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Contact Us:
  Office of Continuing Ed. & Workforce Development
  The University of Akron
  Wayne College 
  1901 Smucker Road
  Orrville, OH 44667

  330-684-8980 or
  1-800-221-8308, ext. 8980
  Fax: 330-684-8989
  E-mail us at: OCEWD@uakron.edu

CORPORATE TRAINING RESOURCES

Training and consulting services to meet your needs

We recognize that companies have unique differences. Therefore, we look to form a working partnership with your organization to assist with developing and implementing new strategies that will achieve new goals or solve current problems.

Contract Services

The Office of Continuing Education and Workforce Development uses a performance consulting approach when working with companies. The process begins with a comparison of the present and the desired levels of individual and organizational performance to identify the performance gap. An analysis is done to determine which of the following factor(s) may be the cause:

Work and Environment

   1. Clear performance expectations
   2.
Relevant feedback about the adequacy of performance
   3.
Performance support for job (workflow, equipment layout, access to
       resources, equipment)
   4.
Meaningful incentives (pay and non-pay) made contingent on
       performance

People

   5. Systematically designed training of skills and knowledge that
       matches the requirements of the job
   6. A match between skills/knowledge and requirements of the job
   7. Assurance of job security and social acceptance

Selecting appropriate solutions that will help close these gaps result in:

  • Better employee retention and stability
  • Reduced scrap and rework
  • Higher accuracy
  • Increased productivity
  • Lower insurance premiums
  • Fewer accidents
  • Increased sales and customer loyalty
  • More flexible workforce

Leading Edge Technology

The college has a 14-station mobile laptop lab to bring computer and information technology training right to your door. The mobile lap can be connected to your network through wireless technology. The college also has a 16 station corporate training lab located on the campus. These labs provide the flexibility to meet a wide-variety of training needs.

Wayne College also offers these advantages

  • Flexible Scheduling at your location or on the Wayne campus. Times chosen to fit your schedule not ours.
  • Targeted Curriculum adapted to your own corporate objectives, needs, and culture designed to improve both individual and departmental performance.
  • Experienced Trainers and Consultants who are practitioners and well-trained in adult learning methodologies
  • Resources of a Major University - Wayne College is the regional campus of The University of Akron, Ohio's third largest public university

Choose Wayne College!

The Office Continuing Education and Workforce Development provides a wide range of affordable and quality services to all types of businesses. Services have ranged from organizational, management and employee assessment to customized training delivered at your company's location or at the college.

Contact Nan Whitsel, Account Executive, at 330-684-8788 or whitsel@uakron.edu to arrange for a FREE initial consultation.

Here are some of our partners:

Bosch Rexroth Corp.
Contours Inc.
Door Systems Inc., Division of The Wayne-Dalton Corp.
Dunlap Memorial Hospital
First National Bank
The Gerstenslager Company
Keim Lumber
LuK Inc.
Michael Day Enterprises
Orrville City Schools
Pomerene Hospital
Rhodes IGA SuperCenter
Shearer's Foods
Smith Dairy Products Inc.
Venture Products
Wayne-Dalton Corporation, Rolling Door Division
Weaver Leather
Westfield Companies
The Will-Burt Company
Wooster Community Hospital
The Wooster Brush Company

 
Wayne College   1-800-221-8308   or   330-683-2010
 
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