2010

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Learning's Critical Role In Integrated Talent Management (Vol. 2, No. 8)

ASTD's research report, Learning's Critical Role In Integrated Talent Management, provides executives and learning professionals with important insights about how to effectively integrate talent management programs into the business process and better measure their results for organization success. There is a great deal that organizations—and especially learning professionals—can do to...

Accelerating Revenue Through Learning: Developing Sales Teams that Win (Vol. 2, No. 5)

Accelerating Revenue Through Learning: Developing Sales Teams That Win complements the ASTD State of Sales Training report and is a must-have reference for all sales driven people and organizations. If you've ever wondered what type of learning is taking place in the selling profession, and more importantly, what type of learning and development is most valuable to successful selling, then this re...

2010 State of the Industry

ASTD estimates that U.S. organizations spent $125.88 billion on employee learning and development in 2009. This amount reflects direct learning expenditures such as the learning function's staff salaries, administrative learning costs, and non-salary delivery costs (including outsourced activities). Nearly two-thirds of the U.S. total ($78.6 billion) was spent on the internal learning function, su...

Social Media: The Millennial Perspective

Social Media: The Millennial Perspective explores the business case for supporting and using social media technologies from the Millennials' point of view. In just five years, potentially more than half of the workforce will be comprised of members of the Millennial generation (born after 1981) who have grown up immersed in technology and social media. For this generation, computers and collaborat...

Instructional Systems Design: Today and in the Future

Instructional Systems Design: Today and in the Future explores how instructional systems design (ISD) is adapting to the current, fast-changing learning environment and the uncertain future. The learning environment is constantly evolving, with companies' operations expanding globally, learners coming from increasingly diverse backgrounds and cultures, and technological advancements constantly cha...

The Rise of Social Media: Enhancing Collaboration and Productivity Across Generations

The Rise of Social Media: Enhancing Collaboration and Productivity Across Generations report explores the business case for supporting and using social media technologies from a learner's point of view. This exclusive perspective provides business leaders with insight for a new strategic priority: to leverage the power of social media tools in order to maximize learning and increase the performanc...

Improving Succession Plans: Harnessing the Power of Learning and Development

The Improving Succession Plans: Harnessing the Power of Learning and Development study explores the business case for succession planning and breaks down how companies are executing it, from who is involved and who ought to be involved to how organizations decide on candidates to fill the succession pipeline. Having the right people, with the right skills, in the right positions is paramount to su...