Running training like a business

"What sort of returns should you expect from your training investments?" "The question has never been more urgent. Businesses around the world, seeing that effective learning is essential in the knowledge economy, are pouring vast resources into training and learning. In the U.S. alone, corporations spend over $56 billion on training each year. Still, many executives ask if the training they buy actually improves business results. They want proof--in hard business terms--that training consistently delivers tangible business value." "Demonstrating that training can meet that test, authors David van Adelsberg and Edward A. Trolley make a powerful case for "Running Training Like a Business." These veteran business leaders and training strategists offer a practical, proven process any company can apply to transform a traditional training organization into a training enterprise that ferrets out hidden costs, zeroes in on current and crucial business issues, and consistently meets customers' needs." "This is a book for every business leader and every training professional who wants training to deliver unmistakable business value, quarter after quarter and year after year. Book jacket."--Jacket.