Harvard Business School Publishing eLearning Extends Case In Point with Delivery of Ten New Topics for Business Leaders

Business Wire, Nov 15, 2004

BOSTON -- Harvard Business School Publishing (HBSP) eLearning, the highly regarded publisher of premier online leadership development programs, today delivered ten compelling new topics to its Case in Point(TM) product line. Case in Point now offers 20 topics designed to meet the leadership development needs of middle to senior level managers. Case in Point is a set of reality-based, online scenarios designed to help managers work through common business dilemmas. HBSP will demonstrate Case in Point this week at TechLearn Conference & Expo 2004 in New York, booth 205.

Case in Point combines the online review of a case scenario with a detailed facilitation guide plan to foster group problem-solving. With Case in Point, HBSP's combined expertise in both online and participative learning provides facilitators with a framework for blended the two, while giving them the flexibility to make it their own.

Middle to senior level managers will find considerable value in the Case in Point learning experience, which delivers top quality content at the level of sophistication required by today's leaders. The presentation of real-world content is enhanced through facilitated discussions, which allow managers to share personal stories and learn best practices together with their peers. Managers directly relate the concepts to their own business, which ultimately results in leaders better prepared for the challenges they face.

Each Case in Point topic highlights a single leadership or management

issue, within broad categories such as communication or leading others. The ten new titles are:

--Building a Business Case - Helps leaders develop powerful business cases

--Ethical Decisions - Guides managers through challenging ethical choices

--Retaining Talent - Provides insight on how to hold on to essential individuals

--Fostering Innovation - Supports efforts to facilitate creativity

--Developing a Global Perspective - Promotes the context of the world marketplace

--Emotional Intelligence - Highlights how leaders' emotions affect interactions

--Aligning Strategy - Addresses how best to put a strategy effectively into action

--Cultivating Customer Loyalty - Shows leaders how to promote a loyalty strategy

--Anticipating Risk - Illustrates how to identify and proactively manage risk

--Removing Implementation Barriers - Explores tactics to overcome barriers

The Case in Point approach addresses time demands while offering an immersion experience that encourages total engagement of the participants. Facilitators will find Case in Point's comprehensive facilitation guides dramatically reduce preparation time from days to minutes, expanding the value they can offer to teams.

"Every day, managers face tough situations with no simple answers," said Maureen Betses, vice president of eLearning, HBSP. "Case in Point can help even highly experienced managers refine their skills through exploration of real scenarios and interactive discussions with their peers. This approach energizes the learning process."

Availability

The new titles are immediately available. Each Case in Point topic includes a case scenario, facilitation guide, summary of concepts, resource articles, best practices, and an application tool.

About HBSP eLearning

Harvard Business School Publishing (HBSP) is a wholly owned, not-for-profit subsidiary of Harvard University. The HBSP eLearning division provides online leadership and management programs to a growing list of over 500 corporate eLearning clients. Combining premier content with flexible technology, HBSP eLearning is transforming the way that important management ideas are shared in the workplace. The eLearning product lines include Harvard ManageMentor(R), The Essential Leader(TM) and Case in Point(TM). www.eLearning.hbsp.org