Learning costs LO300

Ronunivar@aol.com
Thu, 2 Mar 1995 17:23:34 -0500

One of my strategic objectives for this year involves the
implementation of measures to track progress towards becoming
a learning organization. I would also like to show the linkage
between learning and business results.

As a beginning point I' m trying to capture all expenses
associated with learning. Most commomly I read about companies
comparing expenses as a percent of payroll. But what is included
in "expenses"? Program cost plus travel? Time away from the job?
Trainer salaries? Or What? And are the expenses tracked by
training type?

As Director of Training and Development, I'm pondering these thoughs. I'm
interested in what others are doing to analyze and/or
benchmark their learning costs.

Ron

ronunivar@aol.com