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...quick-moving, unstructured service economy in which advantages are momentary and a slight shift in the business model can mean either big bucks or doom. "Because of all the complexity and chaos that we face in this era, we have to look for nonlinear ways to learn," says Laurie Bassi, vice president of research at the American Society for Training and Development (A.S.T.D.), a not-for-profit professional society. "What we are seeing is a lot of experimenting with other ways of enhancing productivity...
That's why Bassi suggests launching a company's first offsite with employee volunteers. They will be open-minded, and are more likely to rave about the program when they return to work. If an offsite is mandatory, organizers should let workers know what to expect. It has to be made clear that "this is not a game," says Drury's Zimmerer. "What we are trying to do is increase productivity and performance. We are trying to help you all become better at doing your jobs...
...recruitment issue was not on the scheduled agenda at the Wednesday meeting of the Board of Trustees, but the protesting students "were given advance approval for our presentation," Bassi said...
...some students were not satisfied with this delay. Bassi said that "a number of members of our group decided this wasn't adequate." He said that the administrators were handling the situation like the 1972 protests against military recruitment when "they just waited it out until it became a non issue...
...will not accept anything less than favorable recommendation of our proposal," Bassi said...