"The objective of this book is to provide innovative approaches for developing people and expanding organizational capabilities. If you also have this objective, this book is for you, because each chapter is written by a qualified author to provide the information you need."
—Donald L. Kirkpatrick, Ph.D., professor emeritus, University of Wisconsin, and author, Evaluating Training Programs: The Four Levels

Mark Allen, Ph.D., is an educator, consultant, author, and speaker.He is the editor of and a contributor to The Corporate University Handbookand has written and presented extensively on the topic of corporate universities. He is a participating faculty member in Organization Theory and Management at Pepperdine University, where he also served for ten years as director of executive education.

Acknowledgments
PART ONE: CORPORATE UNIVERSITIES AS STRATEGIC BUSINESS PARTNERS
Chapter 1: What Is a Next-Generation Corporate University? (Mark Allen)
Chapter 2: Building a Holistic Development Framework (Aimee George-Leary, Ed Cohen)
Chapter 3: Learning as a Competitive Business Variable (Karen Barley)
PART TWO: INTERNAL CORPORAT E UNIVERSITY FUNCTIONS
Chapter 4: Splendid Learning: Why Technology Doesn’t Matter (Roger CSchank)
Chapter 5: Branding Your Corporate University (Annick Renaud-Coulon)
Chapter 6: Corporate Universities: The New Keepers of the Ethical Flame? (Philip McGee, John Duncan)
Chapter7: Next-Generation Evaluation: Searching for Value (Jack JPhillips, Patti PPhillips)
PART THREE: DISTINCTIVE SETTINGS FOR CORPORATE UNIVERSITIES
Chapter 8: Global Considerations for Corporate Universities (Ed Cohen)
Chapter 9: Corporate Universities in Small Companies (Lee ESteffens, Shannon MNovotne)
Chapter 10: Corporate Universities in the Nonprofit Sector (Deborah Grayson Riegel)
Chapter 11: Corporate Universities in Government (Kevin WBruny)
PART FOUR: NEXT-GENERATION CORPORATE UNIVERSITY FUCTIONS
Chapter 12: Corporate Universities as Shapers of Culture (Laree Kiely)
Chapter 13: Mentoring Can Be Magic (Lynn Slavenski)
Chapter 14: The Strategic Contribution of Corporate Universities to Leadership Coaching (Merrill Anderson)
Chapter 15: Career Path Management: Using Strategic Curricula to Develop People and Build Competitive Organization Capabilities (Jack Gregg)
Chapter 16: Succession Management in Corporate Universities (Lynn Schmidt)
Chapter 17: The Role of Corporate Universities in Knowledge Management and Knowledge-Sharing Communities (Mark WAllen)
Chapter 18: Wisdom Management: The Missing Link Between Learning and Performance (Mark Allen)
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