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Return on investment (ROI) in large European corporate training and development programmes

Objective

Much attention has been focused recently in organisations on the issue of establishing a clear measure of the impact of training and development programmes on organisations' Return on Investment (ROI). The human resources development field as a whole has yet to significantly assert its true added-value amongst its client-base. To achieve better status within the organisations' strategic considerations, and to encourage more investment in human resources in European businesses, a better link between the cost of education and development, and the returns on such investment needs to be established.

The main objectives of this survey and analysis project are to disprove the hypothesis that return on investment in training and development cannot be measured and to establish clear business incentives for encouraging investment in human resources. To achieve this, the project will:
- carry out research and systematic testing of the ROI hypothesis;
- document 'best theory' and best practice;
- document chosen return on investment tools and monitor the returns on real-life major investments in large organisations; and
- conduct 'hard-edged' measurements carried out against a chosen training and development programme.

The conclusions and results of the project will be disseminated in a seminal reference report 'Best of Best Practices in ROI', which will document real cases and the successes and limitations of applying measurement techniques to various training and development activities.

Impact
This project will lead to greater and more sustainable investment in long-term human resources development.

Contract number : EUR/97/2/00072/EA/III.2.a/FPC

Domaine : Continuing vocational training

Contents :
Investment in training by entreprises
Relationship training - work organisation


Products :
Publication
Methodologies for forecasting training needs
Evaluation tools

Public :
Trainers, designers & managers of training programmes
Human ressources experts
Training managers

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Coordinator

EFMD - EUROPEAN FOUNDATION FOR MANAGMENT DEVELOPMENT - INTERNATIONAL PROGRAMMES UNIT
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Rue WASHINGTON 40
1050 Bruxelles
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