Book contents
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Figures
- Tables
- Acknowledgements
- 1 The weight of history
- 2 Creating a corporate learning strategy
- 3 Developing learning solutions
- 4 Delivering learning solutions
- 5 Resourcing learning solutions
- 6 Demonstrating the value of corporate learning
- 7 Branding corporate learning
- 8 Governing corporate learning
- 9 A way forward
- References
- Index
9 - A way forward
Creating a context for learning
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 05 March 2013
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Figures
- Tables
- Acknowledgements
- 1 The weight of history
- 2 Creating a corporate learning strategy
- 3 Developing learning solutions
- 4 Delivering learning solutions
- 5 Resourcing learning solutions
- 6 Demonstrating the value of corporate learning
- 7 Branding corporate learning
- 8 Governing corporate learning
- 9 A way forward
- References
- Index
Summary
I began this book with a crisis, some worry and some concern. The catharsis of writing has unfortunately done little to assuage this anxiety; indeed seeing it all in black and white has probably only served to heighten my feelings. My concerns were two-fold: the lack of progress in improving the standing of corporate learning, despite significant amounts of effort and activity; and a horrible suspicion that some in the learning field may feel that the difficulties we face are just skin-deep, matters of presentation and positioning.
In the preceding chapters I have made the case against this skin-deep theory of the crisis in corporate learning. I have shown how the stark and painful reality is that from top to toe something is not right. When nearly half of learning functions do not have a clear and mandated mission; when the development of learning solutions is weighed down by traditional academic approaches on the one hand and dazzled by the shiny promises of new technologies on the other; and when only 10 to 15 per cent of learning functions are monitoring the impact of what they do, how could it be otherwise?
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- The Business of Corporate LearningInsights from Practice, pp. 203 - 212Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2013