1. Pros and cons of on-demand learning On-demand learning has shot to popularity in recent times, but it has its advantages and disadvantages.
On-demand learning (ODL) is a strategy that helps employees access knowledge anywhere, anytime. While the concept isn’t new, it has gained more importance in the post-pandemic era because the old methods of learning are difficult to practise in the remote and hybrid working conditions. Comprising of diverse content — videos, podcasts, blog posts, job aids and so on — it is necessary that all the material in on-demand learning be easily available to the employees. Today, with the increasingly technology-dependent world, employees want more convenient ways of accessing content, without going through multiple barriers which only interfere with the learning proces...
2. Jaro Education launches inhouse leadership development programme for staff The programme will benefit over 100 employees of the edtech firm.
With an aim to develop its talent pool and prepare them for greater roles and responsibilities, Jaro Education, the edtech firm, has announced the launch of the Leadership Development Programme for it employees. The initiative will benefit over 100 employees at the firm that imparts executive education programmes for working professionals. The in-house curated training programme will be facilitate by various industry leaders and academicians. It will follow a case-based pedagogy with a focus on group discussions, presentations, and assignments.
Business development executives, senior support executives, team leads, assistant managers, as well as managers, among others from the workforce will benefit from the sessions.
3. Why are organisations increasingly relying on their in-house learning academies?
The business environment is changing very fast and universities are finding it difficult to catch up
Recently, EY reportedly started training and upskilling its new campus hires from B-schools in the area of business analytics and data science. As per the Company statement, MBA schools and universities were not fit to fulfil EY’s needs and requirements. Therefore, it has tied up with institutions that help them churn out employable freshers from their in-house learning academies.
In fact, in India as well, the employability of MBA graduates is not very high. If we go back six years to 2016, an ASSOCHAM study reported that only seven per cent of students passing out of MBA schools in India get placed. Well, this number has now increased to 35 per cent as per some new studies. Another data confirms that hiring of management students in India stood at only 20 per cent in 2020.
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