Achieving integrated performance management with the corporate university

Abstract

Purpose

This article aims to deliver synoptic perspectives on the evolution taking place in corporate university management best practice.

Design/methodology/approach

The insights are based on the author's co‐creative client experience in the design, management and impact studies of this business and organisation development intervention. The text and narrative imagery provide contextual insights into the many challenges and pivotal issues that have to be addressed and resolved if the potential of the corporate university is to be fully realised as a definitive agency for managing the psyche of the learning organisation in knowledge‐intensive environments.

Findings

The article articulates the timeline evolution of the new‐generation corporate university concept and introduces practical frameworks for configuring and upgrading these platforms through higher levels of value‐added design and development.

Practical implications

Provides a breakthrough perspective on the real‐time co‐creative multi‐disciplinary environment, infrastructures and transferable skill sets around which viable new generation company solutions are being designed and sustained.

Originality/value

The article will be of special interest to those career‐minded professional managers and academics who wish to envision the new genre of the corporate university and be well informed about the concepts, practicalities and professionalism required for success.

Citation

Dealtry, R. (2005), "Achieving integrated performance management with the corporate university", Journal of Workplace Learning, Vol. 17 No. 1/2, pp. 65-78. https://doi.org/10.1108/13665620510574469