2012 State of the Industry Report: Organizations Continue to Invest in Organizational Learning and Development

ASTD Research

Organizational spending on learning and development stayed relatively stable with a slight decrease from last year according to the findings of ASTD's 2012 State of the Industry Report. Organizations in the United States spent $156.2 billion on employee learning in 2011... More »

Confidence of Learning Executives Continues to Slip in Q3 2012

ASTD Staff

Learning executives’ optimism and confidence about the outlook and expectations for the learning function continued to fall in the third quarter of 2012, according to the latest measurement by the American Society for Training & Development (ASTD). More »

New Research: The Global Workforce Presents Challenges for Learning and Development

ASTD Staff

As business becomes increasingly global, organizations are facing the challenge of training a workforce dispersed around the world. In a recent survey only 32 percent of learning professionals indicated that global learning initiatives have been successful to a high or ... More »

Positivity Slips Among Learning Executives in Q2 2012

ASTD Staff

Learning executives' optimism and confidence about the outlook and expections for the learning function fell slightly in the second quarter of 2012, according to ASTD's Learning Executive Confidence Index More »

New Research from ASTD - Aligning Learning Goals and Outcomes with Business Performance Measures

ASTD Staff

New research from ASTD shows high performing organizations evaluate their learning programs and tie the metrics to overall business performance measures. More »