Organizations in the United States spent approximately $134 billion on employee learning and development in 2007, according to ASTD's 2008 State of the Industry Report. Increasing the effectiveness of employee learning and development programs was cited as a number one or number two priority by 44 percent of organizations surveyed for the 2008 report. This means that companies may be spending billions on programs that do not achieve business results. Given this dismaying statistic, it is no surprise that training budgets are among the first to be cut during economic downturns.
If you are tasked with implementing training, you may find yourself in the position of evaluating instructional materials to ensure training program effectiveness. In ...
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