The American Society for Quality (ASQ) has launched the ASQ Learning Institute to help quality professionals obtain the education and training needed to stay competitive in a struggling economy and beyond. The ASQ Learning Institute is a comprehensive professional-development resource that provides users with the quality concepts, technologies and tools to improve themselves, their organizations and their world. The system has training and learning materials that cover a broad range of industries including manufacturing – and topics that include basic quality and quality management, as well as lean and Six Sigma, auditing, statistics and more. For more about the ASQ Learning Institute, visit www.asq.org/learninginstitute.
The ASQ Learning Institute houses all of ASQ’s learning offerings in one convenient location and is the seamless integration of ASQ training resources. Encompassing all learning events, the system ensures consistent course delivery and offers several features available to ASQ members and nonmembers:
• ASQ Learning Institute Calendar: Provides a clear view of all ASQ professional development opportunities over an 18-month period. The calendar allows visitors to view upcoming learning offerings that include courses, seminars and conferences.
• Course Catalog: A list of all available ASQ training including instructor-led, online and document-based. Users can browse and locate training quickly, searching by subject areas or date.
• News and Announcements: Available on the homepage, visitors can learn of key developments and new course offerings within the ASQ Learning Institute.
“The ASQ Learning Institute represents a great change in the way that quality professionals obtain education and training,” said Roberto Saco, ASQ chair. “The system empowers users to obtain training when and where they need it.”
Professionals interested in advancing their career can enjoy further benefits by becoming an ASQ member. ASQ Full members have free access to additional system features that can help them coordinate and track their learning progress:
• Competency Assessment: Provides a structured list of knowledge, skills and abilities that serves as a foundation for users to map the level of competencies needed for various job functions.
• Career Planner: With multiple learning activities available, the career planner helps learners develop a curriculum road map for professional development.
• Learning Plan: This personalized plan provides a detailed description of user activities to help learners achieve their education goals.
ASQ, www.asq.org, has been the world's leading authority on quality for more than 60 years. With more than 90,000 individual and organizational members, the professional association advances learning, quality improvement and knowledge exchange to improve business results and to create better workplaces and communities worldwide. As a champion of the quality movement, ASQ offers technologies, concepts, tools and training to quality professionals, quality practitioners and everyday consumers, encouraging all to Make Good Great. ASQ has been the sole administrator of the prestigious Malcolm Baldrige National Quality Award since 1991. Headquartered in Milwaukee, ASQ is a founding partner of the American Customer Satisfaction Index (ACSI), a prominent quarterly economic indicator, and also produces the Quarterly Quality Report.
