Docebo discusses e-learning’s influence at the HR Trends Symposium, in Doha, on March 17
‘Facing the global economic crisis through human resource and business process humanization’ is the title of a paper being given at the HR Trends Symposium, in Doha, Qatar, on 17th March, by Claudio Erba, CEO of the global e-learning solutions provider, Docebo.
Claudio’s presentation will focus on the results of recent Docebo research into the e-learning market. Among the research’s findings are that:
- The world market for self-paced e-learning, some $35.6bn in 2011, is said to be growing, overall, at some 7.6% a year, with the greatest regional growth happening in Asia, followed by Eastern Europe, Africa and Latin America.
- The world market for learning management systems (LMS) is currently worth some $2.55bn a year.
- The e-learning sector worldwide has received some $6bn of venture capital since 2009.
“The current speed of change means that employees need to be trained continuously in order for companies to avoid the dangers of being out-thought and out-manoeuvred by competitors,” Claudio believes. “In today’s post-industrial era, successful organizations understand the importance of a people-centric approach in workplace and business processes. In this respect, e-learning is the enabler that helps the re-humanizing of business processes.”
The reason for all this discussion is that Human Resource (HR) professionals have to cope with the effects of today’s challenging economic conditions on the organisations for which they work. They also have to cope with new approaches to management and leadership, and the increasing use of technology – especially in the field of social media.
Exploring how these trends are changing the way that business operates, the Symposium’s delegates, drawn from HR practitioners around the world, will attempt to answer the key questions:
- How are practices changing among those who lead companies?
- What are the risks associated with these changes – and how might they be minimised?
- What can be learned from HR practices around the world?
“Today’s workforce needs knowledge, skills and abilities that are aligned with business objectives, while managers need to track the effectiveness of learning programmes,” says Josh Squires, Docebo’s Chief Operating Officer, EMEA. “Docebo’s approach helps re-humanize business processes through e-learning as companies become more people-centric. That’s why future versions of Docebo’s learning management system (LMS) Enterprise Cloud Solution platform will take account of the growing trend towards gamification and also integrate with social learning and salesforce software.”