When training works: strategies for effective learning

摘要

Any organization paying out US$1,200 per employee wants to see some benefit for its spending. Especially if spending that money also involves taking up 30-plus hours of employee time. According to the Association for Talent Development, that is the average amount per employee that US businesses were spending on training in 2013 - and the cost typically goes up each year. What is less clear is how much newly learnt knowledge and skills gets applied to deliver improved organizational performance and increased competitiveness.