Learning and development looking to tighter budgets and cost-free learning

This XpertHR research examines the size of employers' learning and development budgets, and looks at how employers use informal learning at no cost. 

• Size and scope of learning and development budgets: the 2012 XpertHR survey Two-thirds of employers in the survey say that their learning and development (L&D) budgets are being seriously challenged by adverse economic circumstances. 
• Full data from this survey is available from XpertHR Benchmarking. 

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Balancing cost and efficiency in learning and development budgets: the 2012 XpertHR survey Our research finds that most employers making L&D cutbacks have not seen a reduction in the efficiency of training, with three in 10 having actually seen improvements. 

Learning and development budgets: the 2011 XpertHR survey The average amount spent per head on L&D had not risen since 2009, according to our 2011 survey of 112 organisations. 

Balancing cost and efficiency: 2011 XpertHR learning and development budgets survey Using e-learning and line managers to deliver training were the most popular and effective ways to reduce L&D costs, our 2011 research found. However, one-third of employers believed that a tighter budget had reduced the efficiency of their training function. 

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