Harvard Business School Publishing Launches Harvard Business Online Enterprise Solutions; First Focused Effort to Serve Corporate Enterprises

Business Wire, Sept 25, 2001

Business Editors

BOSTON--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Sept. 25, 2001

Harvard Business School Publishing today launched Harvard Business OnLine Enterprise Solutions to supply unparalleled business knowledge and best practices to corporate enterprises. Enterprise Solutions offerings are designed to capture the ideas and best practices of the best minds in business and make them accessible and applicable throughout an entire employee population. The Enterprise Solutions division is committed to delivering the best business knowledge efficiently and cost-effectively and will provide corporations with local implementation support around the world.

Whether as self-paced personal development or as part of a corporate university instructor-led program, the objective of the offerings is to improve the practice of management - and ultimately the performance of a company. Current offerings consist of 15 programs in three topic areas: Leadership, Strategy and General Management. Six additional programs are slated for introduction this year.

"At Harvard Business School Publishing, we began our explorations of elearning seven years ago, with CD-ROMs, and have been observing, experimenting, investing and learning about how technology can be used effectively in corporations, working closely with 30 corporate friends from around the world," said Jonathon Winder, senior vice president of the Enterprise Group of Harvard Business School Publishing. "We believe we have a quality answer for leadership, strategy and general management. And you can bet we'll always be here."

Over 1.5 million managers and executives around the globe already use elearning modules from Harvard Business OnLine for fast, practical and immediately usable workplace tools. In addition, the modules have received 21 industry awards.

Companies can now implement and successfully deliver these proven ideas and best practices throughout the corporate enterprise as a result of the following enterprise support:

--All of the modules are available in multiple media, technology platforms and bandwidths to address the diverse needs and learning styles of individual employees and the varied approaches companies employ to manage, scale and deliver information to desktops around the world.

--Harvard Business OnLine Enterprise Solutions has built a global network of distribution partners to provide local purchasing and implementation support around the world.

--For enterprises without an internal learning management system, the modules can be delivered via a pressure-tested Internet platform.

--Corporate partners, including Citibank, Johnson & Johnson, Merrill Lynch, and Novartis, provide ongoing feedback and advice to ensure modules address real business issues with solutions that can be applied immediately.

--Harvard ManageMentor is available in translation, with 7 different languages currently available, to serve global populations effectively.

For more information on the services of Harvard Business OnLine Enterprise Solutions, please contact Shelley Sanders at 617-783-7886.

About Harvard Business OnLine Enterprise Solutions

Harvard Business OnLine Enterprise Solutions is a division of Harvard Business School Publishing, a wholly-owned, not-for-profit subsidiary of Harvard University. Harvard Business OnLine Enterprise Solutions provides leadership, strategy and general management solutions to help global businesses improve their performance. Harvard Business OnLine Enterprise Solutions elearning modules combine premier content with Internet technology to bring powerful ideas and tools to the desktops of executives and managers around the world.