drive

    Macintosh

    6.0.7 or higher
    68030 (minimum)
    8 Mb RAM
    Sound card
    256 color display
    2X CD-ROM drive


Author:
BCV Associates

BCV Associates, based in New York state, is a human resource, organizational development, and training consulting firm providing interventions to companies and individuals for developing the skills, systems, and resources necessary to optimize human and business potential.

Principal author, Dr. John W. Baker, has extensive experience over a thirty year career working with hundreds of major corporations as a consultant and workshop facilitator. His articles in scientific and trade publications, and numerous workshop sessions, cover a broad range of organizational change and development topics.

Publisher:
Interactive Training, Inc. (ITi) of Beverly, MA is a publisher and provider of on-line training courseware and assessment tools for professionals and organizations. ITi's on-line resources, content and courseware enable its customers to reach performance improvement, mandatory training, professional certification, and continuing education goals. ITi focuses on large and fast growing educational needs within two key business segments: corporate soft-skills and health care. ITi's Web community, TrainingForum™ (www.trainingforum.com), was recognized by NetGuide as a four star Gold Site winner placing in the top 5% of 100,000 sites that were reviewed and was also chosen as the "Surf Site of the Week" by The American Society for Training & Development (ASTD).

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