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ASTD Hand Book for Workplace Learning Professionals
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ASTD Hand Book for Workplace Learning Professionals

by Elaine Biech
July 2008
Intermediate to advanced
928 pages
25h 18m
English
Association for Talent Development
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aChapter 3 The Business Case for Learning
Rita Bailey

In This Chapter

  • Understand the key business issues that organizations face
  • Learn how the learning function can become a strategic partner in supporting organizational needs
  • Learn a model to make the learning function more strategically oriented

Why is there a need to present a business case for learning? Because a significant number of organizations profess that their workforces are not adequately prepared to meet future plans. The focus on learning ebbs and flows with the changing tides of business, but there has never been a better time for workplace learning professionals to establish ...

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ISBN: 9781562865122