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Return on Investment in Training

Return on Investment in Training

Tad Waddington
Copyright: © 2009 |Pages: 6
ISBN13: 9781605661988|ISBN10: 1605661988|EISBN13: 9781605661995
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-60566-198-8.ch264
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Waddington, Tad. "Return on Investment in Training." Encyclopedia of Distance Learning, Second Edition, edited by Patricia L. Rogers, et al., IGI Global, 2009, pp. 1794-1799. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-60566-198-8.ch264

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Waddington, T. (2009). Return on Investment in Training. In P. Rogers, G. Berg, J. Boettcher, C. Howard, L. Justice, & K. Schenk (Eds.), Encyclopedia of Distance Learning, Second Edition (pp. 1794-1799). IGI Global. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-60566-198-8.ch264

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Waddington, Tad. "Return on Investment in Training." In Encyclopedia of Distance Learning, Second Edition, edited by Patricia L. Rogers, et al., 1794-1799. Hershey, PA: IGI Global, 2009. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-60566-198-8.ch264

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Abstract

In 1992, the economist, Gary Becker, won the Nobel prize for his work that demonstrated the importance to organizations of human capital and of training, in particular. Despite the importance of human capital to the long-term health and growth of organizations, they continue to under-invest in training (Becker, 1993). In The Human Equation, Jeffrey Pfeffer (1998) explained why, “Training is an investment in the organization’s staff, and in the current business milieu, it virtually begs for some sort of return-on investment calculations” (p.89). In other words, because organizations do not adequately measure the value that training adds, they fail to reap the benefits of fully investing in training. This article shows you how to measure your return on investment in training.

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