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Return on Learning

Training for High Performance at Accenture

by Donald Vanthournout, Kurt Olson, John Ceisel, Andrew White, Tad Waddington, Thomas Barfield, Samir Desai and Craig Mindrum

		Publisher: AGATE Publishing Pub. Date: 2006 ISBN: 9781932841183 No. pages: 190 Category: Human Resources

In this summary you will learn

Why designing high-quality training requires understanding the kind of workforce you need
Why you should set up hard metrics as you create your training programs
How to keep technology from overwhelming the core purpose of your educational efforts
Why you have to run your learning function as a business

Why you should read Return on Learning

This concise, clearly written book describes how Accenture went from being a company that put its entire workforce through a standard suite of courses to becoming a company with a knowledge-sharing culture. Accenture’s employees now embody its knowledge and service capability. Even though your company is probably different from Accenture, your workforce is still the engine that allows it to grow and compete. A company can thrive only if its people have the opportunity to constantly renew their skills. If that level of knowledge management is part of your goals, getAbstract recommends this case study of how to create a high-performance learning culture.

About the Authors

Donald Vanthournout is the chief learning officer at Accenture. Kurt Olson, John Ceisel, Andrew White, Tad Waddington, Tom Barfield, Samir Desai and Craig Mindrum all work within the learning function at Accenture.

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