Progressive Learning Paper

This assignment covers how IT and business managers can help evaluate employees on current skills. The purpose of this paper is to introduce the concept of continuous learning that enhances business and the ability to compete in the global market place. Students should focus on the learning required by IT and business managers and how students will keep current on their skills. This is done through a variety of methods such as trade publications (CIO, Information Week, InfoWorld), continued training/education, or through on-the-job training. Maintaining currency in job skills is one of the more important priorities that an employee or manager can have to ensure that they understand how technology can be used to help businesses work more efficiently. Students will write a 1500- to 2000-word paper on the reasons to keep their skills updated, and include a cost-effective and maintainable process for them to build their own skills up to date. Students should assume that this will be an unfunded effort, in that no money will come from the work environment to support the needs to keep skills updated. Students will explain in detail what continuing professional development is available to them, including open sources such as video, audio, live casts of events, and other non-traditional as well as traditional sources such as college, certificates, in-house training programs, and other resources that are available to keep skills up to date.