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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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aSectionIX Getting to Relevance
Luminary Perspective Tony Bingham

In This Chapter

  • Learn what it takes for organizations to gain and keep a competitive advantage
  • Understand the pressures that organizations face today and how learning can help
  • Know what is needed to prepare for the new roles of learning professionals

Employee training has spent many decades on the sidelines. In the past, organizational leaders regarded training as a nice thing to do for employees but not necessary for success. It was typically the first thing cut from budgets when times got tough and except for training in skills you could observe—like welding or taking an ...

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ISBN: 9781562865122