| PrimeLearning.com® chosen by Munters
Corporation as its eLearning provider - Munters cites proven
ability to partner as a major selection criterion |
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February 13, 2001 - PrimeLearning.com®
CHOSEN BY MUNTERS CORPORATION AS ITS eLEARNING PROVIDER -
Munters cites proven ability to partner as a major selection
criterion
STAMFORD, CT, NEW YORK, NY, and AMESBURY, MA, - Munters Corporation,
the world leader in humidity control, has chosen PrimeLearning.com®,
a leading provider of corporate business skills eLearning
solutions for the corporate training market and American Management
Association (AMA), to implement an integrated training solution
utilizing the eLearning System™.
"Through an integrated PrimeLearning.com®.and AMA solution,
we will be able to implement a national, cost-effective training
program, which will leverage the power of the Internet," confirmed
Susan Cunningham, Director of Human Resources for Munters.
"By providing leadership team members with a continual resource,
"anywhere - anytime," employees will be able to develop and
will have a much greater opportunity to succeed at Munters.
As part of this plan, we will tie the eLearning/Instructor-led
Strategy into the Munters University Training Model."
Munters Corporation has chosen to invest in its people and
their leadership development. Key areas of empowerment are:
1) Global Employee Training - the need for all employees to
learn new business skills in order to stay ahead of changes
in the market.
2) Sales Training - the need for many internal employees,
re-structured into sales roles, with varying levels of sales
experience, to quickly have access to world-class sales training.
In order to achieve these goals, Munters chose PrimeLearning.com®
and AMA as strategic partners because of the unique benefits
offered through the partnership of these two organizations,
and the way in which their service offerings linked precisely
to Munters' national training needs. In addition, the demonstrated
ability of both organizations to effectively partner also
fit well with the Munters' culture.
PrimeLearning.com® will provide the following eLearning curricula
to a wide span of Munters employees:
PrimeProject Management™ (Fundamentals and Professional
Series)
PrimeCommunication™
PrimeManagement™
PrimeCustomer Care™
Live, instructor-led sales training will be offered at three
levels by PrimeLearning.com® and AMA:
1. A Beginners Course - Fundamentals of Selling
2. An Intermediate Course - Principles of Professional Selling
3. An Advanced Course - Value-Added Selling
The Munters' Sales Team will be able to first go to the AMA
Instructor-led Sales course, followed-up, with the PrimeSales
curriculum. Sales Managers can conduct "refresher" sessions
and discussions via the PrimeLearning.com® virtual chatroom on
a monthly basis, while also providing the sales staff access
to the PrimeLearning.com® discussion boards and electronic
resources to further support learning. The goals are to have
everyone understand the Basic Principles of Selling, to have
resources available to share knowledge and experiences, and
to have everyone focus only on the material they need most
so that each employee can progress successfully to higher
levels of learning.
"We are proud of Munters' confidence in our solution and proud
of the way in which our partnership with the AMA is evolving,"
said Glenn Reyer, President of PrimeLearning.com®. "These kinds
of partnerships are a driving force in our business model
for the 21st century. The Munters/PrimeLearning.com®/AMA alliance
is one of many demonstrations of the value of a blended approach
to learning solutions combining traditional instructor-led
training with eLearning - to thoroughly train and support
employees "anywhere - anytime."
About PrimeLearning.com®™
PrimeLearning.com®™ is one of the fastest-growing corporate
eLearning providers, with comprehensive business skills training
delivered exclusively over the Internet. Curricula available
include sales, project management, communication, customer
service, leadership, management, team building, and interpersonal
skills. PrimeLearning.com® has partnered with training experts
such as American Management Association, Gower Publishing
Ltd., John Wiley & Sons Inc., Jossey-Bass/Pfeiffer and Xerox
Corporation to provide best-of-breed content with proven bottom-line
results.
PrimeLearning.com® adheres to open standards in its eLearning
System™, including AICC, SCORM, and IMS standards, enabling
corporate customers to easily integrate the PrimeLearning.com®
courseware with nearly all learning management systems. PrimeLearning.com®
and the eLearning System are trademarks of PrimeLearningGroup
Ltd. and PrimeLearning, Inc. All other names are trademarks
or registered trademarks of their respective owners.
For additional information about the company, contact PrimeLearning.com®
at 860-526-3487, or visit www.PrimeLearning.com®.
About AMA
The American Management Association (AMA) is the world's leading
membership-based management development organization. It is
distinguished by the quality of its faculty of global business
practitioners, the practical action-oriented focus of its
learning programs and the dynamic, interactive nature of its
courses. AMA offers a full range of business education and
management development programs for individuals and organizations
in Europe, the Americas and Asia. More than 700,000 AMA customers
and members a year, including 488 out of the Fortune 500 companies
and many federal agencies, learn superior business skills
and best management practices through a variety of seminars,
conferences and executive forums, eLearning and self-study
coursesbooks, and onsite and customized learning solutions.
For additional information please consult AMA's Web site at
www.amanet.org.
About Munters
Munters is the world leader in moisture control with products
and services for dehumidification, humidification and cooling
of air. Operations are divided into three geographic regions,
Europe, Americas and Asia. Manufacturing and sales are carried
out via the Group's own companies in 28 countries. The group
has 2,300 employees and an invoicing of 320 million USD (1999).
Munters is listed on the OM Stockholm Exchange.
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