ASTD State of the Industry Report (SOIR)
The 2011 State of the Industry Report is now available!
Sponsored by: Allied Research Corporation and SkillSoft
The State of the Industry Report is ASTD’s definitive review of workplace learning and development trends. This annual report includes organization benchmarking data from ASTD BEST Awards Winners,G500 Companies, and other organizations from 2002 to date. ASTD estimates that U.S. organizations spent $1228 per learner on employee learning and development in 2010. Nearly two-thirds was spent on the internal learning function, such as staff salaries and internal development costs. The remainder was allocated to external services such as workshops, vendors and external events. To learn more visit ASTD's Bookstore and download the full report. This report is available in both PDF format and hardcopy.
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The 2010 ASTD State of the Industry Report
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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, such as staff salaries and internal development costs. The remainder ($47.3 billion) was allocated to external services such as workshops, vendors and external events.
These types of informative statistics appear in ASTD's annual State of the Industry Report. |
The State of the Industry report is ASTD's annual review of trends in workplace learning and performance. The report includes data from ASTD BEST Awards Winners, ASTD Forum Members and other organizations from 2002 to date.
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