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The 'Beautiful Game' helps build manpower planning skills
Tata Interactive Systems
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25-Oct-2006 » Training Press Releases » Football forms the metaphor for an e-learning programme on manpower planning, produced by the global e-learning producer, Tata Interactive Systems (TIS), for Royal Mail.
Football - a game known the world over - forms the metaphor for an e-learning programme on manpower planning, produced by the global e-learning producer, Tata Interactive Systems (TIS), for Royal Mail.
When Royal Mail realised that those managing and administering its mail centre staff throughout the country needed to understand both the principles and practicalities of manpower planning as well as operate their existing manpower planning system, it commissioned TIS to produce some relevant e-learning materials.
TIS's Rohit Sharma explained: "We decided to introduce the concept of manpower planning through game-based learning - a concept that is relatively new to e-learning, although in its non-electronic form, learning from playing games is probably as old as humankind itself.
"The game that we developed finds each learner as the manager of a football team. The learner has to select his/her team to play against a team managed by the computer.
"However, the learners have to take account of players becoming injured, receiving yellow or red cards during the game and even forgetting to turn up for the kick-off!" he said. "Among other things, the game teaches the learners to make contingency plans - which is a key concept in manpower planning."
Having mastered the football management game, learners apply their new knowledge and skills to Royal Mail's computer-based manpower planning tool within a controlled environment. If they make any errors, they receive 'yellow' or 'red' cards and, at the end of the programme, they receive a computer-generated assessment test.
The game based learning materials, which went 'live' some nine months ago, are attracting a growing number of users among the Royal Mail's mail centre managers and administrators. In July alone, some 342 users completed the programme - although it could be that they were experiencing 'withdrawal symptoms' at the end of this year's World Cup.
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About Tata Interactive Systems (TIS)
Tata Interactive Systems (TIS) is the world's leading developer of learning solutions - with a team of over 600 multi-disciplinary specialists, TIS creates 3000+ hours of learning content across 160+ concurrent projects every year.
Backed by an unmatched 19 years' experience, TIS develops unique and innovative learning solutions that are designed to enable clients achieve their organizational goals. Whether it is performance and productivity gains, streamlining operations and financials, developing leadership and decision-making skills, enabling smooth product development, reducing time to market, boosting employee motivation, or any other corporate or learning initiative - TIS' solutions have proven their effectiveness at more than 60 Fortune 500 companies, leading educational institutions and government departments worldwide.
TIS' clients include more than 60 Fortune 500 companies, leading educational institutions, and government departments worldwide.
TIS is the first learning solutions organization in the world to be assessed at Level 5 in both the SEI-CMM and P-CMM frameworks. Its solutions have won widespread industry recognition with prestigious awards including Performance Centered Design, ASTD, IT Training, Brandon Hall, APEX, BETT, BIMA, SIIA Codie, FICCI BAF and Business World-NID awards.
TIS caters for three segments - Corporate, Education, and Government. It offers its clients innovative learning solutions including:
• Web-based Training & Courseware - to help achieve learning goals
• Simulations - to offer immersive learning experiences
• Electronic Performance Support Systems - to provide on-the-job support
• Software Solutions - to leverage technology in learning
• Game-based Learning - to enhance learner engagement
The scope of TIS' learning solutions encompasses on-boarding, sales training, process training, product training, curriculum design, assessments, soft skills training, and technical training, among others. TIS has extensive experience across diverse industry domains including pharmaceuticals and healthcare; banking, finance, and insurance; IT; communications and telecom; publishing; virtual and online schools and universities; transportation; government and defense; and not-for-profit organizations.
TIS has development centers in Germany, Switzerland, and India. Its sales and marketing operations span the US, Canada, the UK, mainland Europe, Australia, New Zealand, the Middle East, and Asia.
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