FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Wade Announces New Training Resource
System
Wade Industrial Scholastics Targets Broad Teaching Spectrum for Entry
Level
Geneva, IL: Bill Wade,
managing partner of aftermarket consulting firm Wade&Partners has
announced the formation of a new effort in the training and educational
area.
Wade Industrial
Scholastics (WIS) has been created to design and deliver a complete
selection of teaching tools specifically targeting the increasingly
critical entry-level employee of distributors and manufacturers. Referred
to as CounterIntuition© programs, these include:
CounterIntuition© Textbooks… Covering either
product or process, these are complete, clearly written and organized
traditional books that are used to organize a broad amount of material and
provide baseline reference for the sponsoring organization. These offer
the chance to arrange a large amount of institutional expertise for
unlimited future access. These are offered in print or electronic
versions.
CounterIntuition© Programmed Instruction
… Offering
an increase in information retention of over 80% vs. traditional books,
this technique has proven to be especially effective in teaching product
function and underlying technology to entry-level employees and customers.
Utilizing a learning technique originally developed for the computer
industry, these courses offer the additional benefit of being self-study,
individually paced delivery devices.
CounterIntuition© Interactive Instruction
… Building
on the information researched for either of the two above formats, WIS
can transform traditionally delivered programs into interactive formats.
These can be designed for multiple media, including VHS, CD ROM, DVD and
the Internet. Within these formats, pre- and post- testing, certification
testing and HR record monitoring is possible. This can be especially
important for suppliers of hazardous or safety related products and
services.
CounterIntuition© Game Teach© Training Experience
…
By partnering with one of the pioneers of teaching utilizing electronic
video games, WIS offers instruction delivered in one of the commonly
accessed media for the 18- to 30 year olds … arcade quality interactive
video games. Widely used by the Defense Department to train new soldiers,
this exciting technology offers virtually painless training with a wide
range of data base record reporting options. Spaced repletion and
involuntary habituation are two of the basics of information retention
technology imbedded in this delivery.
“We feel that there is a huge
challenge facing the aftermarket as the workforce undergoes an accelerated
period of turnover. The older veterans are reaching retirement age, so
transfer of their accumulated experience and knowledge in critical,”
said Wade. “In fact, this real world knowledge is certainly one of the
foundations of the independent aftermarket.”
To create the full spectrum of
education and training materials, Wade Industrial Scholastics has
partnered with veterans and specialists in each of the different
techniques. Most of the partners in this effort have advanced degrees in
education related disciplines.
“These products are not just good theory. We have
successfully utilized them to teach everything from selling high-end
appliances to installing bearings. Our textbooks are currently in use at
the university level, and our programmed instruction courses are being
used by everyone from vocational/technical schools to factory training
programs”, he continued.
“This multi-level, systematic
approach works and is extremely efficient with respect to transforming
archived information into intuitive response and valued customer
response”, concluded Wade.
For more details on these WIS
products, please contact us at www.wade-partners.com.
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