Do I need to paint a picture? SAP and Learning!

When it comes to implementing SAP, there is a large gap between what users need and what consultants think they need.  The drawing points out the difference between Training (restricted to the classroom) and Learning (anything that is needed to prepare a user) by looking at the question: “Where is the knowledge users need when they start using SAP from scratch?” (Click on the drawing to enlarge.)

Regular readers of this blog know that you can’t blame the consultants for missing out the largest part of the iceberg… after all, they are only ducks – unable to spot what could possibily be going on below the surface.

  • http://www.reply-mc.com/2009/11/22/less-training-more-learning/ Luc’s Thoughts on Organizational Change » Blog Archive » Less Training, more Learning!

    [...] = a Social Fabric – September 13th, 2009- Return-on-Training? Wrong Question! – January 18th, 2009- Do I need to paint a picture? SAP and Learning! – December 20th, 2008- The End of Teaching – November 2nd, 2008- Teaching versus Learning – May 13th, 2008- How do you [...]

  • http://www.reply-mc.com/2009/01/18/return-on-training-wrong-question/ Luc’s Thoughts on Organizational Change » Return-on-Training? Wrong Question!

    [...] I will not argue about the percentages. The point is that I obviously did not create the right expectations: he should be looking for the return-on-learning instead of the return-on-training! On this same blog I already announced the end of teaching and I also proclaimed that teaching is placebo. I even painted a picture about it in order to demonstrate what this means for SAP implementations specifically. [...]

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